Tom Spencer

MAY 25, 2019

This will have a pronounced effect on leverage and coverage metrics. As a secondary metric, large asset managers with diversified businesses may also be looked at from a free cash flow yield perspective. Valuation of Asset Management Firms. Price/Earnings, EV/EBITDA and EV/AUM. As such, analysts will smooth these data.

Cash Flow 60

Cash Flow Management Metrics Benchmarking 60

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In my work analyzing the thinking styles of leaders in organizations, I’ve found that strategy is usually developed by people who have a big-picture orientation, while execution is often done by those with a detail orientation. The lack of narrative is particularly a problem in the relationship between sales and marketing.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Metrics 42

Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2017

Many of them responded by including quality metrics in their compensation incentives. As any compensation consultant will tell you, comp plans can address only so many metrics. So for a compensation committee to justify a new metric, it needs to have a strong business case. .”

Metrics 40

Metrics Government Energy Company 40

Harvard Business

JULY 30, 2018

” and the marketing team provides one answer, sales a second, and accounting a third. Thus, the term “customer” can mean a potential buyer to the marketing department, the person who signed the purchase order to sales, and the legal entity that it bills to accounting. Encourage the development of new language.

Data 31

Data System Sales Retail 31

Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

It can help to assess the business situation in the context of entering a new market, M&A, product development, and starting a new business. What is the best way to reach customers (mail order, online store, factory outlet, retail store, supermarket, department stores, or network marketing)? Customer Identification. Distribution.

Case Interview 60

Case Interview Industry Productivity Interviews 60

Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2018

In 2016 the leadership team of a national retail organization asked us to help boost their frontline performance. The retail organization wanted to see how this applied to its stores. Our work with hundreds of companies offers a clear and simple answer. To show how it works, we’ll walk you through an example.

How To 39

How To Retail Productivity Sales 39

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

Yet, according to recent consumer research from Kantar Retail, 71% of consumers now claim that loyalty incentive-programs don’t make them loyal at all. It’s still too early to tell whether this targeted initiative will translate into increased sales. CVS Pharmacy, the retail pharmacy of CVS Health, offers another example.

Marketing 49

Marketing Apparel Retail Company 49

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2017

Last week Google announced that , in an effort to bridge the “online ad–offline purchase” gap, it will begin to connect online ad exposure to brick-and-mortar sales. Retail e-commerce accounted for about 8.5% Insight Center. Putting Data to Work. Data from the U.S. These moves are big leaps forward for advertisers.

Advertising 28

Advertising Retail Data Accenture 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

I’ll let you in on the six-step technique I have developed over many years, working with clients and in teaching my public seminars on strategic planning. Its other key stakeholders were distributors; customers-retail; customers-industrial/food service; consumers; and employees. But methods can be learned. Be prepared to adjust.

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Case Interview Groups Small Business Examples 53

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

Companies deploying emotional-connection-based strategies and metrics to design, prioritize, and measure the customer experience find that increasing customers’ emotional connection drives significant improvements in financial outcomes.

Retail 49

Retail Apparel Financial ROI 49

Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2017

When it comes to training and workforce development, lots of them. It has trained and placed 11,000 graduates into entry-level jobs in four sectors: health care, tech, retail/sales, and skilled trades. These metrics can be converted into an estimate of ROI for the employer.

Training 38

Training Training ROI Metrics 38

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Identify the right metrics that “move the needle.” For a high-performing retailer, we found that customer retention, product availability, labor scheduling, product assortment, and employee engagement were all leading indicators to driving growth and profitability for the company. Make collaborative decisions.

Enterprise 28

Enterprise Metrics Analysis Survey 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2016

For example, do you make and sell things, hire skilled employees and provide services, develop and new IP like software or pharmaceuticals, or build and manage digital networks, be they transactional, informational, or social? This will require reporting on new metrics. Finally, begin to track the progress of your network initiative.

How To 34

How To Metrics Pharmaceuticals Hotels 34

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Customers today are not just consumers; they are also creators, developing content and ideas — and encountering challenges — right along with you. Brocade, a data and network solutions provider, created a “customer first” program by identifying their top 200 customers, who account for 80% of their sales.

Marketing 48

Marketing Agile Fashion Sales 48

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2017

At EY, where some of us work, we have developed a tool for social media analytics called SMAART that is able to understand sentiment within consumer and influencer groups. Organizations often seem obsessed by measuring fractional shifts in operational performance, capturing data on sales, inventory turns, and manufacturing efficiency.

Change Management 28

Change Management Data Company Management 28

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. We then narrowed the list to 18 finalists using three sets of metrics: New growth.

Methodologies 52

Methodologies Culture Metrics Company 52

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2017

The best business decisions are never ones of strategy, sales, or marketing. Instead, Jane’s successes are attributed to things like product decisions: Release of New Phone Drives Sales at Doe Industries. A former waiter or retail delivery person fit the bill much better than an education bureaucrat. At least not directly.

Engineering 28

Engineering Education Talent Metrics 28

Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

They’re also likely to be paying an even higher premium for the acquisition, betting on a fast—although uncertain—development. times Vormetric’s sales. Web scraping by Quad Analytix pulls assortment mix and price point data from multiple retail sites to help acquirers understand market dynamics.

Company 28

Company Finance Advertising Tools 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

So when I asked Mark Krolick—managing director of marketing and product development at United Airlines—about the hypothesis that having more superconsumers as leaders or employees enhances business performance, he smiled. Sales & Marketing Adapted from. They need to feel valuable and that they are being developed.

Energy 28

Energy Airlines Culture Retail 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

A five-year-old online clothing retailer, its success in this area reveals how AI and people can work together, with each side focused on its unique strengths. Some extremely successful companies have made great use of recommendation engines to boost sales or improve customer satisfaction. Or knowledge about a client’s age?

Company 28

Company Fashion Apparel Trends 28

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2018

The close relationship developed through the farmers’ calls simply would not have been possible using the online platform, with its exclusive focus on the transaction. Their relative value is remarkable across a variety of metrics, such as purchases and frequency of use. How to Identify and Create the Emotional Layer.

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Case Interview Metrics Operations Strategy 28

Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2016

Why isn’t more of that cash going into developing businesses for long-term gains — the big, outsized gains that come from big bets on the future? The board chose earnings per share (among other financial metrics) to measure and reward executives for long-term performance.

Cash Flow 28

Cash Flow Management Government Financial 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The saying “You only have one chance to make a first impression” holds true in many situations, from job interviews to sales calls. If, for instance, colleagues say you are a great people manager, seek out metrics to support that idea. “The camaraderie develops naturally.” What should you actually say?

How To 28

How To Case Interview Interviews Meeting 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The news is part of a larger trend of closings that some are calling the retail apocalypse. The rise of e-commerce, combined with a shift in consumer preference toward dining out over shopping and with years of overbuilding , has made for distinctly unattractive economics in traditional retail. billion purchase of Whole Foods.

Retail 33

Retail Comparison Industry Training 33

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2017

As this battle intensifies, even the titans themselves may not have the necessary metrics to accurately gauge their relative dominance. When Google developed its search engine, it probably never thought that it would start a journey toward building digital replicas for individuals. Yet this is where the digital world is taking us.

Company 33

Company Engineering Operations Construction 33

Harvard Business

MAY 7, 2018

As a result, the brand substantially increased conversion of searches to sales of its cold medication, building greater brand loyalty at the same time. Yet leading with a promotional message, while it might generate a short-term sales boost, sacrifices building long-term brand value. ” What Marketing Leaders Do Differently.

Marketing 28

Marketing Bain Advertising Data 28

Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

You know, those same disruptive forces redefining all sectors from manufacturing and retail to healthcare and tech. For example, finance teams must be able to draw on information from the entire business – projects, operations, sales, marketing, HR, along with external sources that put internal data in context – to make decisions quickly.

Data 52

Data Agile Tools Talent 52

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In March 1992, KPMG began to reorganize itself, choosing six lines of business: financial services; government; health care & life sciences; information & communications; manufacturing, retailing, & distribution; and special markets & designated services. Sales and Marketing. Talent & Human Capital. Human Resources.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. Two developments bear noting.

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Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 39