Enterprise Finance Meeting Metrics 
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
Meetings are notoriously one of organizational life’s most insufferable realities. In a meticulous inventory, we calculated the hours spent in meetings by directors and above across the enterprise (a population of about 500). They collectively spent more than 57,000 hours per year in recurring meetings.
Harvard Business
MARCH 31, 2017
If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.
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Harvard Business
OCTOBER 3, 2014
One of the reasons analytics is working for the companies in this select group is because they tend to deploy analytics technologies and expertise across the breadth of the enterprise. and Western Europe are aggressively adopting analytics across the entire enterprise. Identify the right metrics that “move the needle.”
Harvard Business
JANUARY 19, 2018
What are job goals and key success metrics? After a presentation or big meeting, state one thing you think went well and then ask for advice on one thing you could improve. Try to meet in an informal way: in the coffee shop in your company’s lobby, at the company picnic or golf outing, etc. Seek good counsel and mentoring.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 3, 2018
” The email contained a link to a 2017 article one of us wrote for HBR, and suggested the CMO read it before their meeting. She went into the meeting prepared for the worst. She and the CEO now agreed that she should play an upstream, strategic, enterprise-wide role. The CMO began by meeting with her direct reports.
Harvard Business
JUNE 14, 2016
Last week, at an internal Cisco meeting, the company’s VP of Supply Chain, John Kern, proudly reported that the project had identified ways to cut energy use by approximately 30%, which will likely save $1 million per year. Disclosure: I was at the meeting as a paid speaker on sustainability strategy.).
Harvard Business
MARCH 10, 2017
From customer surveys, the supplier learned that 60% of customers prefer to interact with sales reps by email, 30% by phone, and fewer than 10% by in-person meetings. After reviewing both sets of information, the company learned: The most successful reps came better prepared to their meetings with customers.
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