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Looking Beyond Short Term Financial Metrics (Nigel Lake, Part 2 of 10)

Tom Spencer

Tom: Do you think that short term financial metrics are part of the problem in developing long term strategy? Nokia is a very good example of a company [that was dominated by this kind of myopia]. HP is an example. And so, there appears to be a disparity between what companies do and what the metrics are measuring.

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Why Employee Recognition Matters in Today’s Workplace

Rick Conlow

For example, one of our clients wanted to increase sales results with existing customers. Management set a fifteen percent goal for improvement. 10 Examples of Company Employee Recognition Programs With a genuine commitment to employees, companies can creatively find ways to enhance their employee recognition and appreciation efforts.

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Keeping Human Stories at the Center of Health Care

Harvard Business

We need a metric for humanity to evaluate the human capacity and connection among caregivers and patients. And we must define new standards for humane technologies and implementation practices — an ecosystem of healing on par with quality, safety, and performance-improvement initiatives. In another example, Ronald A.

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2022 wage strategies: How contact centers can face the Great Resignation

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For example, in the recruitment phase, talent acquisition leaders can determine the most predictive pre-hire characteristics of future employees, based on common attributes of their most successful associates, such as education and high levels of empathy.

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How to Motivate Frontline Employees

Harvard Business

One question that has long plagued organizations is how to improve performance among frontline workers, the people who actually drive customer experience. To show how it works, we’ll walk you through an example. They wanted to improve revenue, cost, risk, and customer satisfaction all at the same time.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

Although projects have unique features, there are many similarities between process improvement, system change, M&A, and reorganization projects. What is the cause and effect of specific types of investment — for example, leadership development, large group events, and communications cascades?

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Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees

Harvard Business

Candidate centers must provide information including detailed clinical protocols, surgical-patient selection criteria, clinical registry participation (more on that below), information on multidisciplinary shared decision-making, as well as institutional and physician-level performance metrics.