Prudent Pedal

MARCH 27, 2020

Optimize inbound conversion rates on marketing channels-While CRO is a never-ending exercise, this hiatus allows time to experiment more with updated content, the mix, and its messaging. None-the-less, relationship-building must go on. Write 2 new white papers-I have five white papers swirling around in my mind.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

“Planning sessions” seem amorphous, and the ROI is uncertain. ” In this exercise, you put yourself five years into the future and write your resume as you envision it, including your new title and exact job responsibilities. Force yourself to set aside time. Build your external reputation.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

Try this simple exercise: Think about the last major purchase for which you sat on the buying committee. The content is highly prescriptive, guiding customers through the stages of decision making, assessing their readiness to provide wellness benefits, and walking them through benchmarking exercises and even RFP builders.

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B2B Travel Benchmarking Sales 35

Harvard Business

JULY 21, 2016

The findings show that fewer than half of analytics programs met initial return-on-investment (ROI) goals. But poor ROI is only part of the story. Many CEOs underestimate the impact of mental models in the innovation process, often assuming that “thinking outside the box” exercises address the issue.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2017

More than 50 percent of executives ranked their leadership development ROI as “fair” to “very poor.” Part of that exercise is to include a greater variety of voices and perspectives in the leadership pipeline.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

As one might imagine, demonstrating the ROI of this is difficult — most don’t even try. Is it a Trojan horse for corporate culture, a cross-firm skunkworks, or a public branding exercise and serendipity engine? Corporate coworkers seek the same. Be clear about your goals at the outset.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

These systems and processes generate more data and work than most teams can process efficiently, which creates predictable rates of success for ROI-driven attackers engaged in schemes like credential stuffing. Instead, practical security is about tradeoffs and ROI. Certainly not.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing. companies spend over $70 billion annually on training, and an average of $1,459 per salesperson — almost 20 percent more than they spend on workers in all other functions.

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Markovitz Consulting

APRIL 11, 2018

As you can see in the chart below (copied from the magazine), fully 44% of responders said that ROI justifications are a key operational challenge in making improvements. But the issue of ROI justification is both mysterious and worrisome. The lack of executive support (20%) and the lack of an improvement culture (30%) is predictable.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 7, 2016

But the exercise wasn’t a complete failure. ” They also measure the value of this activity, and expect to see a real ROI. Those three products fit into a bigger story: how one company was trying, desperately, to discover the ingredients it needed to become truly innovative.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2016

In one, a star researcher said that he was leaving as there was no space for creativity anymore, as the company squeezed budgets and eliminated roles without a clear ROI. I started to get communications from the company that felt like really bad news. The senior team was able to more effectively prioritize the use of their time.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

Workplace wellness is under scrutiny by skeptics who argue that the return on investment (ROI) in wellness programs does not justify their costs. The current ROI debate has focused on whether one type of wellness program, lifestyle management (diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes), can reduce health care claims and lead to lower costs.

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Harvard Business

MAY 29, 2018

Satisfy social, emotional, and functional “jobs” While getting people to and from work seems on the surface to be an exercise in cold logistics, it’s all a very human effort. If Ford applied those same ROI expectations to its new logistics business, it would likely kill it before it has a chance to thrive.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Unfortunately, this unreliable methodology turns the pivotal exercise of internal talent identification into a popularity contest whereby politically astute employees who manage up and take credit for others’ achievements are more likely to emerge as high potentials — though they more faux po’s than hipo’s.

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Emerson Consulting Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The ROI Comparison Rationale. But the exercise can be impactful. For example, the company mentioned above, that was facing a 47% increase, went through this exercise. So joining a PEO doesn’t completely eliminate the liability for employers. Here’s where the rubber meets the road.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

ROI calculator. ROI Calculator. Any sort of exercise where your prospect can type in their numbers and see improvements will drive a lot of curiosity as to how you can help them make those improvements. An ROI calculator is a simplified version that you use on your website. Following up with a “Hello” page.

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Leadership Vision Consulting

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

And unlike other jobs, where there is often a tangible ROI or a series of KPI’s to gauge results, the outcome of this work far exceeds any one possible measure. But when Aleasha and Linda engaged us in a new exercise, it was a game changer. We meet each week, designing units and lessons and reflecting on our teaching.

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