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Meet the Wellness Programs That Save Companies Money

Harvard Business

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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Your Sales Training Is Probably Lackluster. Here’s How to Fix It

Harvard Business

Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing. For example, Pacific Life Insurance Company, which sells insurance, retirement products, and mutual funds to financial advisors via its field wholesalers, uses video coaching.

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How CEOs Can Keep Their Analytics Programs from Being a Waste of Time

Harvard Business

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. Insurance, a very analytics-intensive industry, saw nearly half of CAOs changing roles over an 18-month period.). Chief Analytics Officers (CAOs) were frequently replaced.

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