Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2017

As a consequence, managers don’t have a clear sense of what is really driving sales in their business, while salespeople, who are inundated with dozens of metrics, get lost in the day-to-day noise. The challenge, of course, is to decide on the right metrics. Wins are the most common metric used across sales roles and industries.

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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.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 19, 2023

In preparation for a recent consulting engagement, the client, Tim, said, “I want you to track meeting attendance. If people don't come to your meetings, I want to know why.” Meeting attendance is very easy to measure. When I create meeting agendas, I list the expected participants at the top of the agenda.

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Meeting Culture Metrics Leadership 89

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When I saw the McKinsey report on “developer productivity,” I shuddered. Second, there's no way to measure such a thing as developer productivity, despite what McKinsey says. Then I read Lorin Hochstein's brilliant assessment in On productivity metrics and management consultants.

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Intellectual Property Consulting McKinsey Video 85

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 3, 2019

Associate Product Manager (APM) positions are well known in Silicon Valley as rotational, mentorship-focused programs designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring product managers. These alumni have gone on to become VCs, founders, and product leaders, in addition to starting APM programs at companies like Salesforce.

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Kai Davis

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Here is a selection of services and products from friends and colleagues that help meet your needs and help you grow. Specials on Kai's Products 34% off Quick Start Roadmapping Get the complete Quick Start Roadmapping for $99 (instead of $150). You'll get the book, resources, SOPs, guides, templates, and videos.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

One simple and often overlooked way for larger companies to experiment is to randomize the introduction of new products across a set of markets. But with the Express Pool service, which costs even less than UberPool, passengers are generally asked to walk short distances to meet their rides and to reach their destinations.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 21, 2023

The sales force was being asked to shift from selling products and features to selling SaaS solutions across multiple product lines and service offerings in different geographies and sales territories. This included business sales training best practices for managing results-based sales metrics.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

100% Job Relevance 100% Satisfaction 50% Knowledge Gain 100% Net Promoter Score After putting their entire APAC sales team through customized solution selling training , this high growth technology client wanted to design and deliver a customized sales management training program for sales leaders to help meet aggressive growth targets.

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Instead, employees participate at times that are convenient to them, ensuring organizational productivity. During this stage, eLearning consultants identify critical success metrics related to workforce performance. By doing so, any online training can bypass skill areas where employees already meet or exceed expectations.

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LSA Global

MAY 8, 2023

The cross-selling strategy was part of a strategic sales initiative to grow globally while achieving economies of scale across markets, regions, products, services, and suppliers.

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Effective Managers

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

These questions and associated measures, while important, ignore the internal disruption (in some cases dysfunction) that reduces productivity. Session 2: Metrics vs Strategy. Input metrics are essential as these metrics are leading indicators of your eventual output metrics and results achievement.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 6, 2018

One-on-One Employee Meetings Can Increase Employee Engagement. One-on-one employee meetings with direct reports can be a powerful tool to increase employee engagement and productivity. What is Wrong with One-on-One Employee Meetings. Why One-on-One Employee Meetings Matter.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Many companies are investing heavily to identify what leads to high engagement in order to motivate employees, thereby increasing their happiness and productivity. Working with two Fortune 100 companies, we looked to test the assumption that highly engaged employees are more productive. We think this is important.

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Business Consulting Agency

MARCH 13, 2024

Customer Engagement and Localization: Localized expertise enables businesses to engage effectively with US customers, understand their preferences, and tailor marketing strategies, products, and services to meet local demands.

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Marketing Management Trends Operations 52

Business Consulting Agency

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Technology consultants implement advanced analytics tools that enable retail brands to gather valuable insights into customer preferences, purchase patterns, and engagement metrics. This data-driven approach empowers brands to make informed decisions and tailor their strategies to meet consumer expectations.

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Comatch

MAY 16, 2022

(Scope 2) but have paid less attention to “indirect emissions resulting from value chain activities” (Scope 3) , that is emissions that occur outside the direct organization, for example in the supply chain, at business partners, or from end-users of their sold products. Companies are increasingly being required to report on Scope 3. .

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PM Alliance

JULY 14, 2023

Data such as workforce metrics, vendor rates, and material pricing gives your team the necessary background to minimize costs by identifying the right resource mix for each market. You may be able consolidate or eliminate activities, which can simultaneously reduce costs and increase productivity.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 21, 2022

They are excited about prospecting and getting meetings. detailed sales scripts, product information, etc.). Feel competent and confident identifying and meeting with decision makers. To meet growth targets, most sales organizations need the right combination of sales hunting and sales farming. What Works Best for You?

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The latter metric allows each shareholder to know how much profit each share of the company produced. In a public company, there is enormous pressure to “meet or exceed” earnings expectations. Go work on the fundamentals of your business—good products, happy customers, properly treated employees, etc.—and

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Financial Metrics Company Finance 98

Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Here's my speaking bio, in specific lines, so you can see how I use that template: Johanna, known as the Pragmatic Manager, offers frank advice for your product development challenges. She works with individuals, teams, and leaders across the organization to resolve risks and see alternatives for their product development.

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Conference Metrics Agile Intellectual Property 60

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 3, 2018

I delivered a webinar called Agile Metrics for Team and Product Progress last week, thanks to the nice folks at Innovation Roots. One person gave me a new saying about metrics (at the end, during the Q&A): Are you data-driven or data-informed? We can, for certain kinds of products or services. You may still do so.

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Data Agile Metrics Construction 41

Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 4, 2024

Talent Strategy Step #1: Identify the right analytical skill sets After establishing your data-analytics strategy that is tightly aligned with the mission and culture of the ogranization you need to determine the roles and the knowledge, skills and abilities of the talent most critical to meeting the needs. Jossey-Bass. Wallace, D.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2016

At its most basic, productivity is the amount of value produced divided by the amount of cost (or time) required to do so. It’s tempting to conclude that, if individuals are able to perform their work much better and faster, overall productivity must be soaring. sales-related, product-related, program-related, etc.).

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Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2017

For some networking meetings, the agenda is obvious: Your companies are considering doing business together, or you’re looking for a job and this person might help you get one. But many professionals find themselves in networking meetings where the goals are murkier.

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Consulting Matters

JUNE 24, 2020

You need to shape your future client's thinking long before they meet you of the value that you bring to the table and that you are indeed an expert, not merely an "extra pair of hands.". To stand out in the market, focus on how you uniquely meet an unmet or under-met market need. age range, gender orientation, title, industry, etc.)

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

I am frequently flummoxed by the complete misalignment between a team’s mandate and the agenda for their meetings. content, frequency, and duration) of their meetings with the job that needs to be accomplished in those meetings. A one-size-fits-all team meeting rarely works. From The New York Public Library.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

If a company has beat or missed its EPS targets by less than two cents , that means the company has nipped and tucked its quarterly results just enough to meet the target EPS number it committed to analysts. Of these, the last indicator is perhaps the most likely to accurately capture a company’s short-termism. Corporate culture.

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Makarios Consulting

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Be practical: did you discuss the metrics you would be looking at to assess progress and results? If that is the case, then meet with the person, admit that you did not do a good job defining success, and start afresh. What does “success” look like for this person and their role? Do you know? What assumptions have you made?

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Epicflow

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In particular, the high level of PMM means that: Projects are delivered on time and budget; Risks and changes don’t derail projects; Projects are aligned with a company’s business objectives; The delivered output meets stakeholder expectations; A company is competitive on the market. . Level #2: Structure process and standards.

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Makarios Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

A remote workforce, virtual meetings, video conferencing, and the like are the new normal. How do I know if they are working productively … or working at all? Yes, meetings are tougher to conduct via phone or video conferencing, but don’t let up! COVID-19 has upended the way we do business. Priorities.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Additionally, the time needed to reconcile spreadsheets to both the GL and project reporting negatively affects productivity which in turn risks profitability. The Project Wizard seamlessly handles both a straightforward task structure and a multifaceted project increasing productivity and control. Finally, experience matters.

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Makarios Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

A remote workforce, virtual meetings, video conferencing, and the like are the new normal. How do I know if they are working productively … or working at all? Yes, meetings are tougher to conduct via phone or video conferencing, but don’t let up! COVID-19 has upended the way we do business. Priorities.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Defining and tracking success metrics. Core Competencies.

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Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

That’s our product, and that’s our passion. It launched a product, gathered feedback, and kept iterating as it scaled and added users. At the other is a product or service that solves the problem or addresses the market in a way nobody has thought of before. Your data isn’t even in the picture.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Customers expect digital experiences to meet a certain standard — it doesn’t matter if you’re Amazon, Netflix, an IT provider, or a small accounting firm. In part, that means abandoning old ways of measuring productivity. Digital agility. Technology enables greater agility. What have they achieved for the business and their clients?

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LSA Global

JULY 15, 2023

Research by the Institute for Corporate Productivity found that companies with a high percentage of sales managers chosen from internal ranks have increased levels of employee engagement , greater employee retention, and higher productivity. Organizationally, there’s good reason.

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