Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2017

When it comes to training and workforce development, lots of them. In a 2014 survey , 55% of executives said a major constraint to investing in training was that they did not know how to measure success. And in another survey, 87% said they cannot calculate quantifiable returns on their learning investments.

Training 35

Training Training ROI Metrics 35

Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

Sales executives with even moderately large, distributed sales forces rely on data to help them understand which activities and behaviors lead to the best outcomes. Refining Sales Team Structure and Roles. At the highest level, Workplace Analytics can provide a factual foundation for decisions on sales structure and roles.

Sales 33

Sales Software Productivity Data 33

LSA Global

JUNE 18, 2020

The even better news is that how you sell (your sales experience) is the one thing your company can still design, improve, measure, and control in a way that is difficult to replicate or replace. This creates a wonderful opportunity for sales driven companies to use selling as a formidable competitive advantage for growth and profitability.

Sales 36

Sales Training Training Culture 36

Harvard Business

JULY 28, 2017

In PwC’s 2017 Global Digital IQ Survey, 52% rated their digital IQ as strong. The survey, conducted among 2,200 technology executives, identified critical skill gaps such as cybersecurity and privacy. Ten years ago the PwC survey found that emerging technology constituted 17% of a company’s digital technology budget.

Company 36

Company Tools Education Survey 36

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The people the model identifies as those with the most promise are often the ones a company will invest in through additional training and talent development programs. New workplace metrics are needed to help leaders get a more complete picture of this. But are these measurement methods still valid?

Leadership 37

Leadership Talent Software Deloitte 37

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Brocade, a data and network solutions provider, created a “customer first” program by identifying their top 200 customers, who account for 80% of their sales. Like many retailers, Macy’s has traditionally spent 85% of its marketing budget on driving sales. The metrics also changed. These members are 2.6

Marketing 44

Marketing Agile Fashion Sales 44

Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

Astrid, a sales VP, described a staffing experience from very early on in her career that taught her the importance of understanding a team’s culture before making changes that affected her employees: I was the manager of a call center and I inherited all of my team.

Management 42

Management Leadership Culture Development 42

Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

.” The memo’s bullet points ought to “provide concrete metrics of the impact you’ve had,” descriptions of “solutions you’ve delivered” and financial outcomes for which you’ve been responsible. The timing was right: He had just finished a stellar year of sales.

How To 28

How To Handbook Resumes Metrics 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The lure of incentives are a problem in boardrooms too: Bonus payments and executive share schemes are often based on short-term business metrics, which can be counter to long-term success. As a result, apparently, many felt driven to open accounts that customers didn’t request or approve. Cross-cultural differences.

Ethics 36

Ethics Company Emotional Intelligence Study 36

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Wal-Mart, for example, aimed to double fleet efficiency between 2005 and 2015 through better routing, truck loading, driver training, and advanced technologies. In that year, these improvements resulted in 15,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions avoided and savings of nearly $11 million. 3%; a market capitalization loss of $378M per firm.”

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2018

The most recent results from The CMO Survey conducted by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and sponsored by Deloitte LLP and the American Marketing Association reports that the percentage of marketing budgets companies plan to allocate to analytics over the next three years will increase from 5.8% purchase funnel metrics).

Marketing 35

Marketing Data Advertising Talent 35

Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2016

Another survey showed that 70% of successful entrepreneurs developed their big idea while working at an established organization and then left to commercialize it on their own. He observed that rural-area store clerks were losing track of sales by relying on their memory to quote prices and create handwritten sales slips.

System 28

System Metrics Culture Sales 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2016

A survey of 25,000 Harvard Business School graduates found that although male and female graduates had similar levels of ambition , men were significantly more likely to have positions in senior management, direct reports, and profit-and-loss responsibility. For any position, we have leading and lagging metrics for diversity.

Talent 28

Talent Interviews Leadership Groups 28