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To Better Train Workers, Figure Out Where They Struggle

Harvard Business

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. The metrics we track include: productivity, cost savings in recruitment and training, quality, retention, and speed to promotion.

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

Consultants are very risk averse and are very hyper focused on issues like GPA and other metrics – not because they are a perfect indicator, but because there are a decent indicator of whether or not somebody is going to be able to manage work that sometimes is really exciting, and sometimes kind of mundane. Let’s see here.

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Why Companies Are Creating Their Own Coworking Spaces

Harvard Business

The remainder work for Orange (née French Telecom), which launched VBN in 2014 to teach its programmers and engineers how to work with and learn from people outside of the company. Some eschew metrics altogether, gambling they will learn as they go when it comes to measuring what’s important.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. We then narrowed the list to 18 finalists using three sets of metrics: New growth.

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What 11 CEOs Have Learned About Championing Diversity

Harvard Business

Our employees are telling us that they want to work for a company that cares about diversity, and it helps is recruit people whose values align to ours.” But CEOs have the power to champion diversity by leading by example, setting goals and utilizing metrics, and holding their companies accountable.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

By the end of 2014, they had improved fuel efficiency approximately 87% compared to the 2005 baseline. In that year, these improvements resulted in 15,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions avoided and savings of nearly $11 million. Corporate responsibility performance also positively impacts turnover and recruitment. Some 62.4%

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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

With a global workforce of 160,000 people and global revenues of $24.82B for the 2014 financial year, it’s pretty obvious KPMG isn’t messing around when it comes to, well, anything. More accolades include: Association of Management Consulting Firms – Excellence in Consulting: Corporate Responsibility/Humanitarian (2014). Internships.