Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

These metrics are useful but miss the big picture, in part because they mistake a program’s cost for its value. Now common in industry, TCO considers both direct and indirect costs over time. Debating the utility of specific metrics might seem like a minor thing. Many measure cost per student. Think about it.

Metrics 133

Metrics Training Training Data 133

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

To analyze the superstar dynamics of firms, our metric was economic profit, a measure of a firm’s profit above and beyond opportunity cost. (To The top 10% of the firms we analyzed — the superstars by our metric — create 80% of all the economic value, meaning they account for 80% of economic profits.

Industry 132

Industry Company Metrics Real Estate 132

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In this article, we will explore the importance of profitability ratios and valuation metrics that are crucial when analyzing banks. There are seven key profitability ratios and two valuation metrics that it is important to understand. It is not a useful metric for comparing different business lines.

Metrics 88

Metrics Banking Balance Sheet Efficiency 88

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

While effective metrics are essential for focusing attention and achieving results, they can also overpower better sense. Most industries cower to a few central metrics, the yardsticks that define the winners and losers. Metrics tried and proven over years become a guide to what’s important, driving resource allocation.

Metrics 70

Metrics Retail Sales Automotive 70

LSA Global

JULY 1, 2024

While the specific strategy success metrics vary across different industries and different strategies, metrics tend to fall into four overall buckets: Financial, Customer, Employee, and Other. Here is a list of the top thirteen metrics that CEOs should measure for strategic success.

Metrics 68

Metrics Cash Flow Talent Financial 68

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Technology has revolutionized nearly every industry, and healthcare is no exception. As wearable technology continues to advance, we’re seeing the development of more sophisticated devices capable of monitoring a broader range of health metrics.

Healthcare 78

Healthcare Data Trends Efficiency 78

Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2025

Portfolio health metrics to track progress, budgets, and risks across projects. Reporting and Analytics Advanced reporting with customizable metrics for decision-making. Reporting and analytics to assess project health and performance metrics. Tools for prioritizing projects based on strategic value and urgency.

Tools 130

Tools Software Efficiency Resources 130

Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2019

The asset management industry is a steward of money provided by individuals and institutions, and manages this money in order to meet the unique return objectives of each client. Operating Margins. Operating margin is a very important metric for asset managers as it reflects how much of the fees generated are kept by the company.

Industry 113

Industry Real Estate Management Retail 113

Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic. Are all share repurchases myopic?

Metrics 101

Metrics Study McKinsey Cash Flow 101

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A core challenge of management is to ensure that the organization’s priorities, strategies, and metrics are consistently embraced and that any impediments are identified and addressed quickly. Metrics that are reported daily, such as “units at capacity.” CAPTION TEXT HERE/Getty Images.

System 130

System Healthcare Metrics Report 130

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. But it turns out these methods don’t just have to do with technology and operations. Deere’s marketing group has found such check-ins vital to staying competitive in its industry. Deere managers call it a “motivation metric” or even a “happiness metric.”

Metrics 132

Metrics Survey Software Operations 132

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

In the traditional media industry, some outlets differentiate themselves through quality, but social media hasn’t gotten there yet — there is no “ New York Times of social media.” Technologists often discuss the problem of “ vanity metrics.”

Media 129

Media Metrics eBook Software 129

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Entering class statistics at US M7 schools (2025) US M7 school Total class size (2025) % of consultants pre-MBA Is consulting the top pre-MBA industry? Use concrete metrics to demonstrate your contributions, such as cost savings, revenue growth, or operational improvements.

Consulting 60

Consulting Finance Nonprofit Transportation 60

Consulting Matters

APRIL 13, 2023

He is a strategic and operational leader, having led strategic planning, finance and business development teams for these companies, as well as leading large operating units of over $500 million and $1 billion in revenue. An industry visionary, Brad specializes in distressed and growth business opportunities.

Consulting 156

Consulting Finance Turnaround Healthcare 156

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

In the methodology upheld by Kennedy as well as Consultancy.org, Management Consulting is a collective term used for all services that fall under Strategy Consulting, Operations Consulting and HR Consulting. Operations Consultants: Operations consultants are consultants who help clients improve the performance of their operations.

Consulting 135

Consulting Operations Financial Real Estate 135

LSA Global

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Top CEOs design a clear and compelling strategic direction that inspires action, provides strategic clarity , is responsive to relevant market and industry changes, and establishes a roadmap for strategic priorities. Without a clear and motivating strategy, organizations risk fragmented efforts, poor alignment , and diminished morale.

Strategy 69

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Leadership 69

Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2024

In addition, their focus on effective resource allocation, stakeholder engagement, and change management contributes to enhanced operational efficiency, increased agility, and improved project outcomes. What is the difference between a Chief Project Officer (CPO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO)? What organizations require a CPO?

Resources 157

Resources Methodologies Efficiency Metrics 157

Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2017

The water industry is using digital technologies and analytics to derive more value from its physical assets. In many parts of the world, the increased operational and infrastructure costs are simply passed on to consumers. As one U.S. ” Regulatory incentives often exacerbate this behavior. In other regions, however, (e.g.

Industry 70

Industry Data Tools Efficiency 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. industries, and a review of hundreds of academic studies on the psychology of human performance, shows that most leaders and organizations tend to focus on just one type of performance. Metrics emphasized speed.

Metrics 134

Metrics Engineering Operations Sales 134

Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2017

Checklists describe several standard critical processes of care that many operating rooms typically implement from memory. In a related paper published in 2013 , Alexander Arriaga and colleagues had 17 operating-room teams participate in 106 simulated surgical-crisis scenarios. following the introduction of checklists. The implication?

Airlines 191

Airlines Efficiency Study Operations 191

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2016

Different industries and different business models have always maintained different percentages of these asset types. Digital native upstarts are gutting traditional industries one at a time, leveraging scalable technology and participative networks. This will require reporting on new metrics.

How To 124

How To Metrics Pharmaceuticals Hotels 124

Markovitz Consulting

MAY 19, 2021

We can argue over specific metrics, but we’d all agree that we have to account for physical as well as mental/emotional health. As with individuals, there will be disagreement over metrics, but clearly we have to consider financial performance, internal stakeholders (employees), and external stakeholders (community).

Company 124

Company Balance Sheet Metrics Engineering 124

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

But such a change would probably not change how resources are allocated or businesses operate. We then scored the quality of disclosure based on whether there is no disclosure, generic disclosure, backward-looking metrics, or forward-looking metrics for a category.

Metrics 126

Metrics Financial Marketing Trends 126

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2017

Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care. Corporations are now taking a further step beyond objective metrics, which can be financial and nonfinancial, to include subjective measures — tagged as “soft.”

Financial 121

Financial Banking Metrics Benchmarking 121

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

That time is spent establishing financial and operational metrics, aligning goals with overarching strategy, allocating resources, and reviewing key metrics. High-performing teams spend 14% more time checking their progress against strategic goals by reviewing key metrics and shifting resources accordingly.

Strategy 134

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Enterprise 134

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 14, 2024

Tools and technology: Operating systems, languages, anything specifically technical. Industry expertise. The unsaid expectations of the industry in which you work. These skills plus my deep agile and lean understanding, would allow me to use the flow metrics to increase agility. But I’ve consulted for a long time.

Agile 100

Agile How To Metrics Productivity 100

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2017

The EU’s case asserts, among other things, that Google unfairly exploits its dominance in search engines and smartphone operating systems to restrict competition in shopping services, ad placement services, and smartphone app store markets. Monopolies were easier to define within well-circumscribed industries.

Company 120

Company Engineering Operations Construction 120

Progressus

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The professional services industry is undergoing a transformation driven by familiar yet powerful forces. These transformative elements, while well-recognized, are evolving at an unprecedented pace, affecting how professional services firms operate, make decisions, collaborate, and structure their services.

Industry 52

Industry Agile Talent Data 52

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. ” Bertolini and his team studied the industry and concluded that a reasonable target was no more than 6% EPS.

Metrics 113

Metrics Study Financial Operations 113

Effective Managers

JUNE 9, 2021

What’s more, even today, most of the industry activity is in North America and Europe. Despite that, the whole industry is still very large. That can only mean that the management consulting industry can grow as well. The same is true for the management consulting industry.

Consulting 130

Consulting Enterprise Industry Management 130

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

A dashboard is a powerful information management tool that is used to track KPIs (key performance indicators), metrics and other data points relevant to a business, department, or specific process. operational vs analytical) with the following questions in mind: Who is the target audience? Considerations. What do we want to measure?

Tools 109

Tools Data Metrics Operations 109

BCG

JANUARY 5, 2017

Turbulence is affecting more and more industries, more frequently and more severely. One industry that has been a huge beneficiary of all this turbulence is the change management industry. Over the past few years, the change management industry has been logging an average annual growth rate of 5%.

Change Management 85

Change Management Management Comparison Industry 85

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2016

We mapped this data against dozens of financial and leadership metrics, clustering companies into four groups (ranging from low- to high-performing). And fifth, while these companies do have leadership “programs,” they are embedded in the business, and HR does not operate alone.

Leadership 134

Leadership Deloitte Culture Pharmaceuticals 134

Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2017

While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. billion, including most major firms in the manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, financial services, and retail industries. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities.

Company 70

Company Operations Data Benchmarking 70

Makarios Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

We don’t need to track metrics to succeed as a business.” But we have worked with many leadership teams that acknowledged, “We don’t know what metrics to track to get meaningful insights so that we can make strategic, timely business decisions.” A well-rounded scorecard will have the following: Financial metrics. Sales metrics.

Metrics 52

Metrics Agile Leadership Trends 52

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

One large media organization faces large incumbent players and operates in a market that is growing quickly. Rather than using traditional top-down management practices, the company organized itself into small business units, each of which operates in a local geography. We call this operating structure the “network of teams.”

Leadership 70

Leadership Metrics Operations Culture 70

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

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.

Methodologies 134

Methodologies Culture Company Metrics 134