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Measuring the Long-Term Impact of L&D Initiatives on Business Performance

Clarity Consultants

Cost savings: Measure reductions in operational costs due to increased efficiency or reduced errors. Engagement scores: Use surveys to assess employee satisfaction and motivation improvements. Profit margins: Assess improvements in profit margins resulting from enhanced employee performance.

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7 Traits that Make You Instantly Credible with Senior Leaders

Consulting Matters

implementing a methodology.). Understands how the culture and power networks operate within the client system. Helps clients anticipate the Customer/Client, Employee, and Financial/Operational impact of business decisions. Business Acumen. Focuses applying expertise towards achievement of business outcomes (vs. Political Savvy.

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2020 Study: Why Smart People Start a Consulting Business (And What Holds Them Back)

Consulting Matters

This year, we created a survey that we administered to both new and seasoned consultants to learn more about what drives smart people to start their own consulting businesses and what stands in the way of achieving their full potential. But there are many factors that hold them back. Through cost reductions, I was released from the company.

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Why John Deere Measures Employee Morale Every Two Weeks

Harvard Business

Traditionally, they might get vendors such as Gallup to survey employee engagement. Operations in a Connected World. But it turns out these methods don’t just have to do with technology and operations. Many companies go to great lengths every year or two to determine just how motivated their work force really is.

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7 Factors of Great Office Design

Harvard Business

We created a version of our index as an online survey that feeds us input in a more systematic way and as a means of reaching more people — you could, too, if your organizations are more accustomed to engaging in surveys online rather than in person. And people wanted more meeting spaces that could be used quickly and informally.

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The Barriers Big Companies Face When They Try to Act Like Lean Startups

Harvard Business

” And yet the lean startup methodology, born in Silicon Valley as a way for startups to tune in to customer needs with limited resources, has been gaining major momentum inside big companies like General Electric, Alaska Airlines, Telefonica, 3M, and W.L. “Anticipate resistance and welcome it,” one survey respondent advised.

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You Don’t Need an “India Strategy” — You Need a Strategy for Each State in India

Harvard Business

For instance, a recent survey of more than 3,000 Indian companies, by government think tank NITI Aayog, reports that it takes an average of 156 days to get land allotted from the government in India. Step 2: Measure operating environment. The business and operating environment varies remarkably across states.