Execution
Processes vs. Functions: Reducing Business Insanity
Twitter It!By Verne Harnish “Growth Guy”
Customers experience your company’s processes, not its functions. Yet executives spend most of their time focused on making sure the functions of the firm i.e. sales, operations, finance, HR, IT, etc. are properly led, staffed, and driven by appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs).
For the sake of customers and the [...]
Success comes with keeping it simple
Twitter It!By: Verne Harnish
Every year, since it launched in 1984, pundits have been predicting the demise of RIM, the famous makers of the BlackBerry – most recently given the success of the iPhone.
Yet for all the attention Apple and the iPhone receive, the Blackberry Curve is the best selling smart phone in the US [...]
How to make graphs that work
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1. Don’t let popular spreadsheets be in charge of the way you look
92% of all the business presentations made in the United States are done with templates created by big companies in Excel or Powerpoint. This is a horrible tragedy.
First, programmers don’t often have a lot of taste. The fonts are flaccid, the [...]
Six Best Practices for Procure-to-pay in a Recession
Twitter It!Gaining visibility into, and control over, your organization’s procure-to-pay process can help you weather the current economy and emerge stronger
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Boosting Engagement While Cutting Costs
Twitter It!Yes, it’s possible. Here’s how one hospital turned the budget over to its employees and reaped a windfall.
by Jeannie Ruhlman and Cheryl Siegman
Massive layoffs. Facilities closing. Profits declining. Full-blown economic recession. This is the stuff that creates angst and sleepless nights for today’s CEOs. While many leaders find themselves looking for a way out [...]