In, or with any company, here are some key metrics to keep your eyes on: Top and bottom-line growth Revenue growth rates v. market rates Product mix ratios Other product growth Gross margins by product Pricing and revenue per unit, by product Cash-on-hand and cash growth rates Earnings guidance; and report “surprises” to management
A neat article about one of my favorite tools: The Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus. Specifically, check out the Word Notes; especially, DFW’s.
Greg McKeown, writing for Harvard Business Review: Why don’t successful people and organizations automatically become very successful? One important explanation is due to what I call “the clarity paradox,” which can be summed up in four predictable phases: Phase 1: When we really have clarity of purpose, it leads to success. Phase 2: When we …
PRAXIS IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH A THEORY, LESSON OR SKILL IS ENACTED, PRACTICED, EMBODIED OR REALIZED. A term in use since Aristotle … praxis is one of the three basic activities of humans beings (the others being theory and poiesis or skillful manufacture). Praxis in Aristotle includes voluntary or goal directed action … sometimes …
At a minimum, make sure your sales management team understands basic cost concepts, such as: cost drivers activity-based accounting customer profitability value-add and value chain analysis target costing And, a cursory understanding of the role of cost information for tactical and strategic decisions is helpful too. Use tools such as: budgets, variance analysis, benchmarking, transfer pricing and the balanced scorecard to …
Key learnings from the three movies: Organizations need to be built around ideas, not people. Actions matter more than intentions. Trust people with the truth. You need to risk failure in order to succeed. When you do fail, don’t let it destroy you. These lessons will help you build and lead your own organization(s). Source: …
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