15Five

JUNE 1, 2017

In 2014, Guy Kawasaki wrote a popular post entitled, Let’s Stop the Glorification of Busy. Identify benchmarks and targets. This is an important frame, because it is easy for many of us to work 40, 50 or even 60 hours a week without moving forward on any of our high leverage tasks. Start by setting a baseline.

Engineering 94

Engineering Metrics Energy Benchmarking 94

Brian Balfour

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The biggest retention questions at SoundCloud Around late 2014 to early 2015, the SoundCloud team identified retention as an area of improvement, especially on the mobile side. It actually wasn't too bad at SoundCloud, by industry benchmarks, Andy told me. But, retention can always be better. “If

Retention 62

Retention Benchmarking Metrics Rollout 62

Walk Me

JULY 18, 2022

Erin Mayer, an American business school professor, created the culture map in 2014 as a business tool. Benchmarking. Benchmarking helps businesses to remain competitive, ensuring productivity and sales hit targets to stay viable and sustainable. Benchmarking is still relevant today as one of many change management tools.

Change Management 59

Change Management Manager Benchmarking Strategic Planning 59

Vantage Circle

MARCH 24, 2019

But this is hardly a suitable benchmark in measuring employee productivity as a whole. In 2014, Stanford researchers discovered the phenomenon called “ productivity cliff ”. Bosses like to measure employee productivity by conceptualizing the idea of everyone being an “ideal worker”.

Project Management 94

Project Management KPI Manager Employee Engagement 94

Andrew Chen

JANUARY 9, 2020

Lots of benchmarking. For everyone who joined in the early years – 2010 to 2014 – they’ve already hit their 4 year mark and many are spinning out. My order of operations when I sit down with a startup to figure out how to grow their new product. 1) first, is it working? 2) if it is working, then how do we scale it?

Marketing 110

Marketing Retention B2B Scaling 110

Walk Me

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Can be used for a range of purposes PDCA’s utility extends to managing routines by standardizing daily operations, setting quality benchmarks, and operating improvements to adapt to market changes and stand out competitively. An electronic alarm to flag medications associated with hypoglycemia risk.

Change Management 52

Change Management Manager Implementation Workflows 52

Vantage Circle

JUNE 5, 2024

According to an SHRM study, US companies offering volunteer programs increased from 40% in 2014 to 47% in 2022. Make sure to use tools to benchmark your perks against the perks offered by competitors to ensure competitiveness. Involvement in such group volunteer efforts helps nourish relationships among team members.

Implementation 59

Implementation Benefits Employee Engagement Scaling 59