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1x 10x 100x (On Leverage)

Ed Batista

This is understandable--most leaders operate under financial constraints, and grasping the ROI of a given initiative helps to ensure that their capital is being put to its best use. Sleep-Deprived Leaders are Less Inspiring (Christopher Barnes, Harvard Business Review , 2016). [7] 7] How to Scale: Do Less, Lead More. [8]

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People Analytics Case Study: How HR made customers happy

AIHR

We conducted two studies – 2017 and 2016 – that assessed how often each of the most commonly measured employee attitudes (survey categories) were found to be a statistically significant driver of business outcomes. ROI Calculation . While we understand this statement is largely in opposition to popular opinion, we base it on research.

ROI 81
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Growth is getting hard from intensive competition, consolidation, and saturation

Andrew Chen

Facebook and Google now control most of the Top 10 apps in the mobile ecosystem: Source: Nielsen, Dec 2016. Paying for acquisition is one of the key channels still available, if you can find the right untapped audience segments with high ROIs. No wonder app store rankings have ossified over the years. 2 Competition on paid channels.

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Are You Getting a Return on Your Investment in Employee Training?

Zenefits

SMBs must weigh the benefits of training against time and money to get a return on investment, or ROI. Simply put, ROI is the gain from an investment measured against its cost. ROI usually is calculated in percentages using this basic formula : ROI = Net Profit ¸ Total Investment x 100. Can training guarantee ROI?

ROI 52
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What is HR Analytics?

AIHR

According to them, HR analytics is the systematic identification and quantification of the people drivers of business outcomes (Heuvel & Bondarouk, 2016). This is often done by calculating a Return on Investment (ROI). The best known scientific definition of HR analytics is by Heuvel & Bondarouk.

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Why People Analytics isn?t Delivering on its Promised Value

AIHR

That’s an ROI of 13X. Adapted from Cantrell et al, 2016 , Max Blumberg created The Value Profiler to visualize this model. “To We know that the potential value of analytics is high. We don’t have the numbers for People Analytics yet, but we know that general business analytics can generate $13 for every $1 invested.

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Calculating the ROI of Customer Engagement

Harvard Business Review

A more sophisticated understanding of engagement allows community managers to effectively influence and change it, and even to calculate an ROI for engagement. In 2016, the average community is achieving estimated engagement rates of 50% lurkers, 23% contributors, and 27% creators, according to our 2016 State of Community Management research.

ROI 15