Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 26, 2016

While nothing worth doing well is ever easy, there are certain benchmarks we can aim for which seem to exist in successful organizations I’ve observed. Here are 7 benchmarks towards success in an organization: There is a clear vision and strategy. People are operating with reasonable, attainable, measurable and worthy goals.

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Benchmarking Organization Succession Edmondson 30

HR Digest

APRIL 27, 2019

The magnitude of this significant problem is outlined in ECI’s Global Business Ethics Survey. A 2019 Hotline and Incident Management Benchmark Report states that only 1.18 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published a report on whistleblower operations at the Department of Defense (DoD).

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Compliance Officer Compliance Benchmarking Ethics 40

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. Leaders who operate behind a veil of secrecy are only setting themselves up for a rude awakening.

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Blog Leadership Benchmarking Tactics 366

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives, benchmarking. Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Operations are sound, professional and productive. You have and regularly update-benchmark a strategy for the future, shared company Vision, ethics, Big Picture thinking and “walk the talk.”

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Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

It is an ongoing process of evaluation, planning, tactical actions and benchmarking accomplishments. Futurism is a continuum of thinking and reasoning skills, judicious activities, shared leadership and an accent upon ethics and quality. Futurism: ideas that inspire, manage and benchmark change. Quotes on The Future.

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Benchmarking Crisis Management Rogers Tactics 50

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Just like an algebraic formula, business also functions according to rules governing order of operations. Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. A goal is a specific target and the objectives are the attainment components/benchmarks/hurdles which will lead you toward achieving said goal. Vision never drives mission.

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Blog Mission Statement Tactics Objective 395

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. Operations continue to streamline and are professional and productive. When people know and have helped set their goals, their performance improves. Training is vital.

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Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work. Provide business owners with a totally different perspective on how they can operate and be more successful. Values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives, benchmarking. Philosophy.

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Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 68

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. Holds benchmarks for Continuous Quality Improvement. In the Chinese culture, every crisis is first recognized as a danger signal and always as an opportunity for overcoming obstacles. Realistically attainable goals.

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Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 86

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

This holds for corporate operating units and departments. You must always educate corporate opinion makers on how you function… and the skill with which you operate. Operating units and departments must schedule and follow a program to market their worth to their companies. Benchmarks for measurement.

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Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? I’m not against benchmarking and norming. While benchmarks are useful inputs for compensation decisions, they shouldn’t be a straitjacket. Let’s take pay.

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Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 11

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Can the benchmarking information be accessed regularly? Growth, defined as increasing revenues each year (rather than improving the quality of company operations). Walking the Talk: ethics, values, quality, vision. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Are budgeting measures used to manage performance?

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Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 66

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked. Without goals, one cannot operate under self-control. Businesses should review their Strategic Plan annually.

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Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Achievement is a continuum, but it must be benchmarked and enjoyed along the way. Truth and ethics must be woven into how you conduct business. A great percentage of the population does not achieve huge goals but still admires and learns from those who do persevere and succeed. The achiever thus becomes a lifelong mentor to others.

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Mentor Learning-by-Doing Open-book Career 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Business needs to play a more powerful role in supporting responsible practices throughout every aspect of their operations. Companies usually manage bribery and corruption risk through a mix of internal processes, certification requirements, and basic good practices throughout their operations — including with suppliers and vendors.

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Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Rather they should benchmark their decisions against the question of “is it the right thing to do?” I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. How sad is this? Are these extreme statements?

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Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

Long-term track record, unlike anything accomplished by any other individual, all contributing toward organizational philosophy, purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. Develop and share own philosophies. Let the buyer beware.

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Article Strategy Long-term Mentor 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. In order to complete the chain, organizations must insist that suppliers, professional services counselors and vendors show demonstrated quality programs, as well as ethics statements. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Communication.

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Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Values benefiting other aspects of the company operation: Quality improved on behalf of the overall organization. Cash outlays are always risks.

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Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. Arrogant attitudes.

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Self-aware System Open-book Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. Arrogant attitudes.

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Self-aware Learning-by-Doing System Bottom-up 50

HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

Understanding HR Analytics The Evolution of HR Management Over the past century, HR management has undergone a remarkable transformation, evolving from an operational discipline to a strategic function. Optimized HR Operations: HR analytics streamlines HR processes by automating data collection, analysis, and reporting.

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Metrics Trends Compliance Analysis 98

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care. Should CEO performance be assessed only on “hard” measures? Should soft measures be part of a CEO’s scorecard?

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TSR Banking Incentives Committee 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2011

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. Failure to benchmark results and accomplishments. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. The emphasis is upon the latest slogans of mission but does not look closely at how its systems operate. Arrogant attitudes.

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Bottom-up System Learning-by-Doing Execution 58

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

Workers used to an equal opportunities culture often express ethical objections to the idea that you might talk your way into a short-list of one simply through opportunity or connections. The employer mindset often operates at two levels, the public and the private. I have a personal benchmark for success in the hidden job market.

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Marketing Advertising Benchmarking Objective 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2015

His company had just appointed him to take over a troubled country operation in Latin America. He was a highly ethical, performance-driven manager, and assumed everyone else was (or should be) too. Rabbits are busy chasing some internal mission, vision, or benchmark. He did a brilliant job turning things around financially.

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Rogers Benchmarking Loyalty Learning-by-Doing 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

There is no converting them to your more enlightened way of thinking and operating. Curiously, that charity has been clouded by public investigations of questionable ethics and dubious fund-raising practices. Examine and benchmark the reasons and results. They are self-serving networkers and offer nothing for you.

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Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 51

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The company did more than 4,000 deals…most risky and without research, planning and benchmarking. Without Strategic Planning, there is no benchmarking of specific tactics. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Accounting.

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