Oracle recently released the results of the Oracle Cloud Agility study, a survey of 2,263 employees working for large global enterprises. 64% of respondents...
Oracle recently released the results of the Oracle Cloud Agility study, a survey of 2,263 employees working for large global enterprises. 64% of respondents consider their organization to be agile and 81% stated that the ability to rapidly develop, test, and launch new business applications is either critically important or important to the success of their business. Yet only 32% state that they fully understand what Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is, while 29% admit that they...
Oracle recently released the results of the Oracle Cloud Agility study, a survey of 2,263 employees working for large global enterprises. 64% of respondents consider their organization to be agile and...
Actually, make that 3 minutes and 3 seconds. Modern Best Practice enables organizations of all sizes to achieve radically superior results fast, and with fewer...
Actually, make that 3 minutes and 3 seconds. Modern Best Practice enables organizations of all sizes to achieve radically superior results fast, and with fewer resources. We've now published 73 Modern Best Practices across key business areas: Finance HR & Talent Procurement Sales Service to name a few and have started adding industries: Higher Education Professional Services. And, we're adding more every month or so. Microwave some popcorn, grab your beverage of choice, and...
Actually, make that 3 minutes and 3 seconds. Modern Best Practice enables organizations of all sizes to achieve radically superior results fast, and with fewer resources. We've now published 73 Modern...
Competition for top talent—people—is a well documented high priority spanning all sizes and types of organizations. But what if your business is people? Does...
Competition for top talent—people—is a well documented high priority spanning all sizes and types of organizations. But what if your business is people? Does that make securing and retaining the best people mission-critical? The Numero uno challenge? For Professional Services organizations, the answer is, “Heck, yea!” That’s why Professional Services is one of the first industry Modern Best Practice we’ve published. But It’s Not Just About the People: It’s Also About Enabling...
Competition for top talent—people—is a well documented high priority spanning all sizes and types of organizations. But what if your business is people? Does that make securing and retaining the best...
To paraphrase a timeless saying, “Business opportunities make strange bedfellows”. The post-recessionary economy has compelled some companies to contribute to...
To paraphrase a timeless saying, “Business opportunities make strange bedfellows”. The post-recessionary economy has compelled some companies to contribute to their arch rivals’ earnings in order to capitalize on opportunities or better serve their customers. For example, Salesforce and SAP pay Oracle a LOT of money as Larry Ellison points out in this Business Insider article. But New Rivalries Are Much More Fascinating Fast Company spotlights 5 Developing Business Rivalries...
To paraphrase a timeless saying, “Business opportunities make strange bedfellows”. The post-recessionary economy has compelled some companies to contribute to their arch rivals’ earnings in order to...
Oracle Publishes Modern Best Practice for Sales Performance Management We just published Oracle Modern Best Practice for Sales Performance Management, with...
Oracle Publishes Modern Best Practice for Sales Performance Management We just published Oracle Modern Best Practice for Sales Performance Management, with resources that help organizations build their strategies for: Sales Strategy Coaching Plan Incentive Plan Reviewing this content conjured up many images and experiences from my selling days. It’s been a long while since I carried a bag but, in my career, I've sold many products and services. Everything from a college...
Oracle Publishes Modern Best Practice for Sales Performance Management We just published Oracle Modern Best Practice for Sales Performance Management, with resources that help organizations build...
The worst company I ever worked for ruthlessly enforced autocratic personnel policies, shouted down any discussion of compensation, and fostered a culture of...
The worst company I ever worked for ruthlessly enforced autocratic personnel policies, shouted down any discussion of compensation, and fostered a culture of backstabbing. Looking back, I still ponder why I put up with them. Must be the stoic Scandinavian Minnesota farm boy in me. The Worst Companies to Work For Adopt Worst Practices for HR 24/7 Wall St.’s analyzed thousands of employee reviews posted on Glassdoor to come up with their 4th annual list of The Worst Companies...
The worst company I ever worked for ruthlessly enforced autocratic personnel policies, shouted down any discussion of compensation, and fostered a culture of backstabbing. Looking back, I still ponder...
Modern Best Practice for Marketing requires synchronization of processes and technology. “85% of B2B marketers using marketing automation in 2014 felt they...
Modern Best Practice for Marketing requires synchronization of processes and technology. “85% of B2B marketers using marketing automation in 2014 felt they weren’t using it to its full potential,” David Crane, marketing tech strategist at Oracle partner Integrate, points out in this briefing just published by Oracle. He cites a top stat from the SiriusDecisions Summit 2015. Yes, Marketing Automation solutions have revolutionized demand generation But, in the rush to deploy...
Modern Best Practice for Marketing requires synchronization of processes and technology. “85% of B2B marketers using marketing automation in 2014 felt they weren’t using it to its full potential,”...
The CFO often must be the most multifunctional tool in the executive office. And I mean ‘tool’ as ‘a device used to carry out a particular function’ (not the...
The CFO often must be the most multifunctional tool in the executive office. And I mean ‘tool’ as ‘a device used to carry out a particular function’ (not the urban slang definition). The CFO’s I interact with are multi-learned, multi-talented, multi-skilled. That’s because their responsibilities typically go well beyond finance, most often to overseeing IT and HR functions. The Best Talent is Hard to Find ManpowerGroup’s 2015 Talent Shortage Survey identifies ‘management and...
The CFO often must be the most multifunctional tool in the executive office. And I mean ‘tool’ as ‘a device used to carry out a particular function’ (not the urban slang definition). The CFO’s I...
Your Diverse Employees Need to Feel at Home When They’re At Work Disrupting the norms within your industry requires a diverse talent set including those who...
Your Diverse Employees Need to Feel at Home When They’re At Work Disrupting the norms within your industry requires a diverse talent set including those who aren’t comfortable with business as usual. If that's what you're aiming for, you need to provide a culture and workplace environment that welcomes and supports diversity, not just ‘race, creed, color’, but also creative and unorthodox personalities. Sir Richard Branson says that the positives of maverick talent “far...
Your Diverse Employees Need to Feel at Home When They’re At Work Disrupting the norms within your industry requires a diverse talent set including those who aren’t comfortable with business as...