How Businesses Can Leverage Productivity to Generate Strategic Alignment Behind a Common Language and Drive Performance
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How Businesses Can Leverage Productivity to Generate Strategic Alignment Behind a Common Language and Drive Performance

November 24, 2022 | Article

Productivity is about how to use resources optimally to realize the best outcomes. However, there are typically gaps in terms of communicating key productivity messages within a firm, making decisions and planning for the future based on a common productivity narrative, and then translating that narrative into actions. In many cases, each function and even individual executives define and measure productivity differently, making it difficult to manage across the firm. Strategic Productivity for the Leadership Team, a recent report published by The Productivity Institute, a research think tank in the UK, argues that there is a need for a strong common narrative within the firm built around productivity.

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AUTHORS

Bartvan Ark

Managing Director, The Productivity Institute
The University of Manchester

John Metselaar

Council Director, Asia and Europe Innovation Leadership Councils
The Conference Board
Former CTO
P&G Brussels Innovation Center

MichelSyrett

Senior Human Capital Fellow
The Conference Board




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