When it comes to improving business performance, managers have no shortage of tools and techniques from which to choose. But what really works? What are the critical factors to ensuring sustainable business achievements? And what’s the best way to measure goal achievement?
In 2003, a five-year study was conducted with more than 50 academics and consultants. The study was subsequently updated for an additional five-years to further test findings.
How did Apple overtake Exxon Mobil to become the world’s most valuable company in September 2011?
Was it simply the genius of Steve Jobs? Or its über-cool designs? Important as these factors are, they are far from the whole story.
The reality is that Apple has consistently followed a set of fundamental business practices. And now, you can learn how to model the world’s most valuable and inspiring company.
Has your organization grown by 110% or more per year in revenues over the last few years? Has its value grown by 160% or more per year? And if you are publicly traded, has it grown by 4 times the major North American indices?
Well, you can achieve this impressive growth if you replicate the same thinking as the companies that have the winning 4+2 formula.
Step 1? Assess your company (or not-for-profit or hospital, for whom the formula is equally applicable)