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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Early Warning Signs of Losing Your Competitive Edge


Many leading edge companies know there are a number of key leading indicators that, if monitored, can identify the potential early warning signs of a company losing its’ competitive edge.

            These are strategic measurements included to evaluate their long term competitive health. With this information, management can take early corrective action.

Periodically, I will write about these warning signs in this blog.

The first two measurements are:

·         Sales Lead Effectiveness:  The effectiveness of your sales/marketing teams to turn a qualified lead into a sale. Do you know if this measurement has gone up or down over the years? High quality companies improve this measurement year over the year. Do you? Do you know why you are winning or losing?

·         Retaining Tier One Employees: What percentage of your employees are rated “tier one”. High quality companies improve their average over the years. Do you know why you are succeeding or failing in retaining your tier one employees?

These are just two of a number of key indicators that we believe should be measured to improve profitability. 

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Joseph Bonocore

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