George Campbell is emeritus faculty of the Security Executive Council (SEC) and former CSO of Fidelity Investments. His book, "Measures and Metrics in Corporate Security" may be purchased through the SEC Web site. The SEC is a member organization for senior security and risk execu- tives from corporations and government agencies responsible for corporate and/or IT security programs.
COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac has fortified its growing reputation as an environmentally friendly business, moving up 67 spots from last year's ranking of green businesses in America by NEWSWEEK. Aflac, cracked the top 60 percent for overall green score, and is ranked Number 4 in the insurance industry in the category of Environmental Impact with a score of 87.63. The environmental impact score measures a company's worldwide footprint based on more than 750 metrics. We are extremely pleased that Aflac has improved its green standing among the 500 largest American companies," Aflac Vice President of Facilities and Employee Green Committee Chair Alfred Blackmar said. "It's a tremendous honor for Aflac, our Board of Directors, and our employee-led Green Committee to be...
George Campbell is emeritus faculty of the Security Executive Council and former CSO of Fidelity Investments. His book, "Measures and Metrics in Corporate Security, " may be purchased through the Security Executive Council Web site. The Security Executive Council is an innovative problem-solving research and services organization that works with Tier 1 Security Leaders to reduce risk and add to corporate profitability in the process.
Social score card databases chart the well-being of a nation's people. They deal with the personal matters that the macroeconomic metrics obscure, using objective measures such as infant mortality and educational attainment. They also quantify subjective attitudes such as life satisfaction and happiness. It's the man-in-the-street level of country comparisons. The Human Development Index is a project of the United Nations Development Programme. Social Watch is the product of an international network of national groups that are concerned with inequality and poverty eradication. The World Values Survey has been conducted since 1981 by the World Values Survey Association, an international network of social scientists. The World Database of Happiness is produced by the Department of Sociolo...
George Campbell is emeritus faculty of the Security Executive Council (SEC) and former CSO of Fidelity Investments. His book, "Measures and Metrics in Corporate Security" may be purchased through the SEC Web site.
If your organization is investing money in workplace training, then training and development should be treated like any other investment -- goals need to be aligned with business strategies, and accountability needs to be measured. The recession has magnified the need for accountability. Learning professionals need to show how learning affects corporate performance by speaking the language of business when communicating the value of learning to executives, and by identifying ways in which the learning function supports the organization's goals. To help learning maintain credibility, learning executives must think about results, measures, metrics, and analytics when designing and delivering workplace training programs.
Companies have long used various performance measures to quantify their results. Measures of financial performance are dubbed "lagging indicators" because they reflect the results of the prior period. But in today's fast-paced global economy, many companies focus on leading indicators as well. When appropriately identified, measured, reported, and evaluated, leading indicators can inform management of the progress being made on initiatives undertaken to achieve higher profits. Even if a balanced scorecard approach with 20 to 25 measures is used to assess strategic objectives, management may want to identify the three to five lead measures that most drive revenue and net income performance. Put simply, when communicating key metrics to employees, less is more. It is important that these ...
George Campbell is emeritus faculty of the Security Executive Council (SEC) and former CSO of Fidelity Investments. His book, "Measures and Metrics in Corporate Security, " may be purchased through the SEC Web site. The SEC is a risk mitigation research and services organization for senior security and risk executives from corporations and government agencies responsible for corporate and/or IT security programs.
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