Newsletter Archive
March 2007
WHAT STOCK PRICES AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT HAVE IN COMMON
All organizations, regardless of size or line of business, rely on their people to shape the organization's performance. Hence, global publicly-traded companies and local school districts (and everyone in- between) all use some set of processes and practices to manage their people in ways intended to optimize desired organizational outcomes. Our work has shown that the specific nature of these processes and practices drives and predicts the organization's future success (or lack thereof).
These matters are discussed further in the March 2007 Harvard Business Review article ("Maximizing Your Return on People") written by McBassi principals Laurie Bassi and Dan McMurrer. The article categorizes people-related processes and practices within a framework that can be adopted (and customized) by organizations of all sizes and lines of business - and it explores people-related drivers of both stock prices and student achievement.
The full Harvard Business Review article, which includes a quick organizational "self-assessment," can be downloaded by clicking here.