The ratio sags for companies in the middle, then ratchets up once more for very large companies. But across the board, these and similar metrics that balance growth and productivity will guide the performance of the winners. A death knell for enterprise performance comes if the leaders lose their will to grow. If they opt to coast or play it safe for a while, they find that they lose the high performance edge rapidly. Competitors eagerly attack.
Employees move on in the face of diminishing opportunity.
And once a top grower sinks to average or below, only one-third rebound. The future will continue to belong to the innovator, to the grower. These are the drivers of success and role models for us all. May the promise of growth, to which they bear testimony, be spread ever more broadly among us all. Research team led by Mary Harvey with Jyothyi Vourganti.