'Not Great To Begin With

One thing that shouldn't serve as anyone's alarm clock is a desire to get to the office and compare the CU's performance with that of other CUs, according to William Taylor. "I am less and less a fan of benchmarking. Why benchmark yourself to best practices that may not be that great to begin with. You must be willing to look to great ideas in unrelated businesses."

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