Adam Davidson

If the American government can't stand behind the dollar, the world's benchmark currency, then the global financial system will very likely enter a new era in which there is much less trade and much less economic growth. It would be, by most accounts, the largest self-imposed financial disaster in history.

American Journalist

Jay Samit

Instead of focusing the traditional planning cycles where companies benchmark their businesses against existing competition, teams need to be developed to foster internal change and disruption. Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.

American Businessman

Gary Vaynerchuk

Social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners. This means taking the long view and avoiding short-term benchmarks to gauge progress. It means allowing the personality, heart and soul of the people who run all levels of the business to show.

Caroline Ghosn

By saying that leaders - male or female - have to look or act a certain way to be respected as role models, we are not only hurting those individuals but also reinforcing rigid benchmarks for the next generation of passionate, aspiring leaders, who are watching.

American Businesswoman

Paul Gillmor

Among the many important provisions in the energy bill are the creation of an estimated half million new jobs, increased oil production, blackout protection, controlling fertilizer costs by stabilizing natural gas prices and enacting new efficiency benchmarks.

American Politician

Edward Kennedy

We want to support our troops because they didn't make the decision to go there... but I don't think it should be open-ended. We ought to have a benchmark where the administration has to come back and give us a report.

Naveen Patnaik

Vajpayeeji's time was a time of mutual respect and understanding, irrespective of how small or big a party you are. In fact, Vajpayeeji's handling of a coalition is something of a benchmark in world politics.

Indian Politician

David Blunkett

To make sense of a world in which rapid change and globalisation create genuine insecurity, we need benchmarks by which we can judge our actions and their long-term impact.

British Politician

Sunny Deol

My films have always been considered the benchmark in action. I have a big responsibility to shoulder.

Indian Actor

James Dyson

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.

British Designer

Often used in business to describe objectives or quality standards companies aim to achieve.

Business Context

'Benchmark' doesn't necessarily mean something positive; it's neutral and depends on the standard set.

Not Always Positive

It serves as a baseline for comparisons in various situations, not just in performance.

Comparison Basis

Used as a verb to suggest the process of improving something by making comparisons.

Improvement Guide

Refers to evaluating current performance to set future goals.

Performance Check

Benchmarking is an ongoing process of comparing and adjusting standards.

Continuous Process

In surveying, it's a fixed point of reference that's physically marked in the environment.

Surveying Reference

Represents an actual mark or physical presence, not just a concept or idea.

Physical Landmarks

Gives information about the elevation or altitude in a specific location.

Elevation Clue

 phrases and even the specific words against a benchmark of everyday communicators what we were trying to do is discover what these people do differently and what we found is that the world's top visionaries communicate three things in common but it wasn't what we expected I obviously expected the top visionaries

How visionary leaders...

 towards these various benchmarks that I've talked about. And I mean, the proof will be in the pudding. We're going to have to show people that we've got a strong NDC, we're actually implementing, we're passing legislation, and we're moving forward in a collegiate manner with other countries around the world.

The US is back in the...

 into another one of its beautiful phenomena these shipwrecks are sort of part of historical narrative to tell us but they also have important to science function as they operate is kind of like a you know a benchmark if you want in the environment so for how things have

Underwater on Bermuda’s...

 the compass I rely on for direction, the counsel I listen to for making wise decisions, and the benchmark I use for evaluating everything." Well maybe, OK, but what's going to follow from this? And here's one that does concern me. Remember I quoted him before with this

Dan Dennett: Responding...

 that was used to share news with the rest of the world of what the benchmark can be for corporate turnarounds. Africa was being used as a success story! So I want to share with you a personal story about a turnaround or a transformation. And that has to do with me

Euvin Naidoo: Africa as...

 So can we pull off the same trick again? Can economic growth get us to the Global Goals? Well, to answer that question, we need to benchmark where the world is today against the Global Goals and figure out how far we have to travel.

How We Can Make the...

 One business shows up as the top employer on one list, doesn't show up at all on another, some lists offer no criteria and some are purchased ads. They're paid for. Employees and employers both want clear benchmarks

How to design gender...

 more room for people to enjoy the city, and to make our streets as safe as they can be for everybody that uses them. We set out a clear action plan with goals and benchmarks. Having goals is important,

Janette Sadik-Khan: New...

 that if you look at these numbers or all the other numbers that I talked about in my book world 3.0 that we're very very far from the no border effect benchmark which would imply internationalization

Actually, the world...

 And it shouldn't be a guide to all decision making. But we have ignored Kuznets' warning. We live in a world where GDP is the benchmark of success in a global economy.