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How Do You Measure Employee Performance?
The one-size-fits-all approach to managing the performance of people clearly doesn't work. And there is enough research suggesting that traditional
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#88 Are your KPIs just a “TO DO LIST”?
Needless to say, "Action Plans" are very important for every organization. However, when it comes to setting KPIs, "Action without
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How to Structure Your KPI Project
In the article "Why 8 Weeks For a KPI Project?" I suggested that when you're using a new performance measurement
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Why 8 Weeks for a KPI Project?
It's quite easy to underestimate just how much it takes to transform an organisation's approach to performance measurement. There are
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Podcast Episode #31 – Subscriber Q&A
Getting top management to define the goals. Getting meaningful measures that work. How to get people to enter data. Good
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Where Are The Predictive KPIs?
Where are the predictive performance measures? Well apparently they're not in the rear-view mirror. That, apparently, is where you find
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Podcast Episode #30 – Finding Lead Indicators
Practical Tip: Where Are The Predictive Measures? Your Questions: Drew asks how to find predictive performance indicators.
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The 9 Levels of Performance Measurement Maturity
Performance measurement is like anything else - you can do it anywhere on the scale between awful and awesome. How
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Podcast Episode #29 – Performance Measurement’s Most Important Outcome
Practical Tip: Performance Measures - From Awful to Awesome Your Questions: Jo asks how to focus planning on outcomes, not
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Good, Bad and Downright Ugly KPIs
Before you can successfully find meaningful performance measures, you have to know what a good performance is. Sometimes it's easier
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Podcast Episode #28 – Ugly Measures
Practical Tip: Good, Bad and Downright Ugly Performance Measures Your Questions: Fernando asks about problems with metrics for Public Relations...
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Podcast Episode #27 – The Continuous Improvement Philosophy
Practical Tip: Why do YOU Measure Performance? Your Questions: Andy asks - Do you keep measuring after reaching your goal?
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Three Questions to Design Your KPI Reports
Unless your performance reports are focused on answering three critical questions, they're likely to bore you sleep, lead you astray,
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Podcast Episode #26 – Where the KPI Rubber Hits the Road
Practical Tip: Three questions to design your KPI reports Your Questions: Chris asks how to present KPIs with minimal effort.
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Should You Measure Your Mission?
Vision and mission statements these days have reduced to a pedestrian, cliched, insipid product of jumping through strategic planning hoops.
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Podcast Episode #25 – Mission-Critical Measurement
Practical Tip: Should You Measure Your Mission? Your Questions: Destry asks "How do you measure without work losing its meaning?"
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Nine Ironman Tips For Performance Measurement Success
"No-Meat Athlete" and Ironman Triathlon finisher Susan Lacke wrote an article called "From Couch Potato to Ironman - In 20
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Podcast Episode #24 – What Sport Teaches Us About Measuring Performance
Practical Tip: 9 Ironman Tips For Performance Measurement Success Your Questions: Yevhen asks "How do you make people use KPIs?"
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What Exactly is KPI Alignment?
Apparently, KPIs need to be aligned. And if you have aligned KPIs, you're good to go. But what exactly should
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Podcast Episode #23 – Aligning KPIs to the Right Things
Practical Tip: What Exactly is KPI Alignment? Your Questions: Nerida in Brisbane asks how to align KPIs across business units
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How To Get A KPI Quick Win, Quickly
Paul is a Senior Executive in a large private sector company that has some KPIs but they're not great KPIs.
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Podcast Episode #22 – Getting KPI Success, Sooner
Article: How To Get A KPI Quick Win, Quickly Q&A: Which sources have the best KPIs? Quick Tip: Use the
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Nine Bad KPI Habits to Change
Well this is not an exhaustive list by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a list of the
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Podcast Episode #21 – Secrets to Getting KPIs Right
Q&A: How do you measure to change behaviour and drive improvement? Quick Tip: A checklist of criteria for excellent KPIs.
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#75 KPIs Should Make You Feel Uncomfortable!
If your KPIs or performance measures aren't pushing you outside your comfort zone, then they're wasting everyone's time. If you
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Podcast Episode #20 – Are You Measuring to Thrive or Survive?
Q&A: How to measure for continuous improvement? Quick Tip: Set 3 targets for each KPI.
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Podcast Episode #19 – Measure What You Should, Can and Will
How Many KPIs Do You Need? Q&A: What questions should I ask managers to help them define their KPIs? Quick
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Podcast Episode #18 – Weasely Goals Waste Your Time
Are Your Goals Measure-Worthy? Q&A: How do you measure services that are not necessarily quantitative? Quick Tip: Practice using sensory-rich
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#72 My Measurement Success Mantras
I love mantras. I love how they can carry a paragraph full of meaning in just a few words, and
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Podcast Episode #17 – The Right Measurement Mindset
My Measurement Success Mantras Q&A: How do you get people to adopt a KPI mindset? Quick Tip: As-is versus should-be
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