#72 My Measurement Success Mantras
June 21, 2011 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentI love mantras. I love how they can carry a paragraph full of meaning in just a few words, and because of this be fabulous reminders of what matters. I have mantras for running ("light and quick, here and now") and mantras for dealing with setbacks ("onwards and upwards!") and - yes, you guessed it - mantras for measurement!
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Performance Culture, Performance Leadership
How to Deploy a Corporate-Wide Performance Measurement System
September 15, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentTo deploy a successful Corporate Performance Measurement System, follow this project plan outline to avoid the pitfalls. (more…)
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7 Questions to Reflect on Your KPI Approach
December 22, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentIf you never take the time to reflect on your KPI approach, you'll never make the time to improve it. And it does need to improve, doesn't it? (more…)
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How to Structure Your KPI Project
February 21, 2012 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentIn the article "Why 8 Weeks For a KPI Project?" I suggested that when you're using a new performance measurement methodology, like the PuMP Blueprint, your first few implementations will have more success if they are quick, focused and allow for unlearning of bad KPI habits.
QUESTION: Where Can I Find Industry-Standard KPIs?
September 11, 2012 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentFiled Under: Performance Reporting and Dashboards
Why You Should Quit Brainstorming KPIs
December 19, 2017 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentWe brainstorm KPIs and performance measures because it seems easy and fast. So why change to another KPI selection method? Because brainstorming isn't as easy and fast as we might think. (more…)
How to Select the Most Relevant and Feasible KPIs to Measure Your Goal
May 7, 2019 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentToo often we feel paralysed in our search for the right KPIs. The best way to make progress toward the right measures of performance is to define "right" as the practical balance between strength with feasibility.
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Meaningful Performance Measures
If Your Organisation Isn’t Ready for KPIs, It Needs KPIs
July 2, 2019 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentA common reason for avoiding performance measurement is that the culture isn't ready yet for KPIs. But the right process of performance measurement can be a fast-acting catalyst for culture change, bringing together purpose, focus, feedback, ownership, collaboration, learning and improvement more quickly and easily.
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Evidence-Based Leadership, Getting Started, Performance Culture