Using 5 ‘D’ Words to Make Time to Measure What Matters
February 17, 2015 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentIf you don't have time to measure what matters, poor performance will continue to use up more of your time. Here are 5 strategies to give a higher priority to measurement.
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Getting Buy-in, Getting Started, Performance Culture
Setting Your Goals Without Jargon (Harvard ManageMentor video)
June 24, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentAvoiding business jargon helps to set goals that can be achieved and measured. That's the topic of this Harvard ManageMentor video with Stacey Barr.
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Making Strategy Measurable
The Steps of PuMP in Detail
January 24, 2023 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentWhile this won't teach you how to implement PuMP for great KPIs, it will give you a snapshot of every thinking step in PuMP, that makes it such a great KPI methodology. (more…)
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The 5 Steps to Engage People in KPIs
September 27, 2016 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentWhen we want people to understand and adopt a new idea, often we rush in, guns blazing, and overwhelm them with too much "how to", too soon. We might be excited about the new idea, but they will be wary. Another band wagon, another fad, another distraction from their "real work". So we need a gentler approach that starts from where they are, not where we are.
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Getting Buy-in, Getting Executive Support, Getting Started
3 Benefits Of Slowing Down When Developing Your KPIs
May 12, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentOne of the main reasons that our performance measurement practice fails to produce good KPIs is that we rush through it to quickly. (more…)
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How to Move From Activity Measures to Outcome Measures
June 11, 2019 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentActivity measures are easier to identify and implement, but they aren't good proxies for outcome measures. Follow these 7 logical steps to move from activity to outcome measures.
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Aligning, Cascading & Linking, Meaningful Performance Measures
The 8 Minimum Requirements For Performance Management
November 18, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentRobert D. Behn is a lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a passionate advocate for public sector performance. His regular Performance Leadership Report is always succinct and salient. His definition of performance management, versus performance measurement, clearly puts the responsibility on leade...
Filed Under: Performance Culture, Performance Leadership, Performance Philosophy
The Mindsets That Evidence-Based Leaders Need to Succeed
January 31, 2017 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentThe top two duties which only Senior Leaders can perform are building culture and setting strategic direction. That's no surprise. But what is a surprise to most leaders is that measuring the right things gives transformational leverage to building the right culture and setting a strategic direction that gets executed. And this needs some new mindsets for leaders, in order to tap into this tran...