Make Measurement About Leaders’ Priorities, Not About Measures
June 28, 2022 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Leaders won’t measure performance as an end in itself. In fact, they won’t buy in to it at all unless they see it as a means to achieve specific results that are important to them.
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Getting Executive Support
Get Executive Support for KPIs in 10 Minutes
May 24, 2022 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Use this 5-point outline to invite executives and senior leaders to support your approach to better KPIs in only 10 minutes. (more…)
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Introducing Proper KPIs Where They’ve Never Been Before
June 16, 2021 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Too many performance measurement implementations fail before they start, because the purpose of measurement hasn't been properly framed for the organisation's current culture.
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Getting Buy-in, Getting Executive Support, Performance Culture
Will Measurement Ever Win Over Opinion?
April 27, 2021 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
There is still a purpose to objective evidence, like measurement, to inform a world that is driven so overwhelmingly by opinion. (more…)
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Dealing With the KPI Terminology Problem
September 22, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
To arrive at a universally accepted terminology for performance measurement, like 'KPI', we first must understand the core concepts we are trying to name. (more…)
How One Chart Can Trigger a New Performance Culture
August 25, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
When teams see how their actions can make a difference to even a single KPI, it can trigger a new performance culture. (more…)
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Why Leaders Shoot Down Your KPI Recommendations
May 26, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
If you don't want leaders to shoot down your new approach to develop better KPIs or performance measures, don't load their gun. (more…)
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Which Level of KPI Consciousness Does Your Leadership Have?
March 24, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
We need the leadership team to support better measurement, but how we garner their support depends on their level of KPI consciousness. (more…)
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Why Does KPI Engagement Matter More Than KPI Sophistication?
February 18, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Teams reach performance excellence much sooner by increasing their engagement in measuring before increasing the sophistication of what they measure. (more&hellip...
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How to Measure Government Outcomes
August 20, 2019 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Government outcomes are particularly challenging to measure meaningfully, because they are intangible, long-term, and seldom directly impacted by a single department’s or agency’s actions. (more…)