A Practical Approach to Bring Improvement Projects to Life With PuMP
February 9, 2021 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Performance improvement momentum can be hard to maintain. PuMP Contractor, Ayça Tümer Arıkan, shares a practical approach that blends PuMP with improvement cycles.
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Improving Performance, Strategy Execution
KPI Benchmarking For Performance Improvement
January 19, 2021 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Industry benchmarking is popular, but it's hard to find good benchmarks. Here's why, and what the new role of benchmarking should be in performance improvement. (more…)
Filed Under: Improving Performance, Setting Performance Targets
How to Speed Up Business Stability With the Right KPIs
December 1, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Measuring the right KPIs, in the right way, can dramatically speed up the stability of your business performance in times of disruption and crisis. (more…)
Filed Under: Improving Performance
10 Questions to Prevent KPI Unintended Consequences
September 1, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
When we measure, there are consequences. Ask these questions so you can prevent unwanted unintended consequences triggered by your KPIs. (more…)
Filed Under: Improving Performance, Meaningful Performance Measures
5 Situations When Shifting KPI Goalposts Is Okay
August 18, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
When KPI targets are continually missed, when can they be reassessed without being accused of shifting the goalposts? (more…)
Filed Under: Improving Performance, Setting Performance Targets
How to Measure Improvement When Things Keep Changing
August 4, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
There are three keys to measure and improve performance, when what you're trying to measure keeps changing. (more…)
Filed Under: Improving Performance, Performance Culture, Performance Leadership
If You’re Not Measuring Through Time, You’re Not Measuring Performance
October 1, 2019 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
How to Map Programs and Projects to Organisational KPIs
September 24, 2019 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Programs and projects need KPIs to measure their performance. But how do program KPIs relate to other organisational and strategic KPIs? (more…)
Filed Under: Aligning, Cascading & Linking, Improving Performance
Are Your KPI Solutions Really Fixes That Fail?
August 6, 2019 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
If you try to improve a KPI with a quick fix, you're likely going to make performance much worse, rather than any better. (more…)
Filed Under: Improving Performance
How to Use KPIs For Rapid Business Growth
November 1, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
When business growth is rapid, that growth can be sabotaged by limitations. Here's how the right KPIs can help to lift the limits through leverage, not force. (more…)
Filed Under: Analytics and Data Analysis, Improving Performance