A Better Tool Than KPIs For Employee Performance Management
August 30, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Too many organisations still manage employee performance with annual KPIs. Overwhelming evidence proves it doesn't work. What's needed is 'performance forward' conversations.
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KPIs for Individuals (Measuring People)
How to Kill the Ever-Present Fear of KPIs
January 16, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
When people have a fear of KPIs, of under-performance or bad decision-making being exposed, performance cannot improve. We have to kill the fear of KPIs. And we can. (more…)
How to Get More KPI Accountability
November 21, 2017 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
If we want more KPI accountability, we have to be honest about who's really in control of it, and what's really in the way of it. (more…)
What is a KPI Owner Accountable For?
August 25, 2015 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
How Focusing On Variation Frees Up Your Capacity
November 11, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Work stress, projects behind schedule, and low productivity are all symptoms of an underlying problem with workload variability. You'll feel it as some months you can't get the important things even started, and other months you're pushing productivity past the redline. The solution lies in measuring the variation in workload, and not just the amount of it.
How Good Measures, In Isolation, Can Be Bad
September 23, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Understand the People Behind the Numbers (Harvard ManageMentor video)
July 1, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
People can feel very threatened by performance measures, when they feel the measures are judging them personally. That's the topic of this Harvard ManageMentor video with Stacey Barr.
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Getting Buy-in, KPIs for Individuals (Measuring People)
90% of Performance Problems are in the Processes, not the People
April 22, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
I'm often asked how to measure people. Managers, executives and human resource professionals all want to know how to cascade company goals to individuals, and put measures in their performance agreements. It's the toughest question I am ever asked, because my answer isn't what they want to hear.
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KPIs for Individuals (Measuring People)
The Downward Spiral of Measuring People’s Performance
February 11, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
Can you prove that measuring and monitoring people's performance actually does improve the performance of the organisation? I'll be you can't. A very fundamental dynamic prevents it.
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KPIs for Individuals (Measuring People)
7 Ideas for Self-Quantification
December 17, 2013 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment
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