Focus, Feedback, Fulcrum
February 24, 2015 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentWhat's the real role of performance measurement? To serve the bureaucratic machine? To keep an eye on employees? To hold executives accountable? Does the role change depending on whose measuring and what they're measuring? I don't believe so. I believe that performance measurement's role is universally comprised of three specific things.
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
4 Uncomfortable Truths About Getting Great KPIs
August 12, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentMost managers and executives will never have truly transformational performance measures because they aren't prepared to pay the price for them. The price isn't a consultant's invoice, or a training registration fee, or a swanky dashboard. The price is discomfort. And for many, it would seem, this price is simply too high.
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Performance Leadership, Performance Philosophy
The Single Most Important Reason Why Performance Measures Should Be Scientific
January 14, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentWhether you're measuring hard facts like sales and revenue and cycle time, or softer perceptions like satisfaction and agreement, those measures need to be scientific. Here's why.
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Performance Culture, Performance Philosophy, Using Measures
Reframing Employee Performance Management
August 27, 2013 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentGuest Post by Bryan Hansen While working through the implications of an assignment I was given by my employer to awaken a deeply hibernating employee review process, I began to experience a bit of a gestalt and used this mind map to help me keep all the plates spinning while I continued to follow some important rabbit trails.
Tips from the Strategic Performance & Change Management Summit, Atlanta 2013
April 9, 2013 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentFiled Under: Performance Culture, Performance Leadership, Performance Philosophy
BOOK REVIEW: Performance Management: Finding the Missing Pieces, by Gary Cokins
April 15, 2007 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Comment4 Stars -- Great for senior managers and executives
There aren't a lot of really good books about performance management, and performance measurement specifically, available yet. Too many of them are overly prescriptive in what to measure and very light on the details of how to measure (properly).Filed Under: Performance Philosophy
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