5 Dangers of Off-the-Shelf KPIs
by Stacey Barr |Leave a Comment
Some habits are so powerful, that by focusing on them alone you can start a ripple-effect of other good habits with very little effort. These are called keystone habits by Charles Duhigg, author of "The Power of Habit". There's some suggestion that measuring performance is one of these keystone habits.
Weasel words are words that have no specific and obvious and singular meaning. They bring no clear images to mind of what is meant. Words like: effective, sustainable, harnessed, connectedness and leveraged. Weasel words have a stupifying effect on people's understanding of goals that are written with them, as well as rendering...
There are three reasons why people will give time to things. Apply these reasons to measurement, and more people will give time to measuring, too. (more…)
Rhianna's organisation has a committee for their new KPI Reporting Framework project. And they've laid out an approach to consult the right people in developing new measures to align to their six strategic themes. Deadlines are set, senior leaders are supportive, the budget is approved. But chances are, they'll fail.
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