How Many KPI Data Points Do You Need To Use And Interpret Them?
August 16, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentThere is a statistically proven sweet spot for how many KPI data points you need before you can start using them and accurately interpreting signals from them.
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Analytics and Data Analysis, Interpreting Performance Results
How to Find the Right Improvement Initiatives for Lag Measures
June 12, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentLag measures cannot be improved directly; only through changing one or more of their lead measures. And there are six basic steps to make this happen. (more&h...
Filed Under: Improving Performance, Setting Performance Targets, Using Measures
Are Colleagues Resisting Your Measurement Approaches?
July 11, 2017 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentIf we try to introduce our colleagues to a better approach to measurement, but without the right preparation, it will backfire. (more…)
Filed Under: Getting Buy-in, Getting Executive Support, Getting Started
How to Measure Your Organisation’s Mission
September 6, 2016 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentINTERVIEW: Donald Wheeler, on Interpreting Signals From Our KPIs
January 28, 2016 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentMy interview with Donald Wheeler is a very practical exploration of how we can better interpret signals from our performance measures and KPI's. (more&hel...
Filed Under: Analytics and Data Analysis, Interpreting Performance Results
9.5 Tips for Great Data Visualizations
December 1, 2015 by Stacey Barr | Leave a Commentby Michel Dekker, Nova Silva
Enrico Bertini explains in his recipe1 that studying plays an important role in becoming a Data Visualization expert. However, he also emphasizes it is just the beginning. This was probably the reason why Ben de Jong approached me a year ago to help him improve data visualizations at the bank he works for.Filed Under: Performance Reporting and Dashboards
It Doesn’t Matter Where You Start to Improve Your KPIs
September 29, 2015 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentTo make useful progress with KPIs, we have to get over our obsession with getting it right, doing it perfectly and waiting for all all the planets line up before we get started. We’d be waiting for ever. And one way to get over these types of procrastination is simply to start where the energy is.
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Getting Buy-in, Getting Started
6 Reasons to Stop Measuring It
July 22, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentIf you're problem isn't having too few performance measures, then most certainly it's having too many. We don't like to let go of our performance measures because we might just need them someday, and it took a lot of effort to get them in the first place. These aren't good reasons for keeping them, and doing so will cause us more harm than good.
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Meaningful Performance Measures
A Performance Measurement Mastery Checklist
June 17, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentWhether you're an executive looking for the right person to lead your corporate performance measure implementation, or you're a strategy or performance professional wanting to position yourself as a performance measurement expert, you need to understand what mastery in the field of performance measurement looks like. You need to be able to recognise someone who possesses this mastery.
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Performance Leadership, Performance Office
90% of Performance Problems are in the Processes, not the People
April 22, 2014 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentI'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)
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