If Your Organisation Isn’t Ready for KPIs, It Needs KPIs
July 2, 2019 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentA common reason for avoiding performance measurement is that the culture isn't ready yet for KPIs. But the right process of performance measurement can be a fast-acting catalyst for culture change, bringing together purpose, focus, feedback, ownership, collaboration, learning and improvement more quickly and easily.
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Evidence-Based Leadership, Getting Started, Performance Culture
How to Form the Ideal KPI or Measures Team
May 14, 2019 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentFollow these 7 tips for selecting people into your Measures Team, for a smoother and faster road to meaningful KPIs. (more…)
Filed Under: Getting Buy-in, Getting Started, Performance Culture
How to Introduce Operational Teams to Setting and Using KPIs
December 11, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentAyça Tümer Arıkan shares with us the detailed process she used to engage and facilitate two operational teams new to setting and using KPIs. (more…)...
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The Formula to Win Leadership Support for Better KPIs
September 13, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentBefore you start a new performance measurement approach, first use this formula for the right conversation to win leadership support for better KPIs. (more…)
Filed Under: Getting Executive Support, Getting Started, Performance Leadership
For Successful KPI Progress, Be Practical Not Perfect
September 12, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentMany KPI initiatives fail because perfection gets in the way. For successful KPI progress, use the 80% rule to be practical, not perfect. (more…)
Filed Under: Getting Started, Performance Culture, Performance Philosophy
How to Use Storytelling to Build KPI Buy-in
July 19, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentGabrielle Dolan, business story telling expert, shares a practical framework with us for how to use storytelling to build more KPI buy-in. (more…)
Filed Under: Getting Buy-in, Getting Executive Support, Getting Started
12 Easy Steps to Get Started With a Lean KPI Methodology
March 6, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentStarting with a lean KPI methodology is the simple and practical way for the beginner, the busy, and the budget-constrained to measure what matters for business performance. (more&...
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3 Simple Hacks for Better KPIs
February 20, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentWhen you don't have the time and energy to take on a deliberate approach to developing great KPIs, these 3 hacks for better KPIs can quickly and easily improve the way you're measuring. (more…)
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Creating Authentic Urgency for Better KPIs
October 10, 2017 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentComplacency is a big reason why useless KPIs stay. A sense of urgency is what's needed to spark the change to better KPIs. But it must be authentic, and speak to the head and the heart. (more&hell...
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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