The Nijntje Principle for Measurable Goals
November 5, 2015 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentNijntje, or Miffy as she is known in English-speaking countries, is the little rabbit character who is drawn with only a few simple lines and primary colours. Yet she's meaningfully recognisable as a little rabbit. She doesn't need any more detail to be meaningful. But any less detail and she looks incomplete. Goals that are meaningfully measurable are just like Nijntje.
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Meaningful Performance Measures
The Right Time To Set Targets
October 20, 2015 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentThe step in your performance measurement process at which you set targets has a critical impact on how sensible and achievable those targets will turn out to be. (more…)
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The Cost of Performance Measurement
October 6, 2015 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentMost organisations do measure performance, even if it's only financial results. But the world over, there is a rapidly growing demand for better quality performance measures of non-financial results. Despite the demand, few organisations are doing it well. The biggest reason is their failure to invest appropriately in their performance measurement approach.
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Getting Executive Support, Performance Leadership
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