KPI Paradigm Shift of PuMP® #3: Great measures come from evidence, not data.
If you have read KPI Paradigm Shifts of PuMP articles #1 and #2, skip this intro and scroll down to today’s article. If you haven’t, here is the link that …
KPI Paradigm Shift of PuMP® #2: Use Measures to Monitor our Impact, Not our Activity
If you have read KPI Paradigm Shift of PuMP #1, skip this intro and scroll down..If you haven’t, here is the link that introduces our 5-part blog series inspired by …
KPI Paradigm Shift of PuMP® #1: Use Measures to improve and learn, not to judge and blame.
The KPI paradigm shifts of PuMP® series is about five of the many ways that Stacey Barr’s Performance Measurement framework (known as the PuMP Blueprint) helps us change our level-of-thinking …
KPI Paradigm Shift of PuMP®
The KPI paradigm shifts of PuMP® series is about five of the many ways that Stacey Barr’s Performance Measurement framework (known as the PuMP Blueprint) helps us change our level-of-thinking about …
3 Reasons Why Corporate Support Services Feel Out of Sync with Strategy – And How to Fix It!
Eventually any strategy formulation conversation leads to this question: How do we now align our internal resources and capabilities to achieve these longer-term results? These conversations can feel hard at …
How to fix leaders’ uncomfortable accountability between strategy and KPIs
By job title alone, leaders are inherently accountable to lead their organizations through strategy execution. But the term “accountability” is so overused in business and government it has become just …
6 Target Setting Modifications that Motivate!
Target setting conversations can create a shocking number of emotional responses, from excitement all the way to anxiety, fear, and anger. With this range of emotion, we often miss the …
Measurement Bliss
It’s easy to focus on all that goes wrong with measurement in our workplaces, on all the negative feelings and experiences people have and, as a result, avoid using them. …
Balanced Scorecard: What is it? What it is not
Scorecard, scoreboard, strategy framework, performance management, strategy maps: common terms which can easily be misunderstood, misused, and confused. So, let’s get some clarity when it comes to the Balanced Scorecard; …
Better Measures: If not now, then when?
The much-respected consultancy, McKinsey, recently published “What matters most? Five Priorities for CEOs in the next normal”. In their fifth priority “Operate with purpose”, the authors drove home the importance …
Are Positive Measures Better Than Negative Measures?
If developing KPIs was like writing a self-help book, then positive thinking might reign supreme. But, when it comes to performance measurement, is it the same story or a different …
Why most measures don’t improve performance during strategy execution
Strategy execution can too often feel like one “knee jerk reaction” after another; an almost involuntary response where we react in a readily predictable way. We believe we are driving …