27th November 2009
Have you ever tried to launch a performance improvement plan, but didn’t have enough support from executive management? Chances are the initiative lacked focus, direction, and ultimately was unsuccessful. This is because executive management plays the...
15th November 2009
Predictive analytics is a solution used by many businesses today to gain more value out of large amounts of raw data by applying techniques that are used to predict future behaviors within an organization, it's customer base, it's products and services. P...
15th November 2009
It used to be that basic data was enough to make successful decisions within an organization. A CEO could look at common key performance indicators such as net profit margin, debt to income ratio, and return on investment and be able to make the best deci...
15th November 2009
Predictive analytics is a solution used by many businesses today to gain more value out of the large amounts of raw data by applying techniques that are used to predict future behaviors within an organization, it's customer base, it's products and service...
15th November 2009
The other day I got into a discussion with a panel of executives and the topic of predictive analytics became a main area of discussion. Most of the executives were aware of predictive analytics, and many of them had implemented predictive analytics in so...
28th October 2009
This article continues where we left off discussing the 11 performance management best practices in the planning phase of the Lifecycle Performance Management Model. The Lifecycle Performance Management Model is an enterprise framework that is centered ...
28th October 2009
This article continues where we left off discussing the eight performance management best practices in the defining phase of the Lifecycle Performance Management Model. The Lifecycle Performance Management Model is an enterprise framework that is center...
28th October 2009
Have you ever tried looking up performance management best practices? If so, then you probably discovered the same things I did, that there is very little documentation or standard best practices dealing with performance management. You may find human res...
12th August 2009
Whenever I am asked what is the most important ingredient to a successful performance program, without hesitation I tell them identifying the right key business processes. Key process identification is of utmost importance to your organization, as they ar...
12th August 2009
Yesterday a client of mine asked me what I thought was the best way to execute a strategic plan and apply performance metrics to ensure success of the plan. This is a two part question which will be answered in two entries. Today, I'm going to discuss the...
12th August 2009
Imagine trying to get 10 people that speak 10 different languages to work together and achieve a complex task. It would be extremely difficult no matter how intelligent the people were. This is how we have to think of our organizations...of intelligent pe...
12th August 2009
We've all challenged ourselves at some point in our lives whether it was a 5K run, a weight loss program, a school project, and so on. The first thing we did when we decided to accept the challenge was to set personal goals. Those goals may have been to r...
12th August 2009
In this global fiscal crisis, many business owners and executives are looking for ways to maximize organizational performance and cut costs at the same time. While this is a very difficult task for most CEOs, the truth is these goals can be accomplished w...
12th August 2009
It used to be that performance management was managed in one department. Now, performance management has spread throughout the entire organization, with just about every division focusing on performance management to some degree. Yet, despite this broader...
12th August 2009
We've all been in situations where a division or functional group within an organization points fingers at other divisions when a process failure occurs. Or part of a team that had little idea of how their function fits into other functions within the org...
