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Diverse Measurement Mechanisms
Organizational performance measure output informs management decisions and drives workforce behaviors. As errant data may result in misdirected effort and highly adverse outcomes, it is extremely important that performance measure output be as accurate as possible.
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Nathan Ives is a StrategyDriven Principal and Host of the StrategyDriven Podcast. For over twenty years, he has served as trusted advisor to executives and managers at dozens of Fortune 500 and smaller companies in the areas of management effectiveness, organizational development, and process improvement. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here.
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