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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 7 – Vertically Cascading Organizational Performance Measures, part 2 of 3

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StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website.

Episode 7 – Vertically Cascading Organizational Performance Measures, part 2 of 3 elaborates on Organizational Performance Measure Best Practice 1 – Vertical Cascading. This discussion focuses on the five step process for creating a vertically cascaded performance measurement system anchored on the organization’s mission goals.

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Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven Principal 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.

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 6 – Vertically Cascading Organizational Performance Measures, part 1 of 3

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StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website.

Episode 6 – Vertically Cascading Organizational Performance Measures, part 1 of 3 elaborates on Organizational Performance Measure Best Practice 1 – Vertical Cascading. This discussion…

  • defines vertically cascaded performance measures
  • explores the reason vertically cascaded performance measures are critically important to the strategy driven organization

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About the Contributor

Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven Principal 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.

Vertical Cascading

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StrategyDriven Organizational Performance Measures Best PracticePerformance measurement systems should be anchored on the single measure of organizational success (defined by the organization’s mission) and vertically cascaded down through the organization  Each successive measurement tier becomes more specific than its predecessor with the lowest tier describing individual contributor behaviors and resulting outcomes.

A vertically cascaded performance measurement system drives alignment to the organization’s mission. The well-constructed system clearly communicates and routinely reinforces performance and behavioral expectations to every member of the organization. Individuals assume responsibility for the measures which their actions and decisions effect Over time, the measures reveal the impact of each individual’s performance at their level of the organization. As these measures are rolled-up, the individual’s contributions, both positive and negative, to higher tiered goals and ultimately the success of the company becomes evident.

Additional Information

Additional information regarding the vertical cascading of organizational performance measures can be found in the StrategyDriven whitepaper series Organizational Performance Measures and the several StrategyDriven Podcasts on vertically cascaded organizational performance measures:

About the Author

Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven Principal 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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