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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 44a – An Interview with David Parmenter, author of Key Performance Indicators, part 1 of 2

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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.

Special Edition 44a – An Interview with David Parmenter, author of Key Performance Indicators, part 1 of 2 explores how to create a winning key performance indicator system that transforms these reports into decision-making tools supporting achievement of superior bottom line results. During our discussion, David Parmenter, author of Key Performance Indicators: Developing, Implementing, and Using Winning KPIs shares with us his insights and illustrative examples regarding:

  • differences and relationships between key performance indicators, key results indicators, performance indicators, and results indicators
  • characteristics of key performance indicators that makes them both unique and powerful measures of performance
  • dangers associated with treating all performance measures as key performance indicators

Additional Information

In addition to the outstanding insights David shares in Key Performance Indicators and this special edition podcast are the resources accessible from his website, www.DavidParmenter.com.   David’s book, Key Performance Indicators, can be purchased by clicking here.

About the Author

David Parmenter is author of Key Performance Indicators: Developing, Implementing, and Using Winning KPIs. David is an internationally renowned speaker, author, and advisor known for his work in the development of performance measurement systems that transforms these reports into a decision-making tool. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and has delivered workshops to thousands of executives and managers around the world. To read David’s complete biography, click here.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 27 – Making the Mission Measurable

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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 posts on the StrategyDriven website.

Episode 27 – Making the Mission Measurable elaborates on Strategic Planning Best Practice 1 – Make the Mission Measurable. This discussion…

  • defines what a mission statement is
  • explores the characteristics of good mission statements
  • identifies the benefits of making the mission statement measurable
  • highlights the steps involved in making the mission measurable

Additional Information

Insight to the specific steps needed to identify mission measures are discussed in StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 2 – Make the Mission Measurable.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 9 – Horizontally Shared Organizational Performance Measures

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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 9 – Horizontally Shared Organizational Performance Measures elaborates on Organizational Performance Measure Best Practice 2 – Horizontally Shared. This discussion…

  • defines what horizontally shared performance measures are
  • identifies the benefits of employing shared measures
  • describes the steps taken to create comparative measures

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 8 – Vertically Cascading Organizational Performance Measures, part 3 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 8 – Vertically Cascading Organizational Performance Measures, part 3 of 3 elaborates on Organizational Performance Measure Best Practice 1 – Vertical Cascading. This discussion focuses on how to assess a performance measurement system for completeness and align it to individuals at various levels of an organization.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 2 – Make the Mission Measurable

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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 2 – Make the Mission Measurable elaborates on Strategic Planning Best Practice 1 – Make the Mission Measurable. This discussion…

  • examines what a mission statement is
  • identifies the benefits of making the mission statement measurable
  • specifies the steps involved in making the mission measurable

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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.