Principles of Effective Balanced Scorecards Part 4

Principles of Effective Balanced Scorecards Part 4 “The person who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt the person doing it.” Chinese proverb.

I’m reminded of this every time I work on measures for performance management in an organisation.

As you read this, just imagine you are in a workshop developing measures for your [...]

Principles of Effective Balanced Scorecards Part 3

Principles of Effective Balanced Scorecards Part 3

Like many organisations, this FTSE 100 Company’s executive team had a vast amount of data at their fingertips. Their monthly report contained around 120 measures. The Chief Executive could drill down to individual retail outlets, and look at Saturday’s product sales for all their categories, first thing Monday [...]

Principles of effective balanced scorecards Part 2

Principles of effective balanced scorecards Part 2

“Our Balanced Scorecard is an unfocussed mess.”

Many years ago I was chairing a Balanced Scorecard conference. There were over 120 organisations represented and there seemed to be 120 different ways of doing the Balanced Scorecard being promoted. Over dinner I was sitting amongst a group of people [...]

Principles of Effective Balanced Scorecards: Part 1

Principles of Effective Balanced Scorecards

Part 1

Have you noticed how you notice what you are paying attention to? Are you paying attention to the letter t in this newsletter? I doubt you were, but you are now, and you can stop if you want. Likewise, when you get a new car that you [...]