Monitoring performance is a critical activity for startups (and companies of all sizes) to perform. It allows you to maintain your focus on key areas of your business, helping align attention within organizations to critical areas.
This collection of articles explores the role of metrics – and measuring those metrics – for organizational success.
Latest articles on monitoring performance
Stretch goals: The impact of setting high performance targets
Stretch goals – an additional higher target – can play in motivating increased performance. This article explores some of the consequences of stretch targets.
Celebrating achieving targets: Ways of rewarding goal attainment
This article explores approaches for rewarding goal attainment, and how incentives can influence individual behaviors.
The role of targets: How goals can improve organizational performance
This article explores some of the ways that setting goals can drive organizational success – from increased focus to driving additional employee effort.
Why periodic strategic reviews are important: The benefit of taking a step back
This article considers the benefits of annual strategy reviews – how they are an important part of setting firm direction.
When targets go wrong: How goals can lead to negative behaviors and outcomes
This article explores some of the dysfunctional behaviors that organizational targets and incentives can result in.
Key Success Factors: Balancing close and distance measures
This article explores the range of different Key Success Factors – and how they can complement one another in managing the firm.
The importance of monitoring all aspects of your business
Monitoring performance is a critical component to staying on track – this article explores how measuring key metrics can influences behaviors within a firm.
Setting performance targets: Key things to consider
Performance targets can have a powerful impact on employee behaviors – this article considers their role, limitations, and things to be aware of when setting targets.
Setting objectives for your startup: Key startup milestones
This article explores key startup objectives – the goals that are useful to help keep launching your business on track.
How annual and continuous strategy reviews can complement each other
What is the role of periodic and continuous strategy reviews? This article explores the ways that they can complement one another
Social Media: Key Success Factors
This article explores some of the most important metrics to pay attention to across your social media accounts.
Making performance visible: Prominently displaying current performance levels
This article explores reasons for making performance levels easily viewable and prominently displayed, and how visibility can increase performance.
Keeping focused on your business: Staying on track
This article explores particle approaches to help you retain focus on key areas of your business – avoiding distractions and side projects.
Monitoring the performance of your aftersales support
This article explores why monitoring aftersales support is important, and the dimensions of your aftersales support that it is important to monitor.
Stretch goals: The impact of setting high performance targets
Stretch goals – an additional higher target – can play in motivating increased performance. This article explores some of the consequences of stretch targets.
Celebrating achieving targets: Ways of rewarding goal attainment
This article explores approaches for rewarding goal attainment, and how incentives can influence individual behaviors.
The role of targets: How goals can improve organizational performance
This article explores some of the ways that setting goals can drive organizational success – from increased focus to driving additional employee effort.
Why periodic strategic reviews are important: The benefit of taking a step back
This article considers the benefits of annual strategy reviews – how they are an important part of setting firm direction.
When targets go wrong: How goals can lead to negative behaviors and outcomes
This article explores some of the dysfunctional behaviors that organizational targets and incentives can result in.
Key Success Factors: Balancing close and distance measures
This article explores the range of different Key Success Factors – and how they can complement one another in managing the firm.
The importance of monitoring all aspects of your business
Monitoring performance is a critical component to staying on track – this article explores how measuring key metrics can influences behaviors within a firm.
Setting performance targets: Key things to consider
Performance targets can have a powerful impact on employee behaviors – this article considers their role, limitations, and things to be aware of when setting targets.
Setting objectives for your startup: Key startup milestones
This article explores key startup objectives – the goals that are useful to help keep launching your business on track.
How annual and continuous strategy reviews can complement each other
What is the role of periodic and continuous strategy reviews? This article explores the ways that they can complement one another
Social Media: Key Success Factors
This article explores some of the most important metrics to pay attention to across your social media accounts.
Making performance visible: Prominently displaying current performance levels
This article explores reasons for making performance levels easily viewable and prominently displayed, and how visibility can increase performance.
Keeping focused on your business: Staying on track
This article explores particle approaches to help you retain focus on key areas of your business – avoiding distractions and side projects.
Monitoring the performance of your aftersales support
This article explores why monitoring aftersales support is important, and the dimensions of your aftersales support that it is important to monitor.