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Eight Levels of Analytics

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Not all analytics are created equal. Like most software solutions, you’ll find a range of capabilities with analytics, from the simplest to the most advanced. In the spectrum shown here, your competitive advantage increases with the degree of intelligence. 1. STANDARD REPORTS Answer the questions: What happened? When did it happen? Example: Monthly or quarterly […]

Identify the Measures First

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Organizations today seem to have a never ending supply of performance measures. Our data rich environment feeds the need of many managers to have all things counted. Yet as Albert Einstein suggests, not everything that can be counted matters. And just because something is counted doesn’t make it important. Thus, not everything that is measurable should be assigned its own performance indicator; rather only those things that are truly important, whether currently counted or not, should be measured. The identification of performance measures should therefore start with the identification of the key factors critical to the organization’s success.

First 25 Monthly Subscribers Receive a FREE StrategyDriven Guest Contributor’s Book!

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Beginning today, the first 25 monthly StrategyDriven Premium Membership subscribers will receive a complimentary copy of one of our guest contributor’s books*… and we pay the shipping! Given each book’s value, it’s like we’re paying these subscribers to try StrategyDriven‘s premium content for at least one month. In addition to the insightful articles and interviews […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 48 – An Interview with Wendy Powell, author of Management Experience Acquired

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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 48 – An Interview with Wendy Powell, author of Management Experience Acquired explores […]

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