“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage or improve it.” That is the premise used to design this workshop, which uses an experiential approach to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to formulate robust, relevant KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and directly cascade them from organizational strategy. Participants will also learn about KPAs (Key Performance Areas) and how they form the basis for extracting KPIs. Then, they will be introduced to the KPI ID card, a proprietary tool designed to audit each KPI on several robustness criteria. By the end of the workshop, participants will be competent in formulating KPIs, tracking them, and reporting them in a manner that adds value to all stakeholders.
Course Methodology
The workshop relies on several experiential methodologies to ensure participants learn and apply what they learn during the workshop. To this effect, the workshop uses micro presentations and many individual and group activities that reinforce learning.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Link strategy, Key Performance Areas, and Key Performance Indicators to maximize organizational alignment
Use the cascading methodology to formulate a set of KPIs aligned with organizational or departmental strategy
Use best practice criteria to increase the robustness of formulated KPIs, track and report them with ease
Target Audience
This workshop is ideal for strategy development, performance management, or measurement professionals. It will also benefit all managers accountable for performance, whether their own or that of their direct reports.
Target Competencies
Strategic planning
Cascading
Goal and objective setting
Performance management and measurement
Performance tracking and reporting
Course Outline
The Building Blocks of Organizational Strategy
Extracting Critical Success Factors (CSFs) from organizational strategy
Using CSFs to determine Key Performance Areas (KPAs)
The criteria for reliable KPAs
Using Key Performance Areas to Formulate KPIs
A look at measures, metrics, and indicators
The components of a robust KPI
The 9-grid criteria
The importance of formulas and units of measure
The KPI ID Card
The essential cells in a KPI ID card
The common pitfalls in formulas and units of measure
KPI controls: A non-negotiable component
Tracking and Reporting Performance
Hard versus soft KPIs
Measuring client and employee Satisfaction
The use of indexes to simplify tracking and reporting