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“And how are we today?” How I introduced daily morale as a powerful KPI

Chartered Management Institute

Venetian mariners in the 13th century established a KPI that remains critical today: return on investment. One thing we do know for sure is that, in the early 1990s, Robert Kaplan and David Norton invented the balanced scorecard , a tool to monitor performance that wasn’t solely related to financial progress.

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Strategic Planning Steps

CO2

Review all Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and select the top eight Choose two from each of the four Balanced Scorecard categories. The KPIs you select should drive the outcomes you and your organization hope to achieve.

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8 Reasons Companies Don’t Capture More Value

Harvard Business Review

But in truth businesses rarely focus on only profitability; most strive to satisfy various stakeholders and meet the goals of balanced scorecards. First: Market share is a dangerous key performance indicator (KPI). Business models Pricing Balanced scorecard'