This document discusses the importance of performance management in helping companies successfully execute their strategies. It notes that most companies fail to translate their overall strategies into measurable goals for employees. The document then outlines a performance management process that involves defining corporate and departmental goals, aligning goals across the organization, cascading goals down to individual levels, and rewarding performance. It argues that this process helps increase profits, strategy execution, adaptation to change, and employee motivation. The document promotes a performance management software system called KeyneLink that can guide companies through implementing this process.
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The world economy has evolved in the past two decades. New business drivers has come into existence and brought new factors to business development. The business can be divided into three categories; the traditional business, the partial e-business, and the full e-business. The rapid development in information technology and communication has made a direct influence on business nature. Some companies have shifted towards the e-commerce strongly, and some preferred to have the “click and mortar” form of companies which are now taking the popularity and biggest share of the market. Performance gain importance as business evolves and has become the tool to measure success or failure of business. In the following lines we discuss the different definitions of performance measurement, performance management methodology, and performance management guideline approach.
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This workshop introduces performance management as a way of ensuring that corporate goals are cascaded down throughout the firm so that everyone is heading in the same direction. To ensure this process, a web-based software monitoring app is described. The app is based on a series of planned meetings between supervisor and direct report during the course of the year that reviews progress.
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The world economy has evolved in the past two decades. New business drivers has come into existence and brought new factors to business development. The business can be divided into three categories; the traditional business, the partial e-business, and the full e-business. The rapid development in information technology and communication has made a direct influence on business nature. Some companies have shifted towards the e-commerce strongly, and some preferred to have the “click and mortar” form of companies which are now taking the popularity and biggest share of the market. Performance gain importance as business evolves and has become the tool to measure success or failure of business. In the following lines we discuss the different definitions of performance measurement, performance management methodology, and performance management guideline approach.
Most successful agencies utilize a business plan to drive their business activities during the year. And while 86% of high-growth agencies update their business plan every year, only 59% of average agencies do. Annual budgeting
is the lynchpin of any successful business plan and most agencies build out their budget year-after-year, but surprisingly, many do not. This issue of the MarshBerry Letter will examine the importance of incorporating an
annual budget into your business plan and the value of integrating a budget validation model.
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The missing link between your firm’s strategy & its implementation
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The missing link between your
firm’s strategy & its implementation
The Challenge
Nine out of 10 companies fail to execute their strategies after spending time and money
developing them. Why?
Growing firms are busy growing! They often don’t have the time to stop and consider what
steps they might be missing. A key step that companies overlook is translating their overall
strategy to measurable goals and cascading those goals down throughout the company so
that everyone is aware of what is expected of them—in other words, aligning each employee’s
goals with the firm’s strategic goals.
This is called performance management. Without this important component in place,
companies fall short of their goals:
» Less than 7% of employees in companies truly understand their firm’s strategy—
i.e., where the firm wants to go.
» Only 25% of managers have incentives linked to the successful execution
of strategy.
» Only 40% of companies link their budgets to strategy.
» An estimated 85% of executive teams spend less than an hour per month
discussing strategy.
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Table #1: Corporate Goals
A
B
C D
Financials/Profits, The Customer Internal Processes Organizational Learning
Margins, etc. & Development
1) 1) 1) 1)
2) 2) 2) 2)
3) 3) 3) 3)
4) 4) 4) 4)
5) 5) 5) 5)
6) 6) 6) 6)
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The Solution
Liebowitz & Associates has a performance management process and software system
that can help you avoid these pitfalls and fulfill your potential as a company.
Unlike performance appraisal, which is a human resources function, performance management
is the province of CeOs and C-level executives—it is directly related to the bottom line!
Research has shown that a well-structured performance management system results in:
» Increased operating margins
» Quicker execution of company strategy
» More rapid adaptation to change—and the need for change
» Increased employee motivation and, consequently, a decrease
in employee turnover
» exposure of duplicate or redundant business initiatives
» Integration of business initiatives across departments
» Timely correction of problems related to quality, timeliness
and efficiencies
Underlying all of these benefits is enhanced employee identification with your firm.
If employees know the firm’s overarching strategy and how their work contributes to its
success, if they are consulted about process improvements that support their goals, and
if they are rewarded for their performance, you will have a workforce dedicated to your
company’s success!
The Process
Implementing a performance management process involves:
» Defining
» Aligning
» Cascading
» Rewarding
» Optimizing
Our experienced consultants can guide you through these steps, and our KeyneLink™
software system (see page 9) will help ensure that you stay on track.
Following is an overview of the steps in the performance management process.
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Table #2: Departmental Contribution to Corporate Goals
A
B
C D
Financials/Profits, The Customer Internal Processes Organizational Learning
Margins, etc. & Development
Corporate
Goals
Sales
Accounting
Engineering
Operations
& Production
Service/
Quality Control
Purchasing
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Defining Your Firm’s Objectives
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Once you have a strategy in place, corporate goals must be established to support that
strategy. Your goals can be grouped into four categories:
» Financial (e.g., profits, margins)
» The Customer
» Internal Processes (e.g., productivity, efficiency)
» Organizational Learning and Development
The number of goals within each category is limited only by your corporation or organization,
not by the “logic” of goal setting. And each goal can have sub-goals attached to it.
For example, the goal of a division may be to increase sales revenues to $100 million.
Nested within that goal may be sub-goals of $25 million for Product #1, $50 million for
Product #2 and another $25 million for Product #3.
The only restriction on the process of goal setting is that each goal at all levels be
measurable—i.e., able to be expressed numerically. This restriction often raises eyebrows,
particularly around issues related to customer perception and by service-oriented firms.
For example, how can an art department measure the creativity of its output? By sales?
Well, sales does measure “saleability,” but does it measure creativity?
After some very intense and in-depth discussions, one art department came to the conclusion
that creativity meant the number of times its work was mentioned in national trade journals
relative to the mention of competitors’ work.
This example illustrates that virtually all goals can be expressed numerically, and the discussions
around goals that seem to defy this requirement can be very enlightening for a business.
Table #1 shows how your corporate goals might be displayed.
Aligning Your Goals
After your corporate goals have been established, they have to be aligned across all
departments. This means ensuring that:
» Goals across the four categories are consistent and not contradictory
» There are available resources supporting them
» Objectives are tied to budgets
» Overlapping “turf” issues between departments are negotiated and resolved
» Necessary and relevant information flows to all departments
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Table #3: Departmental Goal
A
B
C D
Financials/Profits, The Customer Internal Processes Organizational Learning
Margins, etc. & Development
Corporate
Goal
Departmental
Goal
How Measured?
Who Measures?
Start Value?
Aim or Goal?
Resources
Needed?
Action Steps?
Dates?
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Table #2 shows how corporate goals should be distributed across departments (or divisions)
and that each department can contribute to goals in more than one category.
Cascading Your Goals
Once everyone is on the same page in terms of the corporate goals, each department
then needs to establish specific steps it will take to move the company in that direction.
A department would utilize Table #3 to indicate which goals it would support and specifics
of how it would work toward those goals. Similar tables could be designed for teams or
workgroups within each department or division. The further downward the cascading
process goes, the more tailored the table becomes. Table #4 would be used by an individual
to establish goals and how to best achieve them.
These tables can help employees at various levels of your organization be better aware of what
activities they are expected to perform, how performance will be evaluated and, in particular,
how their performance relates to corporate strategy and objectives.
Rewarding Performance
The next step is developing a system for tying reward to performance—as well as to
overall corporate objectives. employees need to know which expectations and goals have
priority and what constitutes excellent performance so they can expend their energies on
what is truly important.
Reward for performance represents very tangible evidence of your firm’s appreciation and can
only strengthen the commitment of your employees. equally important is the investment you
make in their training and development. This shows you want them to grow and acquire the
skills needed for advancement.
A performance management system provides you with the tools to clearly differentiate the
different levels of performance rather than having to rely on subjective impressions. It also
allows managers to evaluate the impact of training and development on performance and
goal attainment—something that is difficult to ascertain in the absence of such a system.
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Table #4: Individual or Job Goal
A
B
C D
Financials/Profits, The Customer Internal Processes Organizational Learning
Margins, etc. & Development
Corporate
Goal
Departmental
Goal
Individual
Performance
Goal
How Measured?
Who Measures?
Start Value?
Aim or Goal?
Resources
Needed?
Action Steps?
Dates?
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Optimizing the Process
Tracking and monitoring your performance management process is critical for it to
be successful. This requires an automated system—one based on objective measures, rather
than subjective impressions like many performance review systems. Most important, it must
capture buy-in from employees and clearly align their actions with corporate objectives.
Our KeyneLink™system accomplishes just that. It collates your goals and related
information in a convenient online location, ready to be accessed by authorized personnel.
It quickly answers such questions as: Who has or has not set their goals? What teams or
departments are behind in their progress? Which high priority goals are not getting the
attention they need?
KeyneLink™ offers a robust set of best-of-breed performance management tools that:
» Automatically aligns corporate goals across the organization and cascades
them down throughout the company
» Tracks goals on a department, team and individual basis
» Provides easy-to-access company-wide or individual reports so executives,
managers and supervisors can easily identify progress and problems
» Promotes frequent interaction between supervisors and employees
about strategy and goals—and monitors the process
» Requires periodic performance reviews at all levels of the organization,
thereby holding managers and supervisors accountable for the performance
of their employees
» Provides important information about employees (e.g., 360-degree feedback,
evaluations and training)
» Protects confidentiality by permitting access to authorized individuals only
» Is paperless and web-based; the involvement of your IT department is not needed
» Is easy to implement and learn and can be up and running in short order
See what KeyneLink™ can do for you!
For a consultation and demonstration of our system, please contact:
Bernard Liebowitz, PhD CMC
President, Liebowitz & Associates, PC
980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60611
312.214.3583 • 312.214.3510 fax
www.liebowitzassoc.com • bernie@liebowitzassoc.com
12. Bernard Liebowitz, PhD CMC
President, Liebowitz & Associates, PC
980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60611
312.214.3583 • 312.214.3510 fax
www.liebowitzassoc.com • bernie@liebowitzassoc.com