Building Margin

93: How Setting KPIs Can Make a Difference in Your Company

Dec 24, 2024
Discover how the right key performance indicators (KPIs) can transform your company's success. Learn to align your metrics with strategic goals while avoiding common pitfalls. The conversation dives into practical tips for simplifying KPIs and focusing on what truly drives outcomes. Unlock valuable insights that can help you steer your business toward growth, leaving behind ineffective metrics that waste time. It's all about mastering measurement for real impact!
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INSIGHT

Link KPIs To Strategy With A Logic Tree

  • KPIs measure how effectively your organization executes its strategy by breaking value into component parts using a logic tree.
  • Without mapping drivers to strategy, you're guessing which KPIs matter and may measure random, irrelevant metrics.
ANECDOTE

Host's Personal KPI Regret

  • Steve admits he once relied on grit and hard work without KPIs and left money on the table.
  • He warns listeners not to repeat that mistake and to implement KPIs to capture value.
ADVICE

Begin With One Guiding Metric

  • Start with one key metric that directly ties to your company's purpose and strategy and treat it as your guiding star.
  • Choose a simple, clear metric like MRR for subscriptions or conversion rate for e-commerce that reflects value creation.
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