Category: Improving Performance

Practical ideas, frameworks and examples to boost your KPI and strategy-execution know-how.

Arrows shot at a target but they all missed the bullseye. CREDIT: https://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/StudioEasy

The Goal-Measure-Target-Action Cycle is… a Cycle

06 January, 2026 Improving Performance, Setting Performance Targets

A locked rear wheel at 120kph on the track prompts a reframe of what the goal-measure-target-action cycle is really for: continual improvement. It can often feel like no matter how...

Four airplanes flying a trajectory across the sky. Credit: https://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/Gooddenka?mediatype=photography

Using Targets to Set Your Success Trajectory

21 February, 2023 Improving Performance, Setting Performance Targets

Should targets be achievable, or stretch? And how do we decide? Well, using a target trajectory, we don’t have to. Targets are a tricky thing to set. That’s because there...

Jumping a gap from Past to Future. Credit: https://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/AlonesCreative?mediatype=photography

What is a Performance Gap?

25 October, 2022 Getting Buy-In, Improving Performance, Setting Performance Targets

Every KPI or performance measure linked to your strategy will have a performance gap. Find out what it is, how to calculate it, and what to do with it. We...

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