A colleague of mine, Peter Ndaa , who works across Africa and the Middle East, published an article worth reading: The Performance Paradox HR Leaders Can No Longer Ignore . Peter's central point is straightforward: performance isn't just a number, it's a system that is shaped by how measures get used in conversations, decisions, and the consequences that follow. And when organizational performance data gets used to judge individuals, the system backfires. I've seen this pl

Too many organizations struggle to create meaningful KPIs because leaders delegate their design to people without the full strategic intent behind the goals.

Metricide is a condition in which an organization’s performance measurement efforts do not provide credible evidence of whether strategy is producing the results intended. Performance measurement no longer serves its core purpose of helping leaders steer strategy and execution. Even organizations that invest in measures, dashboards, reports and structured reviews, may still not be able to answer the fundamental leadership questions raised in a strategy review.