Are you using a new and improved collection of the most popular Local Government KPIs ?

The Top 25 Local Government KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition brings you a selection of KPIs, researched and refined, that can help you strengthen your performance measurement and management framework.

Specifically developed to take the reader one step closer to an efficient KPI monitoring and reporting process, the Top 25 Local Government KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition makes for a valuable addition to any KPI Library used by professionals in the local government industry.

Highlights from the Report

• Complete hands-on experience in working with KPIs
• Detailed documentation for each KPI
• Complex articles on best practices in terms of KPI selection and documentation.

By emphasizing the use of KPIs today, the Top 25 Local Government KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition is a useful resource for any professional looking to refresh an existing performance measurement system or to promote the use of KPIs in the organization.

According to Aurel Brudan, The KPI Institute’s CEO, ‘Top 25 Local Government KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition is a synthesis of what smartKPIs.com is all about: it provides an overview of how local government KPIs are used in practice today, by combining input from the online community with analysis and insights from our research team.”

About smartKPIs.com

smartKPIs.com is the result of a wide research program conducted by The KPI Institute dedicated to documenting and cataloging how KPIs are used in practice. It is an online platform for performance measurement, it offers high quality resources and collaboration functionality for the community of registered members, enabling them to make smart decisions regarding their performance management initiatives.

Get your brand new Top 25 Local Government KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition  and start implementing the knowledge now!

Visual communication is effective only when it is aligned with the way people see and think. The course provides insights on the importance of data visualization, fundamental principles, as well as means to increase non-verbal communication skills through effective visualizations.

This course will help you improve communication within your company, through visual displays of quantitative data. You will learn, through practical applications, how to communicate visually in an effective way and how to increase reporting efficiency, leading to a better understanding of the presented data, and thus, to smarter and quicker strategic decisions.

Some of the main aspects addressed by the “Certified Data Visualization Professional” course are the need for a more rigorous approach to creating visual representations of vast information, techniques of standardization and tailored data visualization tools.

Benefits 

• Receive relevant guidance for developing visual representations in order to discover, understand and communicate information;
• Create better and more relevant reports by understanding the fundamental concepts in data visualization;
• Offer intelligible data sets to decision-making parties through creating excellent graphical representations;
• Improve your performance in presenting data and enhance viewer experience by acknowledging the importance of communication through visual representation;

Learning objectives 

• Understand the fundamentals of creating and designing a visual representation for your intended users;
• Select the right communication channel in accordance with the target audience;
• Learn how to collect and design standardized data inputs and outputs;
• Apply the design techniques required to create an effective visual representation;
• Discover key steps in improving your organizational and departmental visual communication.

Evaluation

The certification process is finalized when you complete all stages of the learning experience. You will receive a:

• Certificate of Completion (soft copy): after completing pre-course activities and passing the Certification Exam;
• Certificate of Attendance (hard copy): after participating at the three days of on-site training course;
• Certified Data Visualization Professional diploma (hard copy): after you have successfully completed all of the three stages of the learning experience.

We strongly advise you to ensure that you will receive your Certified Data Visualization Professional title, as this certifies the skills and knowledge related to performance measurement field.

Details

The KPI Institute was invited to share expertise together with MILE on Performance Culture, at Corporater`s event “The Future of Strategy Execution Roadshow 2017” held on 29th March in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The KPI Institute with MILE shared the common goal of providing participants integrated strategy communication solutions.

About the Event

This event gathered more than one hundred CEOs, COOs, CSOs, CIOs and Corporate Performance Managers that heard about what is new in the field of performance and innovation and created valuable contacts for future references.

This free event featured a half day of learning about the future of strategy execution and how an organization can effectively bring corporate strategy to life.

Learning points:

• The importance of strategy execution;
• Why strategy execution systems fail;
• How you can balance the tension between long-term strategy and short-term action with Strategy Maps and OKRs;
• The model in action;
• The role of technology.

Keynote speakers and topics:

• Hussam Madani – CEO of the National Centre for Performance Measurement (ADAA), Topic: ADAA’s role in supporting performance measurement in Public Sectors
• Tor Inge Vasshus – CEO of Corporater, Topic:The Future of Strategy Execution
• Mohammed M. Mahmoud (Dr. 3M) – CEO of MILE, Topic:How to select SMART KPIs?

Click here to see the event`s details!

Throughout the entire event all the participants had the possibility to interact with our representative team and to consult the latest magazines, reports, publications and services launched by The KPI Institute.

About Corporater

Corporater provides one platform.  It can be configured in infinitely unique ways, but we focus on a single product.  Our customers are ensured its continual development and evolution to be the best business management platform on the market.

About MILE

The Madinah Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (MILE) is a leading Corporate Social Responsibility Program dedicated to enhancing entrepreneurial excellence and Leadership capacity in Asia, North Africa and most importantly, in the Middle East.

About The KPI Institute

The KPI Institute is the leading global research institute specialized in business performance. It operates research programs in 12 practice domains, ranging from strategy and KPIs to employee performance, and from customer service to innovation performance. Insights are disseminated through a variety of publications, subscriptions services, and through a knowledge platform available to registered members. Support in deploying these insights in practice is offered through training and advisory services.

Stay up to date with the latest articles published on our newsroom and find out where we are making an impact on the future of performance. Connect with us on Facebook and LinkedIn and be a part of our online community!

Are you using a new and improved collection of the most popular Investments KPIs ?

The Top 25 Investments KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition brings you a selection of KPIs, researched and refined, that can help you strengthen your performance measurement and management framework.

Specifically developed to take the reader one step closer to an efficient KPI monitoring and reporting process, the Top 25 Investments KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition makes for a valuable addition to any KPI Library used by professionals in the investment industry.

Highlights from the Report

• • Complete hands-on experience in working with KPIs

• • Detailed documentation for each KPI

• Complex articles on best practices in terms of KPI selection and documentation.

By emphasizing the use of KPIs today, the Top 25 Investments KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition is a useful resource for any professional looking to refresh an existing performance measurement system or to promote the use of KPIs in the organization.

According to Aurel Brudan, The KPI Institute’s CEO, ‘Top 25 Investments KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition is a synthesis of what smartKPIs.com is all about: it provides an overview of how investments KPIs are used in practice today, by combining input from the online community with analysis and insights from our research team.”

About smartKPIs.com

smartKPIs.com is the result of a wide research program conducted by The KPI Institute dedicated to documenting and cataloging how KPIs are used in practice. It is an online platform for performance measurement, it offers high quality resources and collaboration functionality for the community of registered members, enabling them to make smart decisions regarding their performance management initiatives.

Get your brand new Top 25 Investments KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition  and start implementing the knowledge now!

The KPI Institute was delighted to share expertise on performance management, due to its participation at the Conference “Transformation Through Strategy Execution & Innovation” held in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman.

The KPI Institute was also a strategic partner and sponsor of the event sharing together with Tanfidh Management Consultants the common goal of providing leaders a dynamic approach to strategy execution.

About the Conference

The conference focuses on approaching strategy in a multilateral perspective, starting with the insights, solutions and best practices on how to strategically plan, execute, monitor, transform and evaluate organizational healthiness.

The KPI Institute`s representative, Mihai Toma, Head of Professional Service MENA, delivered two presentations on the second day of the conference:

• The importance of a balanced approach to selecting KPIs

KPI selection is considered by professionals all around the world to be one of the most challenging aspects in working with KPIs. An important tool to address these challenges is to apply proper selection techniques that facilitate arriving at a relevant KPI framework.

• Understanding the value added by KPIs

Key performance indicators are one of the most popular tools used in organizations to assess performance, but in a lot of scenarios they are misunderstood or not appropriately used. This presentation focused on establishing a clear differentiation between objectives, KPIs and initiatives and understanding the real added value of using KPIs.

Mihai also delivered a two-day Workshop on “KPI Master Class” approaching topics like:

• Understanding KPIs;
• Making the right KPI Selection;
• KPIs in Context;
• Target Setting and Data Gathering;
• Data analysis and reporting;
• Decision making and initiative management.

Throughout the entire event all the participants had the possibility to interact with our representative team and to consult the latest magazines, reports and publications launched by The KPI Institute.

Click here to see how the entire event unfolded!

About Tanfidh Management Consultants

Tanfidh Management Consultants is an Omani based Consulting firm, that mainly focuses on Strategy and Strategy Execution using the proven methodologies like the Strategy Maps, Balanced Scorecard and OKRs.

About The KPI Institute is the leading global research institute specialized in business performance. It operates research programs in 12 practice domains, ranging from strategy and KPIs to employee performance, and from customer service to innovation performance. Insights are disseminated through a variety of publications, subscriptions services, and through a knowledge platform available to registered members. Support in deploying these insights in practice is offered through training and advisory services.

Stay up to date with the latest articles published on our newsroom and find out where we are making an impact on the future of performance. Connect with us on Facebook and LinkedIn and be a part of our online community!

Contact

Cosmin Chindris, Business Development Manager at The KPI Institute
T: +40740963913
E: cosmin.chindris@kpiinstitute.com

March 21st 2017, Peru, The KPI Institute and B&T Meetings are pleased to announce their partnership to streamline best practices in managing employee and organizational performance.

The KPI Institute and B&T Meetings share the common goal and vision of delivering customized performance management training to professionals from Peru.

This partnership starts by launching the first edition of Certified KPI Professional in Peru, a certification course that will serve the needs of Peruvian market in terms of quality level and competences acquired.

The Certified KPI Professional Certification is the go-to program for professionals interested to build a sound framework to manage performance through Key Performance Indicators, from the moment they are selected and documented, until results are collected to be centralized in performance reports.

The course will take place in Lima, Peru, on June 20, over the time span of three days and under the guidance of Mihai Toma, Head of Professional Services at The KPI Institute.

“This partnership will enable professionals from the area to grow professionally and it’s our mission to facilitate a good environment to do so.” said Aurel Brudan, founder and Chief Executive Officer, The KPI Institute.

“We have made a big step to help professionals and companies to go forward and improve their Performance Measurement System. A new breaking point on everybody`s professional career is to Become a Certified KPI Professional by The KPI Institute.” said Carlos Llaque, Chief Executive Officer, B&T Meetings.

About B&T Meetings

B&T Meetings is a leading company specialized in organization and commercialization of local and international executive training programs, conferences and events, in alliance with national and international consultancy firms, business schools and other specialized institutions.

In 16 years, more than 20,000 executives of more than 2,000 companies have participated in their training programs and activities. They count on the strongest and most innovative executive training and development portfolio in the local market.

For more information visit B&T Meetings website – www.bytmeetings.com

About the KPI Institute

The KPI Institute is a research institute specialized in business performance. It operates research programs in 12 practice domains, ranging from strategy and KPIs to employee performance, and from customer service to innovation performance. Insights are disseminated through a variety of publications, subscriptions services, and through a knowledge platform available to registered members. Support in deploying these insights in practice is offered through training and advisory services.

For more information visit The KPI Institute website – www.kpiinstitute.org

Contact:

The KPI Institute:

Anamaria Pacurar

Email: anamaria.pacurar@kpiinstitute.com

B&T Meetings

Carlos Llaque

Email: inscripciones@bytmeetings.com ; cllaque@bytmeetings.com

Are you using a new and improved collection of the most popular Real Estate KPIs ?

The Top 25 Real Estate Development KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition brings you a selection of KPIs, researched and refined, that can help you strengthen your performance measurement and management framework.

Specifically developed to take the reader one step closer to an efficient KPI monitoring and reporting process, the Top 25 Real Estate Development KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition makes for a valuable addition to any KPI Library used by professionals in the healthcare industry.

Highlights from the Report

• • Complete hands-on experience in working with KPIs

• • Detailed documentation for each KPI

• Complex articles on best practices in terms of KPI selection and documentation.

By emphasizing the use of KPIs today, the Top 25 Real Estate Development KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition is a useful resource for any professional looking to refresh an existing performance measurement system or to promote the use of KPIs in the organization.

According to Aurel Brudan, The KPI Institute’s CEO, ‘Top 25 Real Estate Development KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition is a synthesis of what smartKPIs.com is all about: it provides an overview of how real estate KPIs are used in practice today, by combining input from the online community with analysis and insights from our research team.”

About smartKPIs.com

smartKPIs.com is the result of a wide research program conducted by The KPI Institute dedicated to documenting and cataloging how KPIs are used in practice. It is an online platform for performance measurement, it offers high quality resources and collaboration functionality for the community of registered members, enabling them to make smart decisions regarding their performance management initiatives.

Get your brand new Top 25 Real Estate Development KPIs – 2016 Extended Edition  and start implementing the knowledge now!

Melbourne, March 15^th 2017 – The KPI Institute and Parsian Strategy have committed to partner for delivering performance management training and advisory in Iran. The partnership aims to organize the first edition of The Certified KPI Professional in Farsi and will be extended by Q3 to offer professionals from Iran two other programs: The Certified Strategy and Business Planning Professional and The Certified Balanced Scorecard Management System Professional.

“Introducing our renowned programs on strategy and business planning, balanced scorecard and KPIs to Iran will be a key driver for local private and public companies to access the latest knowledge and global best practices in measuring and managing performance, from strategy definition to strategy execution at all organizational levels”, said Cosmin Chindris, Director Global Partnerships, The KPI Institute.

To date, The KPI Institute and Parsian Strategy have delivered performance management training in English for several leading Iranian companies: Aujan Iranian Industries, Kaveh Aluminum Can Co., Atlas Dina Group, Remis, Novo Nordisk Pars and many more. The partnership will make available the Farsi edition of the Certified KPI Professionals to a wider audience.

“Parsian Strategy and The KPI Institute services complement each other in this market where Parsian strategy is aware of and understands the true needs of the market and The KPI Institute brings the latest developed tools and frameworks in the form of advisory services and certification programs to fulfill that need.” said Reza Sharif, MD and Founder of Parsian Strategy.

The Certified KPI Professional Certification is the go-to program for professionals interested to build a sound framework to manage performance through KPIs, from the moment they are selected and documented, until results are collected to be centralized in performance reports.

 “One thing about Certified KPI Professional that makes it special is that all the techniques, tools and frameworks are developed based on practical experience from consulting and research programs. This is exactly what we need in Iran: knowledge that is not solely based on theories, but from real expertise in working with global companies. Knowledge and tools than can be applied by professionals from Iran in their own organizations the day after the training.” said Reza Sharif, MD and Founder of Parsian Strategy.

The KPI Institute is a research institute specialized in business performance. It operates research programs in 12 practice domains, ranging from strategy and KPIs to employee performance, and from customer service to innovation performance. Insights are disseminated through a variety of publications, subscriptions services, and through a knowledge platform available to registered members. Support in deploying these insights in practice is offered through training and advisory services.

Parsian Strategy is an Iranian management consulting firm based in Tehran that is focusing exclusively on Strategy and Performance Management. By providing consulting services, trainings and certification programs to commercial, private, government and non-profit organizations in Iran, Parsian Strategy is trying to help clients improve their strategy planning to reach their desired level of performance.

Contact:

For The KPI Institute:

Cosmin Chindris, Director – Global Partnerships

cosmin.chindris@kpiinstitute.com

For Parsian Strategy:

Reza Sharif, Managing Partner

info@parsianstrategy.com

We proudly present to you the March edition of PERFORMANCE Magazine. Encompassing The KPI Institute’s experience, research and expertise, PERFORMANCE Magazine, transfers its knowledge into a multitude of resources made accessible to a worldwide readership, helping them quench a natural thirst for information.

In our 7th edition of PERFORMANCE Magazine, we bring our readers insight into the life of Sophia Thomaidou, a Partner at Zeler & Company, Greece and a licensed NLP Trainer & Coach. Boasting 20 years of experience in Human Resources, Sophia’s professional career has for the most part been a tale of measuring human performance and how to best improve it, having started with her studies in Sociology and continuing with her Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management. Given that Employee Performance Management is an integral part of the HR strategy of most organizations, this field fit Sophia’s career plans like a glove, allowing her to quickly rise through the ranks, occupying numerous directorial positions over her ongoing career.

Take part in public sector implementation processes from various countries and nations, as each edition will feature extensive analyses on the subject, compliments of our Business Research Analysts.

So what have we learnt, up to this point in time, from all of the available information?

On the one hand, we have the concepts of continuous improvement, development and change in particular, which lie at the heart of Performance Management and drive processes, projects, people, teams and organizations forward, shedding light on the weaker links of the chain and helping strengthen them.

On the other hand, Performance Management on the whole is also in need of improvement. Some means of achieving that is through professional communities, scientific research, and publications.

This March number plunges into the topics of Operational, Organizational and Individual Performance, Strategy and Performance Improvement.

Flip through pages of interviews with renowned experts, extensive research studies, concept presentations, insights from practice, alongside software or hardware reviews, and books and movie recommendations, all related to performance management.

So now we invite you to take part in a world dedicated to integrating performance and all that is comprised in the search for improvement, in its smallest details.

As we are always interested in gaining insights from practitioners who activate in a multitude of environments, contact us at editor@kpiinstitute.org if you are interested in becoming a contributor, or having your interview featured in PERFORMANCE Magazine.

The magazine is now available in a FREE Electronic format.

Facilitated by Mihai Toma, Head of Professional Practice MENA, this in-house training course was delivered for three groups of participants on 26^th , 27^th  and 28^th of February 2017, in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The main organization involved is a private sector company specialized in advanced electronics research, defense manufacturing, and communication, among others. They are a major regional player renowned for innovation, serving clients in the Defence, ICT, Energy, and Manufacturing industries across local, national, regional and international levels.

“ It is very useful for those who are not familiar with the subject of KPIs”, said Suliman Mohammed Algublan, Operations Support Director.

The KPI Essentials Training Course is part of a series dedicated to the rigorous use of KPIs.

The training course was attended by professionals from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise in Electrical and Electronic Manufacturing.

We approached the following key topics:

• Understanding Performance Management System Architecture and KPIs
• Making the right KPI Selection
• Objectives setting process

“ Very good course and it was useful and I hope that we can implement the course in my organization“, remarked Mr. Raef Khaled Aljubair, HR Development Specialist.

To enable the theoretical understanding and practical experience of using the performance management tools and techniques, we integrated group discussions, exercises, simulations and case studies.

Participants were actively engaged in the collaborative learning environment, readily sharing opinions and experiences.

If you’re interested in joining a customized KPI training course, email us at office@kpiinstitute.org to receive a tailored offer.

For more information contact one of our representatives:

Alex Muntean, Head of Customer Engagement

alex.muntean@kpiinstitute.com