Opinion - Performance Measurement



Dealing with under-performance 11/02/2013

Spot the symptoms of lack of engagement and adopt a structured improvement road map, says DAK's Dennis McCarthy

Maintaining creative tension 12/12/2012

Draw the full potential from improvement teams with these questions, says DAK's Dennis McCarthy

Norming versus performing: a team effort 17/09/2012

DAK Consulting's Dennis McCarthy on fostering effective team effort

Performance enhancing drug 17/04/2012

Good old-fashioned people management could be the ultimate performance-enhancing drug, says WM editor Max Gosney

Walking the walk on improvement 14/02/2012

It's time to go back to basics to find your true USP says Simon Griffiths of the Manufacturing Advisory Consotium

Investigate the latest improvement fad 17/01/2012

The term 'fad' is applied correctly to those activities or ideas that enjoy a short-lived popularity. Fads are not good because their negative impact is cumulative.

Why do we have so many meetings? 15/11/2011

There is a very funny YouTube video called 'Meetings bloody meetings' with John Cleese (http://tinyurl.com/27fjtuj) which illustrates many reasons why time spent in meetings can be frustrating and wasteful. I doubt if many will have experienced all of the bad behaviour shown in the clip in a single meeting, but it wouldn't be as funny if it wasn't founded on truth.