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What should my company measure?

What should my company measure?

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What should my company measure?

- Managers, leaders, they want to succeed. They want to make good decisions and they want to have the ability to make those good decisions quickly, so when it comes to measuring performance, they all seem to have the same question. What are the most important metrics in business? Perhaps, that's the question you want answered? Forgive me, I'm going to go on a little rant here. As a person that loves performance measurement, that question drives me crazy. And here's a little inside info. Performance measurement experts love to discuss the absurdity of that question. One guy I know, he came up with a great answer to this question. He simply said, "Cricket, baseball and hockey." I was probably as confused as you are right now, skeptical, but still I was curious. He saw my confusion and he continued. Cricket, baseball and hockey. They're effectively all ball and stick sports. Now tell me, would you use the same set of…

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