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UK SMEs Growth Stunted by Failure to Identify and Track Key Metrics [SURVEY RESULTS]

In the startup world, we all love to learn what separates a thriving business from those that crash...

  • by Simon Whittick

Why Goal-Focused Teams are Essential for High-Growth Companies

Imagine what would happen if the members of a rowing team were each trying to go a different...

  • by Nick Smith

The KPI Waterfall: How to Make Your Entire Company Goal-Focused

As a company grows, it’s easy to lose focus on the primary business objective. Each team ends...

  • by Laura Tyson

Interview with a Startup Co-Founder: How Tracking KPIs Could Have Saved LayerVault

Success stories are always inspiring, but sometimes we learn the most from failures - our own and from...

  • by Laura Tyson

Customer Support: 6 Metrics and KPIs to Improve Self-Service

Editor's note: this is a guest post by Adam Rogers, content marketer at Kayako. The more...

  • by Laura Tyson

6 Hacks for Creating a Transparent Culture at Your Company

It’s easy enough to talk about having a transparent culture and the benefits are certainly compelling. Transparency...

  • by Laura Tyson

Choosing Metrics: How to Keep Your KPIs Simple

KPIs are the business equivalent of a compass. They show where your company is headed (orientation) and how...

  • by Laura Tyson

Benchmarks: how to set challenging but realistic business goals

Imagine you want to breed bunnies. (Why not? Bunnies are adorable!) If you don’t know how quickly...

  • by Laura Tyson
Turn your Salesforce reports into live TV dashboards to inform your team

Turn your Salesforce reports into live TV dashboards to inform your team

  • by Nick Smith

Salesforce reporting basics: building, aggregating, segmenting and formatting reports

The Salesforce reporting feature is really powerful. However, if you’re just starting out, it can also be...

  • by Tom Randle

How to Use Iterative Design to Keep Your Dashboard Relevant

Imagine having a dashboard with beautiful, easy-to-read visualizations and data from five years ago that’s for a...

  • by Laura Tyson

Should I have this KPI on my dashboard? The IPA rule

One of the most common questions I hear is “Should I have this KPI?” The answer is found...

  • by Laura Tyson

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