Metrics That Executives Love

Have you ever been to a meeting where the presenter displays a slide packed with percentiles, bar charts, and awkwardly colored stoplight diagrams? Did the confusing, overly complex, and poorly designed metrics distract you from the intent of the meeting? Did the experience leave you just trying to figure out the difference between orange and yellow on that stoplight diagram – causing you to completely miss what the presenter was actually trying to convey? Even worse, were the metrics failing to tell the real story or answer the performance-related question you were really hoping to get answered? You’re not alone.…