Today, KPI tracking is but one part of many that deal with business intelligence (BI). But the practice of tracking performance has been around much longer than that—around 1800 years longer. Its ...

When the topic of key performance indicators, or KPIs, comes up in a business conversation, I’m all ears. It’s fascinating to learn how different leaders guide and measure the performance of their ...

The most useful useful KPIs relate to your company's objectives. When you analyze your goals for the factors that determine success, you have an indication of where to find KPIs that show you how well ...

Collecting and analyzing data promotes better decisions and helps you be proactive in identifying, nurturing, or reversing trends. Although more data is typically considered better, a glut of data can ...

Most CEOs, CFOs, and financial analysts will tell you that revenue is a KPI (it's really not), second only to profit (which is also not a KPI). They're wrong, and here's why. When revenue is rising, ...