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Building a Performance Culture in the Public Service

The theme of the forthcoming PPX Annual Symposium - From a Compliance Mindset to a Performance Culture – gets to the heart of the challenge posed by results-based management.  One of the keynote questions is “… what level of cultural…

Posted May 10, 2012 by Greg Tricklebank 0 Comments

Why All Public Service Managers Need to Care About Evaluation

Results-based management in its current iteration has been around for over ten years and has taken firm root in the Public Service modus operandi as evidenced by the new Policy on Evaluation that requires all direct spending to be…

Posted May 4, 2012 by Greg Tricklebank 0 Comments

Measurement and Evaluation: Integrating the Functions at PPX

from: Performance and Planning Exchange (PPX) - November 28, 2011 This morning I attended another excellent PPX sharing and learning event at which senior performance measurement and evaluation managers from TBS and several line…

Posted December 3, 2011 by Greg Tricklebank 0 Comments

PSES 2011 - Make your voice heard! (updated)

Update: the 2011 PSES has been extended to October 7th! Public Service employees have only 3 8 days left to complete the 2011 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES). Twenty-eight of the seventy substantive questions address the…

Posted September 28, 2011 by Greg Tricklebank 0 Comments

4 Myths of Performance Measurement

The development of a strategic performance measurement system is a critical process for the overall success of any organization. There are, however, a few myths about the development of performance measures that are often discussed and…

Posted August 6, 2011 by Scott Hodge 0 Comments

The Essence of Evaluation

The LPGA Commissioner, Michael Whan, just announced the plan to inaugurate a fifth major tournament on the LPGA tour, sparking a discussion on the Morning Drive television program about fairness … Annika Sorenstam, for example, had…

Posted July 26, 2011 by Greg Tricklebank 0 Comments

What is Program Evaluation and Does it Really Matter?

A great deal is written about the self-identity of ‘evaluation’ as a discipline and/or a profession.  Viewpoints abound concerning the role and expectations of evaluators, ranging in scope from mere collector and presenter of factual…

Posted July 23, 2011 by Greg Tricklebank 2 Comments

10 Guiding Principles for an Effective Performance Measurement Framework

Like most organizations, you probably dedicate significant time and resources for planning – strategic planning, operational planning, business planning, program planning, project planning, even planning for meetings.  How do you know if…

Posted July 20, 2011 by Scott Hodge 2 Comments

The Five Levels of Teams: Where Are You on the Team Curve?

The modern workplace has moved away from the lone expert grinding away at her craft, to a landscape dominated by teams and group activity.  This trend will only increase as Gen Y and Gen Z - with their propensity for working in groups…

Posted February 2, 2011 by Jim Taggart 0 Comments

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