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Your KPI Problem Isn't the Numbers—It's the Action Plan | The GrowthPro Edge · The GrowthPro Edge

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  Speaker: Welcome to the GrowthPro Edge.
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  We're here to help scale your business, build stronger teams,
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  and sharpen your leadership skills.
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  Hello and welcome back to the GrowthPro Edge.
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  I'm Denise Killian with the GrowthPro Group.
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  Today we're talking about something that every business owner knows that they
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  need, but most are overwhelmed by KPIs.
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  Those key performance indicators.
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  And here's the truth, most businesses aren't struggling because they lack data.
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  They're struggling because they're tracking the wrong data.
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  So today I'm gonna help you cut through the noise and identify the
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  KPIs that actually drive results so that your business runs with
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  clarity, focus, and purpose.
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  So let's start simple.
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  KPIs are just key performance indicators, the numbers that tell you if your
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  business is actually moving forward.
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  But here's the shift I want you to make.
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  KPIs are not just for spreadsheets, they're the dashboard for your business.
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  Think about driving a car.
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  You, you don't need 50 gauges, you just need the right ones.
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  Speed.
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  Fuel, engine health, same thing in business.
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  KPIs should measure what matters most.
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  Keep you focused on progress, not just activity, and align your team around
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  clear goals, because being busy is not the same thing as being effective.
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  But before you even think about KPIs, you need to answer one question.
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  What are your top business goals?
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  Not 15, not 10, just one to three priorities.
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  For example, increasing revenue, improving customer retention,
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  raising average transaction value, or improving operational efficiency
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  if your goals aren't clear.
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  Your KPIs won't be either.
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  So here's a quick exercise.
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  Ask yourself, what are the three most important outcomes I need this
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  year to be successful in my business?
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  And write 'em down because KPIs don't come first.
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  Clarity does.
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  Okay.
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  Now that you have your goals, we connect the dots, and every goal should
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  have one to two KPIs attached to it.
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  For example, if your goal is to increase revenue, your KPIs could
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  be your monthly revenue growth or the average transaction value.
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  Both of those are indicators as to whether or not you're meeting the
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  overall goal of increasing your revenue.
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  If your goal is customer retention, your KPIs could be repeating purchase
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  rate or customer lifetime value.
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  If your goal is efficiency, KPI cost per unit or service delivered your
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  KPI could be revenue per employee.
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  Here's the key.
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  You want a mix of leading indicators and lagging indicators.
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  The leading indicators tell you what's about to happen, and the
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  lagging tells you what has already happened, and you need both.
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  Not all KPIs are created equal a meaningful KPI
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  follows the smart framework.
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  You wanna be specific.
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  Have a clear and full focused goal, measurable that you
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  can track consistently.
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  It needs to be actionable so that you can take action to do something about.
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  It needs to be relevant, meaning it's tied directly to your goals,
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  and it needs to be time bound where it's measured over a defined period.
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  Here's what you should also avoid.
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  Vanity metrics, things like social media likes and website
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  traffic with no conversions.
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  If it looks good but doesn't drive decisions, it's not a KPI.
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  It's just a distraction.
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  So let's talk about where business goes wrong first.
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  You're tracking too many metrics.
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  More data does not equal better decisions.
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  It usually leads to confusion.
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  Second, not sharing your KPIs with your team.
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  If your team doesn't know the numbers, they can't influence them.
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  And third, choosing irrelevant KPIs.
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  Just because another business tracks it doesn't mean that you should too.
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  And fourth, ignoring the customer experience.
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  You can hit every financial target and still fail if your
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  customers aren't coming back.
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  So here's a simple rule.
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  If a KPI does not lead to action or conversation, it's not meaningful, I.
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  How you involve your team is where the magic happens.
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  KPIs should not live in a spreadsheet on your computer.
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  It should live in your team culture.
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  Ask your team what drives performances in your role.
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  What numbers reflect success?
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  When people help define KPIs, they can take ownership of them and then
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  review them in regular meetings, keep them visible, and use a simple
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  dashboard or scorecard because what gets talked about gets improved.
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  Now your business changes and your KPIs should too.
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  So you should set a quarterly check-in, and this is the perfect time to do so as
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  we're just beginning the second quarter.
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  Ask yourself, are these still relevant?
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  Are they driving action?
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  And are we making better decisions because of them?
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  If the answer is no, you need to make an adjustment.
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  KPIs are not static, they're tools.
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  So let's bring this home.
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  Here's what I want you to do.
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  I want you to write down your top two to three business goals and
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  assign one to two KPIs for each goal.
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  Then I want you to share them with your team and track them weekly.
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  And finally, adjust as needed and ask yourself one powerful question, if this
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  number changes, would we act on it?
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  If the answer is no, well it's not the right KPI.
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  And that's your edge for today.
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  Stop drowning in data and start using it to drive results.
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  If you enjoyed today's conversation and if you are ready for growth
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  yourself, I certainly hope that you look us up@GrowthPro.com
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  and schedule a free growth call with one of our coaches.
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  We appreciate what they do, which is to help us bring you a new episode of
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  the GrowthPro Edge each and every week.
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  I'm Denise Killian, your host with the GrowthPro Group.
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  Keep growing, keep learning, and keep striving for the extraordinary.