Driving Focus & Alignment with the Balanced Scorecard - Measurement is at the heart of all organizational activity, yet a weak area.

Balanced Scorecard at StatoilHydro - Case study describes how Balanced Scorecard is core to attaining Statoil's vision.

Paul Niven launches book on Strategy - Roadmaps and Revelations: Finding the Road to Business Success on Route 101

•  What is in your company’s medicine bottle?

Summary

In this article, author, management consultant and Balanced Scorecard expert Paul Niven focuses on the most challenging aspects of business – strategy. While the study of business strategy and its development has generated a wide range of perspectives and a wealth of material, the author points out that true success is entirely dependent upon the successful execution of strategy. This is where the Balanced Scorecard fits in, says the author.

Driving the Management Meeting Agenda with the Balanced Scorecard - Using the BSC as the management meeting agenda to focus on what truly matters.

Measuring the Performance of a HR Shared Services Organization - Case studies prove how shared service centers can achieve satisfaction & cost reduction.

• Annual budget cycle hurts

Summary

In this article, author, management consultant and Balanced Scorecard expert Paul Niven draws from his experiences and highlights the typical query raised by small and medium sized businesses about the applicability of the Balanced Scorecard to their businesses.

Strategy & the Balanced Scorecard - A critical link - Link between key principles of strategy and BSC as a strategic performance management tool is identified.

Interview with John onczewski - Manager, Balanced corecard, Booz Allen Hamilton - Drawing from experience, John identifies critical success factors in succeeding as a Balanced Scorecard manager.

• The longest journey

Summary

In this article, author, management consultant and Balanced Scorecard expert Paul Niven argues that the pace of change today has impacted all categories of organizations – private, nonprofit and public sector organizations – and requires them to focus on strategy execution. The Balanced Scorecard was born out of the realization that organizations need a system that allowed them to take advantage of intangible assets, and balanced both financial and non-financial indicators of success, thereby
increasing the odds of strategy execution. The Balanced Scorecard begins with an organization’s strategy and seeks to translate the strategy into performance measures which can be tracked and used to gauge success in the successful implementation of the strategy.

Using the Balanced scorecard in the public sector - Build an effective balanced scorecard system in the public sector to bring focus, accountability and alignment.

The Do’s and Dont’s of using consultants - The advantages of using consultants against the drawbacks, and the key considerations before choosing a consultant.

• What kind of perspective do you have?

Summary

In this article, author, management consultant and Balanced Scorecard expert Paul Niven argues that there is great pressure on nonprofit organizations to build new and improved performance measurement Balanced Scorecard  so that they can deliver transparency and accountability that is being demanded.