Performance Alignment:
How To Cascade Strategy Throughout Your Organization

• Understand the different styles of cascading and when each one is appropriate to use
• Determine where in an organization to begin to cascade
• Maximize accountability and transparency throughout the organization

WORKSHOP LEADER: Jonathan Becher, VP/GM of Strategy Management at SAP Labs U.S., is chartered with the go-to-market of SAP Strategy Management, the first application in a new suite of performance management solutions from the world's largest enterprise application software company. Becher joins SAP from its acquisition of Pilot Software where he was President and CEO. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, an active member of the performance management community, and author of multiple papers on a wide range of subjects, including a popular performance management blog (http://alignment.wordpress.com). Prior to Pilot Software, Becher was CEO and president of Accrue Software, the leading Web site analytics company; and president, CEO and co-founder of NeoVista Software, the leading data mining company. Earlier in his career, he held a variety of senior roles at MasPar Computer Corporation. Becher completed his Master of Science degree in computer science from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering from the University of Virginia.

Testimonials From Past Jonathan Becher Sessions

"Good overview of topic and good for someone new to the strategic planning area."

"This was great! Really helped me understand the madness of our current strategic plan."

"The information was on point and was what I needed. We need to go back and do a strategy map and re-examine objectives in my organization."

How To Build & Manage A Balanced Scorecard For Your Government Organization From The Inside Out

If something were going wrong in your department...right now...how would you know? How often have you been told over and over that the project is on time and on budget, then it misses both? How many times has your organization tried the management flavor of the month as a sure-fire fix for your problem? And how often did it work?

Sometimes it feels like management theories fly around like cream pies in a Three Stooges skit making it impossible to know what to do next! The good news is that we do know what works to create success in our operations: managing work using measures created by people on the inside, doing the work.

In one Texas agency, using a scorecard, we were able to immediately save $2000 a month in operational costs, we had more timely and accurate information, and we were able to increase our on-time delivery and customer satisfaction! And we were selected for the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame by Bob Kaplan and Dave Norton.

• Learn what a balanced scorecard is, what it isn't, and why you should bother with it
• Learn how scorecards work from someone who has designed and managed using them
• Discover what accountability means (and it isn't what you think...)
• Draft scorecard measures for your own department
• Practice telling your story so someone (like an official or executive) listens...and understands

So bring your laptop and departmental plan, or a pencil and a Big Chief tablet – we're going to build scorecards that really work!