6 min

Ep#36 Why individual targets do not drive accountability‪?‬ Counterpoint Podcast

    • Management

It is important for effective control of organizational activities to establish clear accountability for desired outcomes. Hence, there is a practice of using KPIs or KRAs or a related term to define individual targets. But what if we claim that these individual targets do not achieve their intended purpose. In fact, they might often result in an organization being fraught with friction between teams, blame games, poor agility and rampant system tampering behaviour. Can any sense of control ostensibly brought in by assigning individual targets be a mere mirage? Let's hear what Satyashri Mohanty has to say on this topic and lets also ask him if he can suggest a better solution to drive outcomes in companies. Tune in!

Read about a radically new approach to align people to the organizational goals here :https://www.vectorconsulting.in/blog/toc-leadership-paradigms/management-by-tactics/

It is important for effective control of organizational activities to establish clear accountability for desired outcomes. Hence, there is a practice of using KPIs or KRAs or a related term to define individual targets. But what if we claim that these individual targets do not achieve their intended purpose. In fact, they might often result in an organization being fraught with friction between teams, blame games, poor agility and rampant system tampering behaviour. Can any sense of control ostensibly brought in by assigning individual targets be a mere mirage? Let's hear what Satyashri Mohanty has to say on this topic and lets also ask him if he can suggest a better solution to drive outcomes in companies. Tune in!

Read about a radically new approach to align people to the organizational goals here :https://www.vectorconsulting.in/blog/toc-leadership-paradigms/management-by-tactics/

6 min