Aug 3, 2026 · 15 min · 11 segments
Most nonprofit boards overlook the real power of KPIs—until they're caught off guard by surprises. What if tracking the right numbers could give you early warnings and save your organization from…
Joe BlattHost
They measure how an organization, a team, or a program is performing against defined objectives.
If the number changes, would we do something differently? If the answer is no, it may be interesting, but it's probably not a KPI.
For example, how efficiently your organization is operating or what percentage of your students graduated or entered college.
Leading and lagging indicators, where leading indicators are early warning signs versus lagging indicators are more historical results.
Wards should focus less on activity metrics, things like the number of meetings held, and more on what's called performance metrics.
They are achievable, they are timely, and most importantly, they have a clear owner.
They measure how an organization, a team, or a program is performing against defined objectives.
If the number changes, would we do something differently? If the answer is no, it may be interesting, but it's probably not a KPI.
For example, how efficiently your organization is operating or what percentage of your students graduated or entered college.
Leading and lagging indicators, where leading indicators are early warning signs versus lagging indicators are more historical results.
Wards should focus less on activity metrics, things like the number of meetings held, and more on what's called performance metrics.
They are achievable, they are timely, and most importantly, they have a clear owner.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.