Measure Less, Manage More Effectively: What Makes Performance Management Truly Effective

Performance management is more than just reporting and dashboards. It’s about making current and future performance visible and using that insight to drive real management decisions. In this episode, Torsten talks with Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich about how to tell whether a company is truly managing its performance or merely reporting on it. The conversation covers performance transparency, KPI focus, the Balanced Scorecard, business partner controlling, and the question of why performance management can hardly be effective without the support of top management. Ronald Gleich also explains why variances should not be a cause for justification but rather a starting point for solutions, and what CFOs can specifically do in their first 90 days. The guest is Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich, Professor of Performance Management and Controlling at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and co-founder of the Center for Performance Management & Controlling.