The Benchmarking Mistake That’s Holding Back Your Inclusion Work

You’re the average of the five people you compare yourself to.
Did it ever occur to you that you’re comparing yourself to the wrong people?

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

1. Why starting with borrowed benchmarks sets you up to fail.
2. How to tell if a benchmark is applicable to your setting.
3. How to choose benchmarks that inform decisions.

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Key Takeaways from This Episode:

1. Bad Benchmarks Start With Bad Comparisons
   • "A benchmark that reflects their priorities won’t help you track your progress."
2. Insight is more valuable than performance scores.
   • "What would we do differently if this number changed?"
3. Benchmarks must help you steer, not just score.
   • "If it doesn’t help you decide what to do next, it’s not useful."

Check out these resources:

• Progress You Can Prove – The new programme mentioned in the episode