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Using KPI to Ensure the Marketing Department’s Stor is Heard at the
ASI December 1, 2011
Story is Heard at the Management Table
ASIApplied Strategies, Inc.
Michael Mabey
Stephen Mabey
26 Wilewood Drive Falmouth, NS B0P 1L0 Phone: 902.472.3032
Common Sense AppliedLegal Marketing Association
Common Sense AppliedThanks
We just wanted to thank the audience for showing up today as we recognize that in these
hectic times everyone has lots on their plates and so to be with us today was a choice
and we hope you think a good one!
We are going to answer in the remaining time, any questions you might have but welcome
you to contact either of us at the following e-mail addresses you to co tact e t e o us at t e o o g e a add esses
with any follow up questions:
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What’s In It For Me?
That is the question your firm’s management team is asking before inviting you to the table.g y
This presentation is about: using KPI as a tool to gain influence in your organizationg g y g who you enlist in identifying the KPI you will use to gain
influence how you go about getting listened to how you go about getting listened to
It isn’t about the specific value of a particular KPI, although we will talk about some KPI In other words, it is strategic in nature, with tactics for
accomplishing your goal – Influence at the Management Table
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Common Sense AppliedSCENEAgenda
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Performance Indicators, Defined
Building a Seat at the Table – 4 Components
3 Insight Leads To Influence
4 Communication Drives Influence
5 Dashboards Enhance Clarity
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Common Sense AppliedRefresher on Performance Indicators
Firms track various performance indicators as measurements of their health and performance.
The importance of various performance indicators can and will change over time.
Performance indicators have historically focused on the
These performance indicators assist not substitute for common d j d t i t i fi th h h
Performance indicators have historically focused on the financial and operational aspects of law firms.
sense and judgment in steering your firm through change.
No one number tells the story but rather must be viewed collectively to get an accurate picture.
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What Converts A Performance Indicator Into A KPI
Must be quantifiable
Must reflect your firm’s goals
Must be key to your firm’s success
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For more information on KPI and lists of possible KPI to use and so we can stay on track here, (as best Michael can), we direct you to the link below to download a copy of Introductory Guide to Key Performance Indicators.
Topics include Marketing, Productivity and Financial Key Performance Indicators as well as such topics as Dashboards and Benchmarking.
http://www.appliedstrategies.ca/kpi_download.php
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Common Sense AppliedSCENEBuilding a Seat at the Table
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Performance Indicators, Defined
Building a Seat at the Table – 4 Components
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Building a Seat at the Table -4 Components
1. Understand Your Firm’s
Strategic
2. Match Performance
Indicators withStrategicDirection
Indicators with Strategy
4. Communicate 3. Gather and Analyze DataAnalyze Data
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Building a Seat at the Table -1: Understand Your Firm’s Strategic Direction
Steps
Develop a 360 degree perspective of your firm’s strategic direction
Spend time with: Key influencers
Steps
Strategy architects People who are executing (partners,
practice leaders, senior staff) The firm historian the person who The firm historian – the person who
knows what “didn’t work before” so you can avoid landmines and address those concerns upfront
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Building a Seat at the Table 2: Match Performance Indicators to Strategy
Steps
The best indicators will be based on the nature and style of your firm.
Cultivate a relationship with the CFO and Accounts Department
Steps
Understand what various potential KPI are really telling the CFO Test drive the potential KPI with the
management teama age e t tea Bounce the potential KPI off the key
influencers and strategy architects
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Building a Seat at the Table 3: Gather and Analyze Data
Steps
Collaborate and partner with the Accounts Department
Make sure you have the right tools and training to get the proper data in a timely manner Work with the Accounts Department to
get timely data Collaboration is critical. You have to
have this mindset – you will not succeedhave this mindset – you will not succeed on your own. Your goal is to make the current people
at the table look good by making it easier f th t k d d i ifor them to make good decisions.
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Building a Seat at the Table 4: Communicate
Steps
Effective communication gets you listened to
Make sure you are not just sending out communications to meet quotas –sometimes less is more.sometimes less is more. Like they teach in animal obedience
class – first you must get their attention. It is less about your expertise and more
b t th ibilit fabout the sensibility of your message. It is less about what you want to say and
more about what you can get them to listen and respond to.
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Common Sense AppliedSCENEInsight Leads to Influence
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Performance Indicators, Defined
Building a Seat at the Table – 4 Components
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4 Communication Drives Influence
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Insight Rules
Not data, not information – Insight
Insight We are inundated with information and data streams
Insight vs. Information
Leadership
Information
information and data streams. As the new book, Drinking
From The Fire Hose discusses, data is not only not
l bl it i i f t
Leadership
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valuable, it is in fact detrimental to success – it creates paralysis. But, insight is valuable and is
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the currency of Trusted Advisors.
Technicians
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Common Sense AppliedWhat is Insight?
Key Performance
IndicatorsIndicators
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Common Sense AppliedInsight Gets You Listened To
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Common Sense AppliedSCENECommunication Drives Influence
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Common Sense AppliedCommunication is Essential for Influence
The real source of Insight’s influence is in it’s communication
NOT it’s Ownership or Control!
Wh t l t li t ? I i ht?What causes people to listen? Insight? Of course, and even better, insight that is their idea!
1. Make your targets look good. It will allow them to listen to you.2. First, the informal channels, then the formal3 How do people in your firm communicate tell stories?3. How do people in your firm communicate, tell stories?
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Common Sense AppliedPresentation is Persuasive
Two articles that are worth reading prior to presenting anyTwo articles that are worth reading prior to presenting any of the KPIs that you feel advance both the marketingdepartment’s and firm’s case are:p
1. 10 Golden Rules for Presenting Financial Data
http://www.turnaround.org/Publications/Articles.aspx?objectID=8797
2. Change the Way You Persuade – Gary A. Williams and g y yRobert B. Miller Harvard Business Review, May 2002
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Remember This
Context is just as importantas important as content
because it sets the stage.g
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Common Sense AppliedSCENEDashboards Enhance Clarity
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Building a Seat at the Table – 4 Components
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Dashboard
Dashboards provide an easily accessible summary of the most important insights your firm needs to make decisions.
The most important KPI for your firm The next 2 most important KPI
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Common Sense AppliedEffective Dashboards
The three keys to the best dashboards:
1. Focus on what is important
2. Are simple and easy to grasp
3 Understandable by the partners3. Understandable by the partners
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Common Sense AppliedMarketing Dashboard Components
Four aspects of law firm management that your Marketing Dashboard should reflect:
1. Client Management2 R2. Revenue3. Practice Management4 Client Development Cost4. Client Development Cost
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Marketing Dashboard –1. Client Management
KPI
Client Retention – ratio: clients billed in t 12 i 12current 12 mo. versus previous 12 mo.
Growth in Top Clients – ratio: fees billed to top 50 clients in current 12 mo. versus previous 12 mo
Client Management
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Dormant Client Percentage – ratio: number of clients not handled a matter for in 2 of the past 3 years to total clients.
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Number of Matters per Client – ratio: number of matters billed to the number of clients billed.
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Marketing Dashboard -2. Revenue
KPI
Average Fee per Client – fee revenue for last 12 mo. divided by the number of clients billed.Average Fee per New Client – new client fee revenue for last 12 mo divided by the
Revenue
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for last 12 mo. divided by the number of matters billed.Average Fee per New Matter – the related fee revenue for the last 12 mo.
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Marketing Dashboard -3. Practice Management
KPI
Practice Areas per Client –average number of individual practice groups billed to clients.Number of Lawyers per Client –ratio: individual lawyers generating
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ratio: individual lawyers generating working fee credits versus number of clients.
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Marketing Dashboard -4. Client Development Costs
KPI
Marketing Budget Ratio – ratio: totalMarketing Budget Ratio – ratio: total marketing spend (including salaries) to total fees billed in last 12 mo.Business Development Ratio – ratio:
Client Development Costs
4 pbusiness development spend for last 12 mo. to the total fees billed.Marketing Cost per Client – ratio: total
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marketing spend (including salaries) to the number of clients billed in last 12 mo.Business Development Cost per Client
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Common Sense AppliedConclusion
There is no one “right” or cookie cutter solution that works for getting a seat at the management table
because it is about them not you.
The bottom line of this presentation is to provide you with one way that you can get your partners to
switch their listening ears on!switch their listening ears on!
When you have their listening ears you have influenceWhen you have their listening ears you have influence and are well on the way to
Trusted Advisor status – the ultimate seat!.
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