Our approach provides a comparative analysis of the college's overall performance results with a chosen peer group - using a 'balanced scorecard' covering the spread of college activities including: Teaching, Teaching support, Facilities Management and Enterprise. Our belief is that benchmarking is as much about practice as it is about performance. Whilst simply understanding the relative performance of any college against a range of others is no doubt valuable, there is much more benefit that can be derived from getting behind the numbers to the practices, strategies and leadership methods that drive that performance.
The winning moves strategic model (shown below) demonstrates how, through a diagnostic process, it is possible to learn from the past results and practices and then use this as a basis for powerful future plans and strategies. Scroll over the numbers to reveal more.
have we achieved what we set out to do?
did it work? have we performed?
have we done what we said we'd do?
was the strategy right and did we get behind it?
where are we heading and are the conditions right to make it happen
what strategies do we need to get there and how can we align ourselves?
what can we do to bring the strategy to life?
how will we know that we're on track?
what do we need to achieve to realise the vision?