Imagine driving your organisation’s performance to new heights

Imagine your organisation achieving its Big Hairy Audacious Goals. Imagine an organisation on the pathway from good to great. This website will offer you methodologies to fix the common problems with performance management that will have a profound impact on your organisation and on your career.

We can make this a reality. I’m David Parmenter, and I can help you to: develop winning KPIs, ascertain your organisation’s critical success factors, replace the annual planning process with quarterly rolling planning, implement lean finance team processes and adopt winning leadership traits. I’ve delivered workshops and key note addresses in 32 countries. I have delivered in-house workshops, on site or by webinar, for a range of companies which include European Space Agency, Australian Post, Lloyds of London, Open University, and the Singapore government (Peoples Association) and more.

Accessing David Parmenter’s intellectual property

David Parmenter’s Toolkits with E-Templates

If you want to access the latest thoughts of David Parmenter, buy his toolkits which are constantly updated and are a comprehensive (100 page) guide to get you to make change in the areas covered.  each toolkit comes with accompanying electronic templates to get your implementation started.  On time of acquisition David reviews and updates the tookit as appropriate. These toolkits are sent as a PDF to the purchaser.

David Parmenter’s Working Guides (Article + E-Templates)

For areas which are not covered by a toolkit David Parmenter has written a shorter (20- 30 pages) working guides to help you make progress.  They can be read and absorbed in an hour. All you need to do is purchase them via the PayPal link and I will email you the working guides and accompanying useful E-templates within 48 hours. To buy multiple guides access the special deal.

E-Templates From David Parmenter’s Books (Publisher John Wiley & Sons,  New York)

You can purchase all the electronic versions of the book templates. Once the PayPal notification has been received the electronic templates are emailed with 48 hours.

David Parmenter’s Performance Measures Database (commonly known as a KPI database)

The database, developed over the last twenty years, and regularly updated, is sent in both  Access and Excel.

 Look Inside David Parmenter’s Published Work

A breakthrough 4th Edition of his best selling KPI Book can now be ordered from Amazon

Here are two chapters and the introduction for you to assess the value of this new edition.  I can guarantee you will never look and use KPIs in the same way again. This book has further simplified my work and I fervently hope that it speeds up the desire to use and implement of winning KPIs.

A breakthrough 3rd Edition of his best selling book for Financial Controllers and CFOs

Here are four chapters that I guarantee will help transform your finance team. This book is the most transformative guidebook in corporate accounting.

David’s Management and Leadership book

This now has been updated and is now called “Hey millennial managers you might not know this – management lessons from the past”

David Parmenter’s Focus Areas

David has developed intellectual property in seven conceptual areas. Each concept area has its own sub-domain where you can access articles, advice and purchase toolkits, working guides and templates.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)  /  Finance Team Best Practice   / Management & Leadership

Quarterly Rolling Forecasting & Planning  / Ascertaining the Organization’s Critical Success Factors

Rapid Annual Planning  /  Time Management Innovation

Common Problems with Performance Management

Performance management has been much misunderstood, misused, and abused, thereby preventing too many organisations from reaching their potential Read more.
Is your organisation succeeding in spite of the annual planning process rather than because of it? Read more
Is performance related pay encouraging dysfunctional behaviour? Read more
Are teams and divisions working hard on their own agendas which are contrary to the strategic direction? Read more
Does your organisation have a history or late and/ or failed projects? Read more
Are KPIs leading to dysfunctional behaviour? Read more
Is your finance team more backroom rather than leading change in the organisation? Read more

Articles & Papers

Free Media For Owners of David’s Books

Key Performance Indicators: Developing, Implementing, and Using Winning KPIs (4th Edition)

The Financial Controller and CFO’s Toolkit: Lean Practices to Transform Your Finance Team (Third Edition)

Key Performance Indicators for Government and Non-Profit Agencies

The Leading-edge Managers Guide to Success – Strategies and Better Practices

Course Attendees Testimonials

Thank you for delivering three excellent session at the Financial Controller’s Conference – and for helping to maintain the energy levels of the audience over the course of the day. From the feedback I have had so far, the audience really enjoyed your slots.
Simon Alsop, Head of Business, ICAEW, ICAEW
We asked David Parmenter to deliver a key note address on KPIs at our KPI conference held in Estonia. The conference was a great success and attendees were very happy with his remarkable professionalism. I have hosted hundreds of speakers and I have very seldom seen such an attention to detail. Delegates received very useful templates to move them forward.
Toomas Tamsar, Employers Association, Estonia
After attending your workshop you will be pleased to know that I (with the assistance of my team) have managed to complete June end of month for all 6 entities and handed them to my CFO (so he can prepare what he needs to do) by day 3 and a half. So I just wanted to say a big thanks! The impossible now seems possible.”

“Previously we were (if we were lucky) managing to finalise end of month by the 15th of the month (i.e. day 11 – give or take) so you can imagine our reaction when we were advised that management reports needed to be submitted to the UK by day 5. Not possible…or so we thought.

After attending your workshop you will be pleased to know that I (with the assistance of my team) have managed to complete June end of month for all 6 entities and handed them to my CFO (so he can prepare what he needs to do) by day 3 and a half. So I just wanted to say a big thanks! The impossible now seems possible.”

Melissa O'Brien, Accountant, MRC SPF Pty Ltd, Western Australia
Mr. David Parmenter held a keynote speech and an in-depth session at our two main events of 2013. He is a very inspiring speaker with some interesting topics on his agenda. He delivers his messages in a very controversial and humoristic way and uses anecdotes from his own life to stress his opinions. He was very popular among our attendants and his keynote and session rated as number one among all speakers. We recommend him warmly as a speaker!
Maj Nedergaard, Research & Campaign Manager, Targit
We have successfully moved to a three day reporting regime which has resulted in positive comments being received from the senior management team. This would not have been achievable without the assistance from David. Our team enjoyed the workshop that David facilitated to discuss and review our existing processes. It provided the team with an opportunity to look at the end of month process in its entirety and, with some guidance from David, we were able to eliminate some steps and improve alignment with others. The result, a full CFO report, ready by COB day three. An awesome result.
Lloyd Petty, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Canberra
A big “Thank you” for the Lean accounting course you presented this week. I thoroughly enjoyed the day and cannot wait to become leaner and more efficient. I will definitely be on the lookout for any other training you might be giving again in Sydney.
Mark Schild, Group Management Accountant, Rubik Financial Limited