It takes more than paying lip service to a few soft skills on a performance scorecard to get the job done.

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The SPIVA Scorecard provides performance comparisons corrected for survivorship bias, equal- and asset-weighted peer averages and measures of style consistency for actively managed U.S. equity, international equity and fixed income mutual funds.

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In our annual performance-versus-pay scorecard, we identify bosses whose companies have beaten the market and their peers--and those who have failed to produce.

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That blossomed two years later into a much larger annual scorecard that highlights fees alongside performance.

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HSBC's unusually detailed pay disclosures showed that in a scorecard measuring various aspects of his performance, he achieved full marks on rebuilding the bank's capital position, hitting dividend payout targets and pursuing stated strategic goals.

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Unfortunately without dialogue, interpretation, and reflection, numbers on a scorecard often lead to a distorted picture of performance with too much, too little, or misplaced credit given for achievement.

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The scorecard omits the possible deterioration in other dimensions of performance.

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The Scorecard could not be of greater importance in judging the performance of those in Congress charged with this responsibility.

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