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Visual Management Performance System

The Medical Center Performance System (MCPS) is a team-based management approach that aligns leaders and staff to organizational strategic goals and relevant tactics at all levels of the organization.


Provides a visual framework to help leadership and staff know what’s important and where to focus human resource attention to reach relevant goals

  • Encourages objective, data-driven decision making
  • Cascades strategic planning throughout all levels of the organization
  • Empowers staff in improvement efforts

ACR consulting services has a systematic approach for broad adoption, while encouraging flexibility to make improvement efforts meaningful and actionable for each team.

This approach was used and refined over 7 years at a mid sized rural community medical center with superior results within a large midwest health system.  Lessons learned included:

  • Emphasize “people side” of change as well as technical side”
  • Use plain-language terminology whenever possible
  • Servant Leadership behaviors when consistently modeled by senior leaders produces superior front line outcomes (Listening, conceptualization, commitment to the growth of people, stewardship)
  • Relevant metrics critical for front line adoption

Product: ACR Performance System is a visual management approach using standardized tools and best practices to maximize a Medical Center’s Performance.  It relies a team-based management approach that:

  • Provides a visual framework to help us know what’s important and where to focus our attention to reach our goals
  • Encourages objective, data-driven decision making
  • Cascades strategic planning throughout all levels of the organization
  • Empowers staff in improvement efforts
  • Aligns leaders and staff to MVV and strategy to relevant tactics at all levels of the organization.