Solve the
Problem That Actually Matters.

 

Most organizations don’t fail from a lack of effort.
They drift from alignment.

The fastest way to waste time and money is to solve the wrong problem. The Organizational Performance Index™ reveals where momentum is leaking — turning assumptions into evidence so leaders focus where performance truly moves.

Data reveals what leaders can’t see from the conference room and what teams won’t always say out loud.

 

 

 

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The Organizational Performance Index™

The OPI identifies an organization’s current level of performance and pinpoints what’s constraining progress. It shows where performance is drifting, what's creating drag, and where leadership time, energy, and investment will produce the greatest return. Leaders stop debating symptoms, align priorities in days instead of months, and act with confidence before small issues become expensive mistakes.

OPI builds on the proven foundation of the Performance Gap Indicator, refined for greater precision and clearer action. 
Same rigor. Sharper focus. Cleaner decisions.

 

The Domains of Organizational Performance

OPI evaluates five domains that determine how effectively an organization converts leadership direction into consistent results and experience. 

 • Leadership

Reveals how clearly leadership direction is understood, reinforced, and acted upon, and whether decision-making creates momentum or confusion.

• Culture

Reveals the behaviors the organization truly operates by, not what is stated, but what is consistently practiced under pressure.

• Execution

Reveals the organization’s ability to translate priorities into reliable results without friction, rework, or reliance on heroics.

• Service

Reveals whether the organization consistently delivers the experience it intends internally and externally, or whether gaps undermine trust and loyalty.

• Capacity

Reveals whether the organization has the talent, energy, and systems required to sustain performance, or whether growth and change are quietly eroding capability. 


Why Do Organizations Use the OPI?

Understanding Organizational Drift

Every Organization Has Drift

Drift doesn’t happen because leaders stop caring or teams stop trying. It emerges as organizations grow, priorities shift, and complexity increases.

As leadership cascades, decisions are translated at each layer, creating gaps between intent and execution.

Drift isn’t visible on an org chart or dashboard. It accumulates beneath the surface until it is embedded in how the organization operates.

The Organizational Performance Index™ exists to identify drift early, while there is still time to address it with clarity and focus.

The True Cost of Drift 

When drift goes unaddressed, organizations don’t usually fail outright. They fray.

Decisions slow. Priorities blur. Execution becomes inconsistent. Service depends on heroics. Strong people compensate until they can’t.

Leaders sense that something is off, but without clear insight, they’re left reacting instead of directing — solving symptoms instead of causes.

The real cost of drift isn’t just financial. It shows up as lost momentum, quiet disengagement, unnecessary friction, and erosion of confidence across the organization.

The longer drift persists, the harder it becomes to reverse 
not because the problems are bigger, but they have been normalized.


What the OPI™ Reveals

Most leaders aren’t wrong about what they’re seeing , they’re just seeing it in fragments.

The Organizational Performance Index™ brings those fragments together and turns them into a clear map. It shows not only where the organization is aligned or drifting, but where leadership time, focus, and investment will make the greatest difference.

OPI reveals how leadership direction, culture, execution, service, and capacity interact and how strain in one area quietly pulls others off course. Instead of isolated symptoms, it exposes patterns. Instead of opinions, it provides evidence leaders can trust.

This clarity allows leaders to direct resources deliberately . Strengthen what matters most, relieve pressure where it’s accumulating, and restore forward momentum.

The index doesn’t simply describe the organization.

OPI shows where to intervene — and where not to.


Understand the OPI™ Framework more deeply

Insight Brief

Why Performance Breaks Down 

A concise brief on why organizations stall and how invisible drift creates predictable breakdowns long before results decline.

Reveal the systemic variables leaders often overlook, and the simple ways misalignment shows up across leadership, culture, execution, service, and capacity — before it becomes a crisis.

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The Hidden Cost of Organizational Drift

How small misalignments quietly erode performance, experience, and trust and why leaders often feel the impact before they can explain it.

See the exact formulas that reveal the real financial, operational, and human cost of drift inside your organization and how the OPI helps surface it early.

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OPI™ Implementation Blueprint

A clear overview of how OPI moves from assessment → insight → focused action inside any organization.

A practical, step-by-step breakdown of how leaders use OPI results to diagnose performance, align priorities, activate solutions, and sustain results over time.

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What Clients Are Saying

The Organizational Performance Index™ builds on decades of applied work using the Performance Gap Indicator. The results and experiences below reflect that foundation — insights that directly informed the design, precision, and focus of OPI™.

Joe Faruggio

VP and GM, Isle of Capri Casino and Hotel

Shannon Ward 

Sales Training Consultant, Sane Box

Tony Allesandro, PhD

Founder, Global Assessment Technologies

“In seven months our tip average at the casino increased 64%, our turn-over was 154% we reduced this to 96% in 9 months. Without a doubt you have exceeded my expectations.” 

“As a consultant, KA•NA's assessment has everything you need to zero in on client needs. It eliminates the guesswork by providing a clear roadmap. It makes it so easy. This is basically – consulting in a box!”

"The Performance Gap Indicator (PGI) is a remarkable assessment to get your foot in the door. It provides an organization with a MRI of what’s ailing it.

 

About KANA

KA•NA is where performance data meets focused action. We equip leaders and consultants to identify organizational drift and pinpoint where focus, energy, and investment will create the greatest return.

For more than two decades, the work behind the Performance Gap Indicator™  supported global brands, public institutions, and high-growth teams. Today, under KA•NA, that legacy continues through refined systems like the Organizational Performance Index™—built for a world that demands sharper focus, faster decisions, and measurable performance excellence.

 

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The Organizational Performance Index™ creates clarity enabling data-driven decisions.

A brief conversation is often the fastest way to determine whether OPI is the right next step for your organization, and how it could be applied based on your goals, challenges, and context.

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