Be curious about the stakeholders, ask questions, understand their strategy and what actions they are taking to realize it.
Accompany them to customer visits, listen to challenges, get inputs from customers.
When you get to your desk analyze the numbers in a newfound context and generate lots of new insights.
Share these insights with your stakeholders at the first coming opportunity and discuss what they mean for their performance.
Take action and progress towards business performance improvements.
Culled from Anders Liu-Lindberg