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This study aims to find a model of lecturer performances development to achieve the key performance indicators of higher education. There are six variables studied, including lecturer performance as the dependent variable and work contracts, monitoring systems, assessment systems, consequence actions, and continuous improvement as the independent variables. The study is conducted at the Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia, with 126 respondents assigned randomly. According to the study's findings, five independent variables had a significant impact on lecturers' overall performance. The continuous improvement variable has the largest contribution, followed by the monitoring system, work contract, and consequence actions, as well as the performance assessment system. The research emphasizes the importance of university support in developing the lecturers' skills, particularly through continuous improvement, in order to enhance lecturer performance and achieve the key performance of higher education.