We have recently split our operations seat into two distinct roles, client fulfillment and account management, but they keep pointing fingers when our delivery timelines slip. How do we allocate ownership of our core delivery metrics on our weekly Scorecard to prevent this finger-pointing?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Finger pointing happens when you confuse the execution of a process with the ultimate accountability for the outcome. In the EOS framework, every single row on your weekly Scorecard must have exactly one owner. That owner is the single seat on your Accountability Chart that has ultimate authority over that specific result.

To resolve this conflict, map your delivery metrics directly to your newly defined seats. Your client fulfillment seat must own the actual execution speed, such as average days from project kick-off to delivery. Your account management seat must own the inputs and relationship management, such as client asset collection time. If fulfillment delays are caused by late client assets, the account management metric will show red, while the fulfillment metric remains green.

This separation makes the root cause of any delay instantly visible during your weekly Level 10 Meeting. When a number drops below its target, the seat owner does not get to say it was someone else's fault. Instead, they own the number and must raise it as an issue to be solved through the IDS process.

Stop allowing shared custody of metrics. If two people own a number, nobody owns it. Sit down with your Integrator, look at the GWC for both seats, and assign each delivery metric to the single seat that has the direct power to change that number through their daily decisions.