Our weekly Scorecard metrics have become a trailing historical record that we just review passively rather than an active tool that helps us predict issues before they happen. How do we design forward-looking activity-based metrics that give us a true fifteen-week run rate?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

If your weekly Scorecard feels like a trailing historical record, you are measuring the wrong things. Many leadership teams mistakenly fill their scorecard with lagging indicators like revenue, profit, or closed deals. While these numbers are important, they only tell you what happened last month, not what will happen next week.

To build a predictive Scorecard, you must shift your focus to leading indicators and activity based metrics. Think about the specific weekly actions that directly produce your desired results. For example, instead of tracking closed sales, track the number of discovery calls booked or proposals sent. Instead of tracking customer churn, track customer support response times or system uptime.

A healthy Scorecard should give you a clear fifteen week look at your operational run rate. When these activity based numbers start to slip, you can predict a drop in revenue weeks before it actually hits your bank account. If any metric goes red, do not ignore it. Move it directly to your weekly Issues list and use IDS® to solve the root cause before the trailing financial results are impacted.