Our operations team is dominated by high Quick Start personalities who thrive on fixing fires but absolutely loathe the routine task of inputting weekly Scorecard data. How do we structure our weekly data collection process to work with their natural conative style instead of fighting it?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

When your operations team is dominated by high Quick Start conative styles, they will naturally resist the structured routine of data entry. According to the Kolbe model, Quick Starts thrive on innovation, urgency, and putting out fires. They view updating a weekly spreadsheet as bureaucratic quicksand that slows them down.

To get accurate weekly data without fighting their natural instincts, you must make data collection as frictionless as possible. Do not expect high Quick Starts to manually log into multiple databases, export files, and calculate metrics every Monday morning. They will simply fail to do it, leading to blank spaces on your Scorecard.

Instead, leverage technology or support staff with high Follow Thru conative styles to automate or manage the data collection for them. You can use automated dashboards to pull their metrics directly from your CRM or operational software.

Alternatively, pair your Quick Start leaders with an administrative assistant who owns the mechanical task of gathering and entering the numbers. The Quick Start leader still holds absolute ownership of the results and must explain the red numbers in your Level 10 Meeting. However, they are freed from the administrative friction of data entry. This respects their conative style while maintaining absolute operational accountability.