We are trying to keep our leadership scorecard to between five and fifteen critical numbers, but currently, our Integrator and CFO own almost all of them, while our Sales and Operations heads have very few. How do we properly distribute scorecard ownership across our entire leadership team?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

A healthy scorecard reflects the balance of your entire leadership team. If your Integrator and CFO own ninety percent of the numbers, you do not have a company scorecard: you have an administration dashboard. This imbalance usually happens because leadership teams confuse financial reporting with operational leading indicators.

Every seat on your Accountability Chart™ must own metrics that represent their department's contribution to the business. The owner of each seat must be the one accountable for the weekly performance of their respective numbers.

Your Sales head should own leading indicators such as new outbound cold calls made, discovery meetings scheduled, or proposals sent. Your Operations head should own metrics like weekly utilization rates, on-time delivery percentages, or project milestone completion rates.

The CFO should own numbers related to cash runway, weekly collections, or accounts receivable days outstanding. The Integrator should only own numbers that measure overall organizational velocity or cross-functional alignment.

Review your Accountability Chart™ alongside your scorecard. Ensure that every leadership seat has at least one, and ideally no more than three, weekly metrics that they directly influence. This distributes accountability evenly and ensures that every leader comes to the Level 10 Meeting™ with skin in the game.