Our operations leader is a high Follow Thru who wants a detailed, multi-tab spreadsheet for our weekly scorecard, while our sales leader is a high Quick Start who finds it incredibly frustrating to navigate. How do we resolve this conative friction to keep our weekly data simple?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

This is a classic conative conflict between different problem-solving styles. According to the Kolbe model, your operations leader likely has a high Follow Thru instinct, meaning they naturally seek to build structured, highly detailed systems. Your sales leader likely has a high Quick Start instinct, meaning they want to move fast, experiment, and avoid administrative friction.

To keep your weekly scorecard from becoming a battlefield, you must enforce the EOS rule of tracking only the vital few metrics. A leadership scorecard should contain only five to fifteen high-level numbers that give you a pulse on the business. It is not a detailed tracking sheet for every granular task.

Let your operations leader build their detailed spreadsheets for their own departmental scorecard, where their high Follow Thru energy can be used to run their team. However, keep the leadership scorecard simple, visual, and easy to update.

By keeping the top-level data simple, you accommodate the sales leader's Quick Start instinct while still satisfying the operations manager's need for systematic tracking at the departmental level. This balance allows your team to execute on data without conative burnout.