Our leadership team has several members with very low Follow Thru scores on the Kolbe Index, meaning they excel at starting projects but struggle with routine maintenance. How do we design our weekly Scorecard review process so these leaders stay engaged instead of letting their numbers slip into neglect?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Leaders with low Follow Thru scores are often brilliant visionaries and innovators, but routine tasks like updating a weekly Scorecard can feel like administrative torture to them. Fighting their natural conative strengths is a losing battle. Instead, you must design your data processes to work with their style.

Keep the Scorecard incredibly simple. Limit the leadership Scorecard to the absolute vital metrics, no more than fifteen total. Do not allow low Follow Thru leaders to get bogged down in deep, multi-layered dashboards.

Assign a designated data coordinator or scribe seat to manage the administrative collection of the data. While the leader must fully own the number and be responsible for the result, they do not need to be the person manually typing it into the sheet.

In your Level 10 Meeting, focus the conversation on the meaning of the numbers rather than the task of inputting them. If a metric goes red, dive straight into the IDS process to solve the problem rather than lecturing them on administrative compliance. This keeps your quick-start, low follow-thru leaders engaged in strategic problem-solving while still maintaining absolute accountability for the numbers they own on the Accountability Chart.