Our weekly scorecard is consistently green and everyone is hitting their targets, but our customers are leaving and our market share is slipping. Why is this disconnect happening, and how do we audit our metrics to reflect true business health?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

When your Scorecard is green but the business is hurting, you are measuring the wrong activities or tracking vanity metrics. This disconnect usually happens because the leadership team chose numbers that are easy to measure rather than numbers that actually drive customer retention and market value. You are measuring internal output rather than external impact.

To fix this, you must run an audit of your metrics. Start by looking at your customer churn. If customers are leaving, look at the handoff points in your core processes. Your current green metrics might show that the operations team is shipping products on time, but they fail to show whether the customer is actually satisfied with the quality. You need to replace transactional output metrics with quality of service metrics. For example, instead of tracking total support tickets closed, track first contact resolution rate or customer health scores.

Every metric on your leadership team Scorecard must have a direct correlation to your long term organizational health. If a metric is green for six weeks while a major business indicator declines, that metric is broken. Bring this issue to your next Level 10 Meeting and use the IDS process to challenge every single number. Ask yourselves what behavior each metric is driving. If your metrics are driving speed at the expense of accuracy or customer satisfaction, adjust the targets or replace the metrics entirely to align with your overall V/TO goals.