Our weekly leadership Scorecard is entirely green, but our team morale is plummeting and we are losing key people to competitors. How do we design weekly scorecard metrics that measure the cultural health and employee sentiment of our business before it shows up in our exit valuation?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

A green scorecard alongside a toxic culture means you are measuring the wrong things. You are tracking the mechanics of the work but ignoring the people doing it. To protect your valuation and ensure your business is ready for a clean exit, you must build people indicators into your weekly Scorecard.

Start by tracking employee-focused leading indicators. A simple metric is the weekly completion rate of mandatory one-on-one check-ins by your managers. If managers are skipping these sessions, trust decays and turnover spikes. Another powerful weekly metric is the employee Net Promoter Score or a simple weekly poll asking the team to rate their stress or clarity on a scale of one to five.

Your Accountability Chart must also align with these metrics. The seat owners for HR or operations must own these numbers. When these cultural leading indicators drop below your target, drop them down to the Issues List during your Level 10 Meeting™ and IDS® them immediately. High turnover is a massive risk factor in a Value Gap Assessment. By putting employee health on your weekly Scorecard, you show prospective buyers that your business is stable, self-managing, and built on a sustainable foundation.