Every operations and finance metric on our leadership Scorecard is flashing green, yet our employee turnover has spiked and morale is plummeting. What leading indicators are we missing that would warn us our culture is suffering?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

When every operational and financial metric on your Scorecard is green but your culture is burning out, your Scorecard is failing to measure the true capacity of your human capital. High performance built on employee exhaustion is unsustainable and will ultimately destroy your company value, particularly if you are preparing for a clean exit.

You must introduce leading indicators that measure team capacity and organizational health.

First, track weekly overtime hours worked by department. If your operations team is hitting their output targets but consistently averaging over forty-five hours per person, your green operational numbers are masking a capacity crisis.

Second, measure employee engagement through a simple weekly pulse. Ask your team to rate their week on a scale of one to five during their departmental meetings, and average that score on your leadership Scorecard.

Third, track the percentage of overdue internal tasks or Rocks. When employees are overwhelmed, internal process improvements are the first things they drop to keep client deliverables green.

By bringing these internal human metrics onto your weekly Scorecard, you can spot burnout before it turns into high employee turnover, preserving your operational capability and protecting your bottom line.