We are great at setting quarterly Rocks, but we often reach week nine only to realize we are dangerously behind on our goals. How do we use our weekly Scorecard to track the incremental progress of our strategic Rocks so we are never surprised at the end of the quarter?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

It is a common operational failure to set quarterly Rocks with great enthusiasm, only to neglect them during the busy weeks of the quarter until it is too late to achieve them. To prevent this, you must connect the progress of your key strategic Rocks to your weekly Scorecard. While Rocks are qualitative ninety-day goals, they must be broken down into weekly milestones. If a Rock is to implement a new customer relationship management system by the end of the quarter, that Rock must have weekly progress metrics on your departmental scorecards. For example, you can track weekly metrics such as data migration percentage or user training hours completed. By turning your ninety-day Rock milestones into weekly Scorecard numbers, you bring visibility to your strategic goals during every weekly Level 10 Meeting. If a weekly Rock milestone metric goes red, your team can catch the delay in week three or four, rather than discovering a failure in week eleven. This disciplined approach ensures that your long-term strategic initiatives are executed with the same daily urgency as your routine operational tasks, keeping your scaling business on track.