We are preparing for an exit, and I need our leadership team to take complete ownership of our operational metrics, but they still look to me to explain why we missed our targets. How do we transition the ownership of our weekly Scorecard from the founder to the leadership team?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Transitioning the ownership of your weekly Scorecard from you to your leadership team is a vital step in preparing your business for a clean exit. Buyers want to invest in a business that has a self-sustaining management system, not one that depends on the founder to drive performance. To make this shift, stop playing the role of the analyst. During your weekly Level 10 Meeting™, each leader must own and report on their own metrics. If a metric is off-track, the leader who owns that seat must be the one to drop it down to the IDS® list. Instead of you asking why a number was missed, the team must collaborate to solve the issue. The leader who owns the seat must come to the meeting with proposed solutions, rather than waiting for you to tell them what to do. This shifts the dynamic from top-down management to true peer-to-peer accountability. By stepping back and letting your leadership team own their metrics, you prove to potential buyers that your business has a highly capable management team that can drive results independently.