In our leadership team, our Integrator is currently the owner of five different Scorecard metrics because they oversee operations, but this is diluting their focus. How do we distribute Scorecard metrics across the rest of the leadership team so that the Integrator is not the default owner of every cross-functional metric?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

The Integrator is responsible for harmonizing the business and running the day-to-day operations, but they must not become the dumping ground for every metric that spans multiple departments. When your Integrator owns too many weekly numbers, true accountability on the Accountability Chart is broken.

To fix this, map every single Scorecard metric directly to the seat that has the primary GWC, which means they get it, want it, and have the capacity to do it. If a metric measures customer retention, it belongs to the Sales or Account Management seat, not the Integrator. If a metric measures system uptime or onboarding velocity, it belongs to Operations or Technology.

The Integrator should only own metrics that directly measure the overall health, execution velocity, and alignment of the leadership team. Examples include overall net profit margin, percentage of Rock completion, or employee NPS.

Go through your Scorecard line by line during your next same-page meeting or quarterly session. For every metric, ask who has the ultimate authority to make the decision that changes that number. If that authority lives in a specific department, that department head owns the metric. The Integrator is there to hold them accountable, not to do the heavy lifting of managing their numbers.