--- title: 5 Steps to a Great Scorecard description: Almost every company struggles at the start of their journey with their Scorecards and measurables. Here are five simple steps to creating a great scorecard. image: https://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/scorecard-1.jpg --- - [2020 EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) - Request a Speaker - [Become an EOS Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://eosimplementers.com/) - Contact - [**Login to Base Camp**](https://bc.eosworldwide.com) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [Blog](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog) [MENU](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/5-steps-great-scorecard#sidr) - What is EOS? - [EOS Model](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-model) - [EOS Process](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-process) - [EOS Toolbox](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-toolbox) - [EOS History & Team](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-story-team) - [EOS Implementers](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/what-is-an-eos-implementer) - Why EOS Works - [Why EOS Works](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/why-eos-works) - [Real World Results](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/testimonials) - [EOS Books](https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-library) - [EOS Tools](https://www.eosworldwide.com/eos-tools) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [**Get Started**](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/get-started) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://www.eosimplementers.com) - [Become an Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Contact](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/contact) - [Base Camp Login](https://basecamp.eosworldwide.com) - [Blog](http://blog.eosworldwide.com) - [Request a Speaker](https://www.eosworldwide.com/book-a-speaker) - [2020EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) Close ![Header-Placeholder.jpg](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/hubfs/eos-blog2.jpg?width=1678&name=eos-blog2.jpg "Header-Placeholder.jpg") ## EOS Worldwide Blog Advice and Insight for Entrepreneurs and Leadership Teams ##### Search the Blog : # [5 Steps to a Great Scorecard](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/5-steps-great-scorecard) Written by[Ken DeWitt](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/ken-dewitt) on February 14, 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Scorecard](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/scorecard) [Vision/Traction Organizer](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/vision-traction-organizer) ![scorecard](https://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/scorecard-1.jpg)A lot of EOS® companies struggle at the start of their journey with their Scorecard by trying to monitor too much information instead of focusing only on a handful of measurables. As a result, they don't love their scorecard and it doesn't work well for them.  If that is the case for you and your Scorecard, here are 5 steps you can take to troubleshoot your Scorecard issues and make it work better for you. ## 5-Steps for Troubleshooting Your Scorecard ## **1. Get in the proper frame of mind, or you'll overcomplicate it. ** - It is tempting to go too deep in a Scorecard. Don't overthink it! - Just think about your car. It is a complicated machine with thousands of parts, but there's only a handful of gauges on your dashboard because there are only a few key things you need to monitor to keep it running. - Do we have fuel? How fast are we traveling? How's the engine's performance? Oil OK? Water temp OK? How far have we traveled? - Scorecards are the same way. Ultimately, you want to look at leading indicators and know: - This is the frame of mind you want to be in when thinking about your Scorecard or you'll make this much harder than it has to be. **2. Begin with your Leadership Team and your Vision/Traction Organizer™. ** - First, design your Leadership Team Scorecard and the key measurables aligned with the goals recorded on your company's V/TO**™**. Since each member of the Leadership Team is responsible for some key part of the company, it is a best practice for every department in the company to have a number on the Scorecard that relates to achieving the Vision on your V/TO.  **3. Start Identifying Measurables by Asking Each Team Member: "How do you *know*  you had a good week last week?" ** - Measurables are the **activities or results** that we must achieve on a weekly basis in order to have successful weeks, and thus successful months, quarters, and years. - From a numbers standpoint, did we achieve the goals for the week? For example, did we produce X units? Make X calls? Get out X reports? Meet X people/customers? Keep errors below X? Have X Sales? Did the organization have X or fewer compliance issues? Have X in the bank? No more than X in Accounts Receivable over 60 days? - These are the measurables you should plug into your Scorecard. **4. Include Measurables Related to your Core Processes. ** - Recall that every business has a handful of Core Processes. These are the areas common to all businesses: - In your company, these processes are the key to **your way** of doing business, and some of your measurables should reflect whether they were working last week (or not). These can be quantified into numbers, as noted in Step 3. **5. Repeat Steps 1-4 to Create Scorecards for Each Department. ** - Each leader's key numbers on the Leadership Team Scorecard will be the top measurables on his/her departmental Scorecard. Simply break down what drives the numbers on the Leadership Team Scorecard to fill out the departmental Scorecard. Just as every member of the Leadership Team has a number, every employee in every department should have personal measurables that contribute to achieving the department's measurables.  ## Next Steps - Download a copy of [20+ EOS Terms Your Employees Need to Know](https://traction.eosworldwide.com/20-eos-terms) to help your team understand key EOS concepts and terms. - [Download a copy of the EOS V/TO](http://traction.eosworldwide.com/download-vto) to help you clarify, simplify, and achieve your vision - [Take the Organizational Checkup™](https://organizationalcheckup.com/) to get a picture of your company’s strengths and weaknesses, along with a roadmap for improvement. [![Looking for business management tools? 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