Performance rhythms

Weekly Team Scorecard

Choose a small set of measures that show whether the team’s work is healthy before problems become urgent.

Open the template

Use this when

Start with a live team problem.

The founder learns about problems through escalation.
Reporting contains activity but does not change decisions.
The team debates performance because definitions differ.

How to use it

Move from context to one usable agreement.

Choose decision-relevant signals

Select measures that reveal whether to maintain, investigate or intervene.

Define each measure

Record the owner, calculation, source, target and reporting cadence.

Add an action rule

Agree what happens when a result falls outside the healthy range.

Worked example

Customer delivery team

Use the example to understand the level of specificity. Replace the content with evidence from your own team.

WEEKLY TEAM SCORECARD

MEASURE                  OWNER       TARGET       THIS WEEK   ACTION
On-time milestones       Delivery    90%+         82%         Review two delayed projects
Customer risks open      Success     3 or fewer   5           Assign recovery owners
Rework hours             Operations  Under 10     14          Find recurring cause
Team capacity allocated  Delivery    80-90%       88%         Healthy

DECISION RULES
- Red for two weeks requires an improvement owner
- A changed definition must be documented before comparison
- Commentary explains the cause and next decision, not the number alone

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Weekly Team Scorecard

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WEEKLY TEAM SCORECARD

Team:
Scorecard owner:
Week ending:

MEASURE 1
Name:
Owner:
Definition:
Source:
Healthy range:
Current result:
Action if outside range:

MEASURE 2
Name:
Owner:
Definition:
Source:
Healthy range:
Current result:
Action if outside range:

MEASURE 3
Name:
Owner:
Definition:
Source:
Healthy range:
Current result:
Action if outside range:

DECISIONS THIS WEEK
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WEEKLY TEAM SCORECARD

Team:
Scorecard owner:
Week ending:

MEASURE 1
Name:
Owner:
Definition:
Source:
Healthy range:
Current result:
Action if outside range:

MEASURE 2
Name:
Owner:
Definition:
Source:
Healthy range:
Current result:
Action if outside range:

MEASURE 3
Name:
Owner:
Definition:
Source:
Healthy range:
Current result:
Action if outside range:

DECISIONS THIS WEEK
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Common mistakes

Keep the tool connected to real work.

01
Tracking more measures than the team can discuss or act on.
02
Changing definitions when the result becomes uncomfortable.
03
Reporting numbers without assigning the next decision.

Why this works

Evidence behind the resource

Specific, challenging group goals outperform non-specific goals across the analysed evidence.

Read Goal setting and group performance meta-analysis

Research supports the principle, not a guaranteed result. Adapt the resource to your team, industry and obligations.

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Weekly Team Scorecard

Start with a live team problem.

Move from context to one usable agreement.

Choose decision-relevant signals

Define each measure

Add an action rule

Customer delivery team

Weekly Team Scorecard

Keep the tool connected to real work.

Evidence behind the resource

A template can reveal a bigger operating problem.

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