When to use it
Use it when a team keeps setting strategic goals but daily operational work crowds them out.
How to apply it
- Choose one or two wildly important goals, framed as from X to Y by a set date.
- Identify lead measures that are predictive of the goal and within the team's control.
- Create a simple, visible scoreboard showing lead and lag measures.
- Hold a short weekly meeting where each person commits to one action that moves a lead measure.
- Review last week's commitments at the start of each meeting.
Tip: Teams often pick lag measures by mistake; a lead measure should be something you can change this week.