Coaching practices for Leading Indicators Work Performance

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I only ever watch the final number
• I only watch what I’m shipping
• We’re drowning in dashboards and reports and I still can’t tell whether we’re actually healthy until the lagging results land too late to fix
• I’m putting in the work but I honestly can’t tell if I’m getting better or just spinning my wheels
• I watch the number I actually care about

Practices that may help

1. Track lead and lag indicators
   Measure the behaviors you control (lead) alongside the results they produce (lag).
   The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
2. Monitor system health indicators, not just outcome metrics
   Output metrics tell you what happened; system health indicators tell you what is coming.
   Systems Thinking for Personal Productivity
3. Identify and track your critical numbers
   Find the two or three metrics that, if managed well, predict overall health — and make them visible to everyone.
   The Rockefeller Habits: Scaling Up with Rhythm and Focus
4. Track performance goals with quantitative metrics
   Measure progress toward performance goals with numbers you collect, not impressions.
   Process Goals, Made Practical
5. Choose a behavioral metric, not an outcome metric
   Measure what you do, not what results — behavioral metrics are faster, more actionable, and more motivating.
   Feedback Loops and Behavior Change
6. Identify and act on lead measures
   Focus daily behavior on lead measures — the predictive actions you control — not lag measures you can only observe.
   The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX)
7. Track leading behaviors, not lagging outcomes
   Track what you do (meals logged, minutes walked, words written), not what results (weight, fitness, chapters finished).
   Self-Monitoring, Made Practical
8. Score your weekly execution
   Rate the percentage of planned actions you completed each week, and aim high.
   The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
9. Use flow rates as leading indicators; stocks as lagging outcomes
   Monitor what is flowing in and out to predict where the stock is heading before it arrives.
   Stocks and Flows
10. Keep a visible, compelling scoreboard
    Create a simple, always-visible scoreboard showing lead and lag measures — so you always know if you’re winning.
    The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX)

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