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GET OPERATIONAL METRICS START-UP BOARD OUT OF THE WAY SO YOU CAN TALK STRATEGY BY EXAMPLE OPTICS UPDATED MAR 2014

Sample SME Board of Directors dashboard

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Over the course of my career, I’ve sat on a number of small-company boards. Looking back, it would have been nice if the managing directors had a baseline dashboard they could riff off of so as not to waste so much time on dash boarding. So the purpose of this document is to offer a baseline template dashboard that a start-up firm could use to update the board of directors. All the data would need to be filled in with real data, of course. And, the dashboard would have to be customized to meet the reporting requirements and operational uniqueness of the business. That said, baselines can save time and spark thought-threads. Remember that reporting should be for the sake of strategic enlightenment and to drive transparent discussions, and not for the sake of reporting. If anyone out there has some additional points of data they use effectively in their small-business management reporting , I’d love to hear about it!

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Page 1: Sample SME Board of Directors dashboard

GET OPERATIONAL METRICS

START-UP BOARD

OUT OF THE WAY SO YOU CAN TALK STRATEGY

BY EXAMPLE

OPTICS

UPDATED MAR 201

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Page 2: Sample SME Board of Directors dashboard

Over the course of my career, I’ve sat on a number of small-company boards. Looking back, it would have been nice if the managing directors had a baseline dashboard they could riff off of so as not to waste so much time on dash boarding.

So the purpose of this document is to offer a baseline template dashboard that a start-up firm could use to update the board of directors. All the data would need to be filled in with real data, of course. And, the dashboard would have to be customized to meet the reporting requirements and operational uniqueness of the business. That said, baselines can save time and spark thought-threads.

Remember that reporting should be for the sake of strategic enlightenment and to drive transparent discussions, and not for the sake of reporting.

If anyone out there has some additional points of data they use effectively in their small-business management reporting , I’d love to hear about it!

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PERFORMANCEDELIVER SUSTAINABLE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR SHAREHOLDERS AND INTERNAL INVESTMENTS FOR GROWTH

Click here for financials spreadsheet(hyperlink removed)

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PIPELINESUSTAINABLE, RISK-MANAGED, STRATEGICALLY ALIGNED PROFIT GROWTH

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLESMETRIC VALUE (MAR 2012)

Total AR $401,160

AR Approaching due date $325,118

Aging < 30 days $50,570

Aging > 30 days $25,472

Project revenue to be billed within next 30 days $155,325

PIPELINEITEM VALUE CONFIDENCE ~CLOSE

Opportunity A $155,000 80% 3/29/2012

Opportunity B $529,000 75% 31/3/2012

Opportunity C $110,800 70% 3/28/2012

Opportunity D $45,000 70% 3/15/2012

Opportunity E $400,000 50% 4/2/2012

Opportunity F $178,500 50% 3/31/2012

Opportunity G $120,000 50% 3/31/2012

Opportunity H $81,000 40%

Opportunity I $33,000 40%

Opportunity J $134,000 40%

Opportunity K $55,000 30% 3/31/2012

Opportunity L $31,000 30%

Opportunity M $44,000 30%

Opportunity N $240,000 LEAD

Opportunity O $170,000 LEAD

Opportunity P $90,000 LEAD

PIPELINE METRICSMETRIC VALUE (MAR 2012)

Value in Pipeline $3,559,800

Value in pipeline > 70% $1,686,800

Value in pipeline > 50% $3,015,300

CASH BALANCE 2012 (By Forecast)

SALES VS. TARGETS

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PRODUCTPLANNED, CONTROLLED, DIFFERENTIATED, HIGH END, PORTFOLIO OF PRODUCTS & SERVICES VALUED BY CLIENTS

Product A

Product B

Product CUS$200,000

US$400,000

US$600,000

US$800,000

REVENUE BY PRODUCT LINE

PRODUCT / SERVICE A PRODUCT / SERVICE B PRODUCT / SERVICE C

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (2012)A strategic objective should state how we develop our product/service to better drive customer delight while defensibly and sustainably differentiating from competitors, given the product platform.

MARKET CONSTRAINTS & PRESSURES• Competitor X doing Y• Supplier capacity constraints forecasted for Q4• Macroeconomic decline expected next year

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (2012)Gather 'round people wherever you roam and admit that the waters around you have grown. And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone

MARKET CONSTRAINTS & PRESSURES• Competitor X doing Y• Supplier capacity constraints forecasted for Q4• Macroeconomic decline expected next year

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (2012)So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breaking apart like I'm made up of glass again. Making it up behind my back again. Holding my breath for the fear of sleep again. Holding it up behind my head again. Cut in deep to the heart of the bone again. Round and round and round and it's coming apart again. Over and over and overMARKET CONSTRAINTS & PRESSURES• Competitor X doing Y• Supplier capacity constraints forecasted for Q4• Macroeconomic decline expected next year

2012 INITIATIVE DUE

Build out mobile user interface 2012 Q3

Adding X feature for Y segment 2012 Q3

Redevelopment of payments module 2012 Q3

New packaging design review 2013 Q1

Blah 2013 Q1

Blah 2013 Q1

2012 INITIATIVE DUE

Build out mobile user interface 2012 Q3

Add X feature for Y segment 2012 Q3

Redevelopment of payments module

2012 Q3

New packaging design review 2013 Q1

Blah 2013 Q1

Blah 2013 Q1

2012 INITIATIVE DUE

Build out mobile user interface 2012 Q3

Adding X feature for Y segment 2012 Q3

Redevelopment of payments module 2012 Q3

New packaging design review 2013 Q1

Blah 2013 Q1

Blah 2013 Q1

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KEY MAN RISKKEY MAN SUCCESSOR SUCCESSOR READINESS

John Locke Thomas Jefferson

Sigmund Freud Carl Jung

Lee Kuan Yew Lee Hsien Loonh

David Lee Roth Sammy Hagar

PEOPLE WORLD-CLASS, ENGAGED WORKFORCE WITH THE RIGHT SKILLS AND WORKING IN STRATEGIC ALIGMENT

HEADCOUNT BY DEPARTMENT – 2012 (Forecast from September)

KEY PEOPLE METRICSRAG METRIC (FEB & MAR 2012) VALUE TARGET

Average billing rate per headcount $650/day $720/day

Billable versus non billable headcount 73% 78%

Revenue per headcount $22,412 $24,000

ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE LAST REPORTING CYCLE\

ACCOMPLISHMENT KUDOS TO…

Roll-out of ESOP Performance Management program Selena Sol

Roll-out of Insurance Benefits Jennifer Tachibana

Quarterly Corporate Celebration Lauryn Tachibana

Job Title review James Jamerson

Establishment of training program John Paul Jones

Completed build-out of senior management team across 3 departments plus Sales and Admin

Geddy Lee

NEXT STEPSRAG INITIATIVE

Office relocation / refurbishment

Performance Management System

Documentation of Benefits

WATCH ITEMSRISK IMPACT LIKELIHOOD CONTROL PLAN

Capacity restrictions slow revenue or impact quality

Staff burnout impacts quality

Poaching causes key man risk

Induction of new joiners is not good enough and client sat tumbles

J F M A M J J A S O N DManagement 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Sales & Marketing 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3

Engineering 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8

Projects 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9

XYZ 6 7 7 7 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 11

Operations 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Total 23 26 26 29 32 33 35 35 35 35 34 33

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PROJECTSDELIVER, REPEATABLE CLIENT DELIGHT & CONFIDENCE BY MANAGING PROJECT PERFORMANCE, RISK & RESULTS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE LAST REPORTING CYCLEPROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENT KUDOS TO…

Project AIt would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality Martin

Project MThe world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe -- the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God

John

Project TWhat we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations do as well.

Hillary

INFLIGHT PROJECT STATUSRAG PROJECT CRITICAL NEXT STEPS LEAD ~ENDING

Project A

Project B

Project C

Project D

Project E

Project F

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PARTNERSHIPSREVENUE GROWTH THROUGH POSITION-ALIGNED PARTNERSHIPS, GUIDED BY CLEAR WIN-WIN SYNERGY

CHANNEL / DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSPARTNER STATE IMPORT CHANNEL PLAN (ACTION ITEMS)

Partner AChannel partner plan should document what actions are being implemented to improve the state of the relationships (or maintain it), especially for highly important (RED) relationships

Partner B

Partner C

Partner D

Partner E

Partner F

Partner G

DELIVERY PARTNERSPARTNER STATE IMPORT PLAN (ACTION ITEMS)

Partner 1

Partner 2

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PROFILEDEFINE & CHAMPION PREMIUM BRAND, UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION, AND MARKET POSITIONING

ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE LAST REPORTING CYCLEACCOMPLISHMENT WHEN KUDOS TO…

Asia Financial Services Trade Fair representation

20AUG Lauryn

Featured in The Martian Times 12AUG Mark

Speaking engagement at X Trade Show 2AUG Tien Rei

NEXT STEPSINITIATIVE OWNER WHEN

Complete Sales Collateral MAR

Complete Website revamp with new branding and messaging

APR

Internal communications of rebranding and Sales and Marketing Function

MAR

Rollout Client Satisfaction survey process APR

Develop franchise plan DEC

Note to self: Might be good to include graphs of:• Inbound & outbound marketing effectiveness• Website hits and duration of visits• Metric to demonstrate effectiveness of SEO program

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