Why Hire a Consultant

Experience and Objectivity: Identifying a balanced set of metrics that track key performance indicators and strategic themes, and that utilize leading and lagging indicators, takes experience. A seasoned outsider, with no vested interests in making his department look good, gives you a depth and objectivity you won’t find in-house.

Speed: We take 6 weeks to define strategic themes and metrics, 6 weeks more to build the ScoreCard and populate the files with data. Internally, your people are busy, IT’s plate is full, and it takes many companies over a year to complete. We manage the project, ensuring that files are built and data entered in a timely way.

Consistency: Building a ScoreCard internally often means farming out pieces to various departments. Excel skills vary greatly by department, resulting in uneven look and feel, files that don’t integrate, and slow implementation. We build a set of files that link smoothly and use consistent formats, color schemes, etc.

Cost: We have templates (for Dashboards, data input, visuals) that you’d be developing from scratch. Add the costs of an internal team learning Excel and meeting to coordinate designs and timelines and you’ll see the value of using someone who’s done it before.