Leadership by the Metric
How Effective Leaders Build Teams and Measure for Accountability, Alignment, and Achievement
Are you a senior leader or team manager striving to translate data into direction, and numbers into real impact? In Leadership by the Metric, AJ López shows you how to harness the true power of performance measurement to transform your teams-and your results.
Drawing on decades of leadership practice, this concise guide will help you:
Choose the "Right" Metrics that align with your organization's vision and core values
Create a KPI Framework that drives accountability at every level
Bridge Perception & Reality by combining hard data with honest conversations
Foster a Culture of Continuous Improvement through regular review, feedback, and iteration
Translate Insights into Action with practical tools-dashboards, scorecards, and real-world case studies
Whether you lead a small department or a global enterprise, you'll discover how to:
Streamline decision-making with real-time performance dashboards
Rally your people around clear, measurable goals
Identify bottlenecks before they become crises
Celebrate wins and course-correct swiftly when you fall short
With hands-on exercises, sample templates, and leadership anecdotes, Leadership by the Metric is more than a metrics manual-it's your playbook for building high-performing, resilient teams that know exactly what success looks like...and how to get there.
Get ready to measure what matters-and lead with certainty.