How a company Health Score turns 20 dashboards into one number
A single 0–100 score, weighted across the signals that actually matter, gives leadership an instant read on the business. Here's how to build one that's honest.
Executives don't have time to read twenty dashboards every morning. They need a pulse — one honest number that says "the business is healthy" or "look here, now."
What makes a health score honest
A good health score isn't a vanity metric. It's a weighted composite of the signals that genuinely predict trouble:
- Revenue vs target — are we hitting the plan?
- Budget adherence — are we spending within the lines?
- Attrition — is the team stable?
- Pipeline & deals — is future revenue healthy?
- Development health — is the product on track?
Weight them by how much each actually matters to your business, and you get a number that moves for real reasons.
From score to action
The score is the headline; the drill-down is the story. A great health score lets you click from "82, on track" straight into the one component dragging it down — and from there into the specific department, deal or budget line.
C Pulse computes exactly this: a weighted Health Score across five live components, with a 7-day trend so you can feel the business accelerating or slowing — at a glance.
See it in your own data
C Pulse turns the ideas in this article into one live view of your business.
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