# One-Page Balanced Scorecard Template

**Businessman Talk · businessmantalk.com/strategy/balanced-scorecard/template/ · v1.0 (August 2026)**

Paste into Google Sheets, Excel, or a Docs table. One objective and one measure per perspective is the default; five measures in total is the cap. Every measure needs a baseline before it gets a target.

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**Business:** ________________________   **The strategy in one line:** ____________________________________________

**Scorecard year:** ________   **Written by:** ________________   **Date:** ____ / ____ / ________   **Reviewed:** monthly / quarterly (circle one)

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## 1. The scorecard

| Perspective | The question it answers | Objective (one line) | Measure (one number) | Baseline (today, with date) | Target (number + date) | Initiative (the one thing that moves it) | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Financial** | Are we making money, and where from? | | | | | | |
| **Customer** | Do customers come back, and say why? | | | | | | |
| **Internal business process** | What must we do well every day for that to happen? | | | | | | |
| **Learning & growth** | What must we be able to do next year that we cannot do now? | | | | | | |
| *(optional fifth measure)* | Only if one perspective genuinely needs two numbers | | | | | | |

*Filling rules: fill the perspectives bottom-up, learning first, because each row is the cause of the one above it. A measure without a baseline is a wish. A target without a date is a hope.*

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## 2. The strategy-map strip (cause and effect, read upward)

Write one arrow per row: what this row's objective does for the row above it.

| From | To | The arrow (because we do X, Y becomes possible) |
|---|---|---|
| Learning & growth | Internal business process | |
| Internal business process | Customer | |
| Customer | Financial | |

*If you cannot write an arrow, the two rows are not connected and one of the objectives is wrong.*

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## 3. Monthly reading log

| Month | Financial | Customer | Process | Learning | One line on what changed |
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**Next full rewrite:** ________ (year)   **Signed off by:** ________________

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*The four perspectives explained, the method, and a second worked example: businessmantalk.com/strategy/balanced-scorecard/ · The scorecard's KPI row feeds box 7 of the one-page strategic plan: businessmantalk.com/strategy/strategic-planning/template/ · Free to copy and adapt for your own business; please keep the source line if you share it.*