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10 Power BI Dashboards Every COO Needs

Modern COOs can’t afford to run operations on gut instinct. Power BI delivers the clarity, speed, and insight needed to lead with data.

September 26, 2025
Brannon Dickey
Founder, Articello

Executive Analytics

Modern COOs can’t afford to run operations on gut instinct. Power BI delivers the clarity, speed, and insight needed to lead with data. The below 10 dashboards give COOs the visibility required to drive growth, reduce inefficiencies, and align teams.

  1. Executive KPI Scorecard

The high-level view of organizational health every COO needs:

  • Revenue, profitability, cost trends
  • Customer volume and pipeline health
  • Operational efficiency indicators

This is the “single source of truth” for strategic decision-making.

  1. Operations Performance Dashboard

Monitors cycle times, throughput, defects, and bottlenecks.

Perfect for identifying where processes slow down and where optimizations pay off.

  1. Resource & Capacity Planning Dashboard

Helps COOs understand:

  • Team workload
  • Resource constraints
  • Staffing gaps or over-allocation

Essential for operational forecasting and efficient resource planning.

  1. Financial Operations Dashboard

Shows the financial impact of operational decisions through:

  • Operating margins
  • Unit economics
  • Budget vs. actuals

Aligns finance and operations in one view.

  1. Customer Experience & Service Dashboard

Tracks:

  • Ticket volume
  • Response/resolution time
  • Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) & Net Prompter Score (NPS) trends

A must-have for service-centric organizations.

  1. Project & Program Management Dashboard

Provides visibility into:

  • Milestones
  • Risks
  • Dependencies
  • Status across project portfolios

Great for PMOs and COOs focused on delivery excellence.

  1. Sales & Pipeline Dashboard

Supports accurate forecasting by visualizing:

  • Pipeline velocity
  • Win/loss trends
  • Deal size distribution

Strong operational alignment with sales.

  1. Risk & Compliance Dashboard

Highlights:

  • High-risk items
  • Compliance gaps
  • Trendline of incidents or findings

Ensures risk visibility across the enterprise.

  1. Employee Productivity & Engagement Dashboard

Monitors:

  • Attrition
  • Workload trends
  • Training completion
  • Sentiment or survey data

Gives COOs visibility into team health and morale.

  1. Strategic Initiatives Dashboard

Shows progress toward organizational priorities:

  • Initiative health and KPIs
  • Owner accountability
  • Roadmap visualization

Ideal for strategy-forward COOs.

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