High-performing teams aren’t just motivated to work hard – they work smart. Often, the difference is data. When organizations rely solely on anecdotal updates or other loosely related spreadsheets to understand project status, they lose track of what is really happening, and performance management becomes guesswork. Leaders lack visibility into potential bottlenecks, employees cannot see how their inputs contribute to results, and opportunities for improvement are lost. This is why the best project management tools are being designed to be data-driven. They give teams the clarity to see progress, timely context to act, and provide snapshots of continuous improvement.
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Lark Sheets: making performance visible in real time
Performance relies on reliable data and, with Lark Sheets, teams have a way to track, collaborate, share, and act on that data in real time. Instead of static reports, employees and leaders are collaboratively working in Sheets that automatically update. Sales teams track the conversation rates of campaigns or deals in progress, operations is managing resources within shifting constraints in real-time, and finance can manage budgets against changing conditions. With conditional formatting, teams are alerted to potential risks before they escalate into issues allowing the teams the opportunity to respond proactively. Scenario modeling enables leaders to forecast the reporting performance outcomes associated with different strategy shifts, so planning becomes proactive instead of reactive. Organizations can embed Sheets into any Docs, Base, or Wiki to ensure data is integrative with day to day work, not just something reviewed during a quarterly or annual reporting period.
Lark Base: connecting data to execution
Collecting data isn’t enough—teams need to connect insights directly to execution. Lark Base provides this structure by transforming performance data into actionable workflows. Dashboards give leaders visibility into progress on key initiatives, while employees manage their work in kanban or grid views that reflect real responsibilities. Automations keep records current, updating performance metrics without manual input. Dependencies show how delays in one area affect other teams, creating a clearer picture of execution. Base translates CRM app processes into actionable systems, ensuring customer pipelines and internal initiatives remain aligned and performance insights turn into meaningful outcomes.
Lark Approval: tracking decision speed as a performance metric
One of the most overlooked aspects of performance is decision-making. Slow approvals create bottlenecks that affect deadlines and frustrate employees. Lark Approval makes decision speed measurable, ensuring that accountability is visible at every step of process. Requests are submitted using customizable forms, so reviewers have the context they need to act quickly. Routing rules automatically direct requests to the right stakeholders, while Messenger notifications tell them where teams are already working. Leaders can monitor turnaround times to identify where decisions stall, making approval speed part of performance evaluation. Every decision is logged into an automated workflow, giving organizations a transparent record of accountability that supports continuous improvement.
Lark Docs: turning data into shared understanding
The prompt for performance metrics is frequently lost in the muddy waters of poor communication, meaning the value of data diminishes. Lark Docs coordinates the practice of capturing, writing, and sharing insights so that performance metrics can help drive action. Teams can collaboratively co-edit a report, proposal, or strategic plan in the moment—while pulling in live Sheets embedded in the doc for situational context. Inline comments can provide any needed clarification in context, aiding in motives during the review of results across departments. The version history allows us to see how ideas developed and shifted, meaning the changes made from one review to another are clear to see and understand. Docs also provides links to tasks or to approvals, meaning we can go from data-driven insight to execution in one click. For organizations, performance metrics do not simply translate to a collection of numbers—they become part of a document that describes our organization, and shape our course of action going forward.
Lark Minutes: capturing performance insights from discussions
Many of the most valuable insights about performance emerge during meetings, but without proper capture, they fade once the call ends. Lark Minutes prevents this loss by automatically transcribing meetings. Leaders gain a record of performance discussions—whether about progress on quarterly goals or lessons learned from completed projects. AI-generated highlights condense long conversations into the key takeaways, saving time while preserving value. Action items are transformed directly into tasks, creating accountability. Clip sharing allows only the relevant portions of a meeting to be distributed, ensuring performance insights reach the right people quickly. This turns meetings into measurable contributors to team improvement.
Lark OKR: aligning performance measurement with strategy
Performance measurement has little value unless it connects to outcomes. Lark OKR ensures that teams don’t just measure activity—they measure impact. Objectives provide clarity on what matters most, while key results quantify success along the way. Employees see how their contributions ladder up to company-wide priorities, creating motivation and focus. Dashboards give leaders real-time visibility into progress, while alignment views ensure departments are working toward the same goals instead of pulling in different directions. Regular reminders keep objectives active, turning performance measurement into an ongoing process rather than a quarterly review. With OKR, teams measure success not just in tasks completed but in meaningful outcomes achieved.
Lark Messenger: sharing insights across distributed teams
Even the best data has limited value if it isn’t shared effectively. Lark Messenger ensures that performance insights reach the right people at the right time. Threaded conversations keep discussions about data organized, while pinned messages make critical updates visible to everyone, regardless of time zone. Buzz alerts ensure urgent insights—like missed targets or major risks—are communicated instantly. Most importantly, Messenger connects communication to execution, allowing insights to become tasks, approvals, or calendar events in one click. This ensures that data-driven performance doesn’t stop at discussion but flows into action.
Conclusion
Improving performance isn’t about hard work; it’s about clarity and context driving the work you do with data. Lark is the connected ecosystem that transforms data into action. Sheets make performance metrics visible in real-time, Base helps connect insights to action, Approval helps measure and speed up decision-making, Docs help bring clarity by documenting shared resources, Minutes help transform conversations into records of insight, OKRs connect performance to strategic results, and Messenger helps share knowledge across teams.
These tools help organizations replace ambiguity with transparency and create and align data-driven insight to the day-to-day execution of performance. The results are not just better visibility but also greater accountability, quicker pace and teams that continue to improve.