Assessing Today's Performance
“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.”
— John Foster Dulles
The following checklist has been adapted with permission from the authors of Fail-Safe Leadership to help you as an organization, as an individual or as a young person to assess today's performance.
Does the Organization have:
| Excessive meetings? | |
| Preponderance of consensus-drive decision-making (i.e. cover-your-behind mentality)? | |
| Lack of personal accountability? | |
| Time consuming and/or meaningless performance evaluations? | |
| Communication problems? | |
| Difficulty terminating poor performers? | |
| Misalignment/lack of coordinated efforts? | |
| Personality conflicts and/or power struggles? | |
| Difficulty keeping employees motivated? | |
| Unacceptable results? | |
| Time management problems? | |
| Reactive rather than proactive thinking? | |
| Micro-management? | |
| Can't-do attitudes? | |
| Lack of initiative or "Out of the Box" thinking? | |
| Inconsistency between actions and values? | |
| Chronically sagging sales? | |
| Unproductive teams and/or in effective teamwork? | |
| Duplication of effort? | |
| High staff turnover? | |
| Failure to achieve quality standards? | |
| Fear of making decisions? | |
| Excessive waste? |
| Preponderance of consensus-drive decision-making (i.e. cover-your-behind mentality)? | |
| Lack of personal accountability? 0 Communication problems? | |
| Poor work ethics or professionalism? | |
| Misalignment/lack of coordinated efforts or actions? | |
| Personality conflicts and/or power struggles? | |
| Difficulty keeping motivated? | |
| Unacceptable results? | |
| Limited focus and direction? | |
| Time management problems? | |
| Reactive rather than proactive thinking? | |
| Can't-do attitudes? | |
| Inability to work with teams or others? | |
| Duplication of effort? | |
| Failure to consistently perform quality work? | |
| Fear of making decisions? | |
| Lack of initiative or "Out of the Box" thinking? | |
| Resistant to diversity of thought (close-mind mentality)? | |
| Actions inconsistent with values or beliefs? |
| Preponderance of excuses (i.e. cover-your-behind mentality)? | |
| Lack of personal accountability? | |
| Communication problems? | |
| Misalignment/lack of coordinated efforts or actions? | |
| Personality conflicts and/or power struggles? | |
| Difficulty staying motivated? | |
| Inconsistency with respect to ownership of personal responsibility? | |
| Unacceptable results? | |
| Limited focus and direction? | |
| Time management problems? | |
| Reactive rather than proactive thinking (follow the crowd/peer pressure)? | |
| Can't-do attitudes? | |
| Poor work habits? | |
| Inability to work with teams? | |
| Failure to consistently perform quality work? | |
| Fear of making decisions? | |
| Lack of initiative or "Out of the Box" thinking? | |
| Resistant to diversity of thought (close-mind mentality)? | |
| Actions inconsistent with values or beliefs? |
These checklists provide some insight into the performance symptoms facing both organizations and individuals. The secret to sustainable performance is to identify the core problem and treat the problem, not the symptom.
An important question to consider:
If our solutions could help you conquer these symptoms, what would that mean to you in terms of money, leadership, relationships and future growth or innovation?
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