Focus (2009.12): How focused is your staff on organizational improvement?

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How often do you empower others to develop SMART action steps?
We all want to accomplish our goals. To accomplish our goals, we need to take action steps. I’ve found that the SMARTer the action step, the more likely I am to accomplish it. A SMART action steps is:
  • Specific
  • Measurable
  • Attainable
  • Relevant
  • Timebound
“Get in shape” is not a SMART action step, and it’s actually not that easy to accomplish. “Walk for 30 minutes 3 times per week for 1 month” is a SMART action step, and it’s actually easier to accomplish than “Get in shape.”
 
Question: How often do you empower others to develop SMART action steps for each of their goals?
  • Consistently?
  • Usually?
  • Sometimes?
  • Rarely?
Make sure you consistently empower others to develop SMART actions steps for each of their goals. If the person you’re talking to develops general action steps, help them SMARTen them up by asking questions like:
  • Specific: What do you mean by ___?
  • Measurable: How will you know when you’ve achieved your action step?
  • Attainable: How doable is this?
  • Relevant: How will this action step help you achieve your goal?
  • Timebound: When will you do this?
Question: What action steps will you take to ensure that you consistently empower others to develop SMART action steps for each of their goals?
 
*To learn more about coaching others on taking action, click here.



How focused is your staff on organizational improvement?
What gets focused on gets done. So, if you want to improve your organization, make sure your staff is focused on organizational improvement.
 
Question: How focused is your staff on organizational improvement?
 
To get an idea of how focused your staff is on organizational improvement, take the following assessment. Rate each item, using the following scale:

4:
Consistently • 3: Usually • 2: Sometimes • 1: Rarely

___ Staff talk about organizational improvement.
___ Staff make proposals regarding organizational improvement.
___ Staff work on organizational improvement.
___ Staff hold each other accountable for organizational improvement.
___ Staff are disappointed when improvement goals are not reached.

___ Staff focus on organizational improvement.


3 questions:

  1. How focused do you want your staff to be on organizational improvement?
  2. How can you increase staff focus on organizational improvement?
  3. What are you going to do?
Bottom line: Pursue excellence. Focus staff on organizational improvement. Today.