Focus (2010.05): What are your action steps?
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How often do you refrain from giving advice/suggestions?
You want to help people. I do, too. One way to help people is by giving advice. But there are some definite downsides to giving advice:
Question: How often do you refrain from giving advice?
How focused are you on your God-given mission?
How focused are you on your God-given mission? To find out, take the following self-assessment (download). Rate each item in terms of how it describes you and your situation. Use the following scale:
4: Definitely • 3: Usually • 2: Sometimes • 1: Rarely
___ I’m comfortable reciting the mission verbatim in casual conversation.
___ Each day I talk with others about the mission.
___ I tell stories about the mission being implemented.
___ I provide opportunities for others to tell stories about the mission being implemented.
___ I know what it takes to achieve the mission.
___ I can readily explain how each of my daily activities contributes to achieving the mission.
___ I help others understand how they contribute to achieving the mission.
___ I know the current level of mission achievement.
___ I measure the achievement of my mission.
___ I use a scorecard to to measure the achievement of my mission?
___ I use meetings to celebrate progress on achieving the mission.
___ I focus on closing the gap between current and targeted levels of mission achievement.
___ I get the training I need to carry out the mission.
___ I provide others with the training they need to carry out the mission.
___ When making proposals, I explain how the proposal targets mission achievement.
___ When others make proposals, I ask, “How will this help us achieve the mission?”
___ To increase my focus on my mission, I know what I need to keep doing, start doing, stop doing.
___ I’m focused on achieving the mission.
Now, ask yourself 5 questions about the data:
Increase your focus on your God-given mission. Today.
Resources:
Encourage others to connect their proposals to the mission
You're in a meeting. You're listening to an intriguing proposal on staff training. But something is bothering you—the presenter has not connected the proposal to your organization's mission.
Question: What can you do?
Answer: You can ask questions, for example:
What are your action steps?
You’ve spent 2 days in reflection. You feel good:
Answer: Determining the action steps you need to take for each of your 4 goals—then taking those action steps. Why? Well, success is not having a mission statement and goals—success is accomplishing your mission and goals.
I recommend that each week you take time to determine action steps.
Bottom line: Determine your action steps. Then take them.
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How often do you refrain from giving advice/suggestions?
You want to help people. I do, too. One way to help people is by giving advice. But there are some definite downsides to giving advice:
- You might irritate someone by giving unsolicited advice.
- Your advice might work for you and not for the person you’re talking to.
- If someone takes your advice and it doesn’t work, that might harm your relationship.
- Giving advice doesn’t target developing the person into a better problem solver—it targets solving the immediate problem.
Question: How often do you refrain from giving advice?
- Consistently?
- Usually?
- Sometimes?
- Rarely?
- What’s your goal?
- What’s going on?
- What are your options?
- What will you do?
How focused are you on your God-given mission?
How focused are you on your God-given mission? To find out, take the following self-assessment (download). Rate each item in terms of how it describes you and your situation. Use the following scale:
4: Definitely • 3: Usually • 2: Sometimes • 1: Rarely
___ I’m comfortable reciting the mission verbatim in casual conversation.
___ Each day I talk with others about the mission.
___ I tell stories about the mission being implemented.
___ I provide opportunities for others to tell stories about the mission being implemented.
___ I know what it takes to achieve the mission.
___ I can readily explain how each of my daily activities contributes to achieving the mission.
___ I help others understand how they contribute to achieving the mission.
___ I know the current level of mission achievement.
___ I measure the achievement of my mission.
___ I use a scorecard to to measure the achievement of my mission?
___ I use meetings to celebrate progress on achieving the mission.
___ I focus on closing the gap between current and targeted levels of mission achievement.
___ I get the training I need to carry out the mission.
___ I provide others with the training they need to carry out the mission.
___ When making proposals, I explain how the proposal targets mission achievement.
___ When others make proposals, I ask, “How will this help us achieve the mission?”
___ To increase my focus on my mission, I know what I need to keep doing, start doing, stop doing.
___ I’m focused on achieving the mission.
Now, ask yourself 5 questions about the data:
- How many 4s, 3s, 2s, and 1s do I have?
- What’s satisfying/unsatisfying about the data?
- What helps me increase my focus on my God-given mission?
- What hinders me?
- What will I do?
Increase your focus on your God-given mission. Today.
Resources:
- Video
- Tutorial: To learn more about achieving your mission, explore these 4 questions
- Know where you are and where you want to go
- Want to achieve your goals?
Encourage others to connect their proposals to the mission
You're in a meeting. You're listening to an intriguing proposal on staff training. But something is bothering you—the presenter has not connected the proposal to your organization's mission.
Question: What can you do?
Answer: You can ask questions, for example:
- How does your proposal support our mission?
- How will you help others understand how your proposal supports our mission?
- What revisions can you make to your proposal so is explicitly supports the achievement of our mission?
What are your action steps?
You’ve spent 2 days in reflection. You feel good:
- You have a mission statement.
- You have a list of the 4 goals necessary for carrying out your mission statement.
- You like the wording of your mission statement and your goals.
- You feel like you have what you need—direction.
Answer: Determining the action steps you need to take for each of your 4 goals—then taking those action steps. Why? Well, success is not having a mission statement and goals—success is accomplishing your mission and goals.
I recommend that each week you take time to determine action steps.
Bottom line: Determine your action steps. Then take them.