February 2010

Sometimes, you don’t know what you don’t know until it’s pointed out to you.  Until you miss something you can’t easily get back.  Until it’s too late.

Do you know -

In business

How satisfied are your employees with their daily work?

Whether employees understand exactly how they contribute to an end product or business growth?

Does every individual understand the downstream effect of what they do (or don’t do)?

What your people are really thinking about the way things are run?

Why the long-timers have chosen to stay for a long time?

What three things might rock your business world (supply chain, fabrication, merchandising, market influence, price sweet spot, etc.)?  What’s your field battle plan to minimize these shocks?

How are you continuously backfilling your forward push, building tomorrow’s competitive edge?

In your career

Do you know what you want to be doing in six months?  A year?

Do you have a practical, actionable plan to help move you right there, to that spot?

Does your boss know about your aspirations?  Does his boss know?

Do you know how you’re perceived by your peers?  Whether they value your talents?

What barriers currently inhibit your aspirations?  What success means to you?

How to be self-aware, and honestly be in touch with your strengths and weaknesses?

In life

How your kids would describe you to their teacher?  What might a drawing of you look like?

Have you ever attended a classroom function during the work day?

Do you have an unrealized dream, something you’ve ever wanted to do or try?

What did you learn from your biggest failure?

How would you feel (not what would you do) if your job went away tomorrow?

What three words do you want people to use when they describe their impression of you?

Did you make a difference to someone today?  A fellow driver, a checkout clerk, a customer, a troubled coworker?

Do you know what you should know?

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