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Reinventing the Future Workshop
“Your Performance Challenge” Assignment Name: ____________________
Instructions:
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to help you identify a performance challenge.
1. What part of your business would you like to create a breakthrough in your performance?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Now that you have identified a part of your business that you want a breakthrough in question #1, look at where your performance is working in that area. Tell us what is working. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. In the same area, what is not working? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. How do you explain to yourself (or others) your lack of performance in this area? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Is there anyone or anything you blame for your lack of performance in this area? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Please complete the assignment at least 2 days prior to the start of the course. Please scan or take a picture and email to [email protected].
Answer each question honestly.
6. What is the impact on yourself and others for this lack of performance? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. What is your default future? (The future that was going to happen unless
something dramatic and unexpected happened. The default future is a function of how the situation occurs for all people involved.) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. What additional comments or obstacles would you like to communicate to us regarding your performance? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. If you had a breakthrough in this area identified in question #1, what do you see will be possible for you? Be specific. What would it look like? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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