CHAPTER 7 I ORGANIZING: SETTING UP THE RIGHT BUCKETSBlueprinting Key Areas of Work and Responsibility
Objectives like "Maintain good physical conditioning" or "Physi-
cal health and vitality" may still need to be built into some sort of
overview checklist that will be reviewed regularly. You have multi-
ple layers of outcomes and standards playing on your psyche and
your choices at any point in time, and knowing what those are, at
all the different levels, is always a good idea.
I suggested earlier that there are at least six levels of your
"work" that could be defined, and that each level deserves its own
acknowledgment and evaluation. A complete inventory of every-
thing you hold important and are committed to on each of those
levels would represent an awesome checklist. It might include:
- Career goals
- Service
- Family
- Relationships
- Community
- Health and energy
- Financial resources
- Creative expression
And then moving down a level, within your job, you
might want some reminders of your key areas of responsibility,
your staff, your values, and so on. A list of these might contain
points like:
- Team morale
- Processes
- Timelines
- Staff issues
- Workload
- Communication