You've heard it a thousand times before. "You've got to inspect what you expect". "Follow up, follow up, follow up!", and other phrases designed to remind you of the vital step in achieving goals of measuring achieved progress vs. desired expectations. Nowhere does this hold more true than in one's educational pursuits.
I recently had to come to grips with the fact that my knowledge and associated performance in one of my classes was significantly less than what I desired and dramatically less than what would be useful in the workplace. Since there was no avoiding this, I reached out to my MBA advisor for some much needed guidance. Without dragging you through the gory details, suffice to say I received the assistance I needed in a professional and timely manner. This simple step and process could save people and companies countless chunks of time, money and other valuable resources. Honest assessments of how you are doing at all times is a must. It profits neither the individual nor the organization to project a status of achievement as a balm to mask the pain of underachievement. Why expend the energy in fooling yourself into thinking everything is OK when you could invest that same time and energy correcting the wrongs and building a better tomorrow?
Honest assessments allow progress to begin. Learn to be glad you're a cat...
LL
No comments:
Post a Comment