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 info@townsendconsultinggroup.com.

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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