For each of the following <questions> questions, you’ll be given a slider to record your answer. It has two arrows to use, one on top and one on bottom.
- Use the slider on the TOP to choose the answer that best fits your CURRENT situation.
- Use the slider on the BOTTOM to choose the answer that would be your IDEAL situation.
- Use the comment box at the bottom of each page to explain the feelings you have about the responses you gave to each question.
How would you describe your CURRENT vs IDEAL approach to each day?
You are pessimistic about the future and believe that the past will prove to be better than the future.
Your needs are met and as such you are going through the motions to “not screw up a good thing.”
Because you dream big and know that you are on the brink of greatness you are often pleased but never satisfied.
You are in awe of life and the future, place no limits on growth, and attack each day with a possibilities mindset.
How would you describe your CURRENT vs IDEAL approach to each day?
You have lost the intellectual curiosity of your youth and are not inspired to seek out new points of view.
You have become a subject matter expert that others rely on and find satisfaction in being the “go to guy” for a specific domain.
You know that the best ideas will come from outside of distribution and embrace the healthy struggle of adapting them to your business.
You are perpetually learning, unlearning, and relearning by Lifting and Shifting™ the best that humans have done into your business.
How would you describe your CURRENT vs IDEAL approach to each day?
Retirement beckons and you are “on your way out.” You are risk adverse so as not to mess things up before you leave.
You evaluate your success against the performance of others in your industry providing a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment.
You have articulated a compelling and inspiring vision because you know the opportunity for your business is endless.
You believe down to your core that anything is possible and continually ask “why not us?” as you look to change the rules of your industry.
How would you describe your CURRENT vs IDEAL approach to each day?
You are a protector of the status quo and become uncomfortable whenever it is challenged.
You are lured to comfort by past achievements and believe that what is, will always be.
You are impatient with the status quo and are committed to building a coalition of change agents to drive the needed change.
You believe status quo is the enemy, defy mediocrity and are committed to being the disrupter rather than the disrupted.
How would you describe your CURRENT vs IDEAL approach to each day?
You have allowed silos and turf wars within your business to prevent any form of significant collaboration and experimentation
As long as you are profitable and growing you believe that “this is the way we’ve always done it” is the answer to new ideas.
You know there is always a better way and are impatient with the speed in which new ideas are tested and scaled.
You have created a culture that encourages experimentation, rigorous testing, and exploration without fear of failing.
How would you describe your CURRENT vs IDEAL approach to each day?
You have accepted a litany of rationale for a lack of progress and failure to execute.
You are satisfied with reactive problem solving rather than seizing opportunity.
Knowing that by becoming better you will become bigger – your mantra is to get better faster.
You are an executer knowing that companies don’t change, transform, and innovate - people do. Leaders get stuff done.
How would you describe your CURRENT vs IDEAL approach to each day?
Your profitability is constantly under pressure and your partners and suppliers see you as one of many rather than “the one.”
You're satisfied being “me too” as long as your minimum financial requirements are currently being met.
In your quest to create a larger pie, rather than simply fighting over market share you dare to be an original.
You’re fully committed to create, deliver, and capture new value and indomitable solutions for your entire ecosystem.
How would you describe your CURRENT vs IDEAL approach to each day?
You are completely consumed by the day-to-day of the business and can’t see a path forward through the fog of uncertainty.
You are satisfied with your current position and believe your business is protected from any form of disruption and/or disintermediation.
You understand every distributor that wins the future will be an innovative distributor. You focus on creating a spirit of innovation.
You are in a fearless pursuit of tomorrow, continually peering into the future defining and creating your organization’s destiny.