Services: Fake Work Survey

July 29, 2010

Fake Work Quiz
Instructions: Use the scale below to indicate how eachstatement applies to your organization. It's important to respond to the statements honestly and accurately.

1. In my organization, we avoid unnecessary layers of people or “red tape.”	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
2. In my organization, everyone knows where the most critical problems are.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
3. We’re good at translating “vision” into plans and systems that help people do their work.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
4. My organization’s strategies are not stated in specific, measurable goals.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
5. Much of the work I do each day does not match my job description.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
6. We focus time and other resources on things that really matter most.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
7. I work on things that take time but do not seem to have a clear influence on organizational results.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
8. The meetings we have are clearly focused on accomplishing the things that matter most.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
9. The meetings we have are crisply executed to make the most of our time.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
10. Our meetings include people who really don’t need to be there and are missing people who should be there.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
11. At the end of our meetings, it’s unclear exactly who’s going to do what and how we’re going to follow up.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
12. The organization’s strategic objectives are “top of mind” as we plan our daily work.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
13. Every team member has a work plan that focuses his/her efforts on the most critical work tasks.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
14. When someone in our organization is hard to deal with, people find a way to “work around” them.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
15. My company’s most important strategic goals are clearly translated into specific work tasks.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
16. We have a well-defined “scorecard” linked to the organization’s strategic goals.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
17. When I invest a lot of time in a report or project, I can be confident it will be put to productive use by others.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
18. There is clear correlation between what we do at work and the organization’s strategic goals.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
19. When I make plans to implement needed changes, I’m able to implement the changes.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
20. In our organization, people who don’t pull their fair share of the load are promptly held accountable.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
21. High performance clearly receives more recognition here than does marginal performance.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
22. We have a tendency toward déjà vu conversations – talking about the same issues over and over without coming to a resolution.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
23. At the end of the week, I’m confident that my week’s work made a measurable contribution to the accomplishment of the organization’s strategic goals.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
24. People I work with have strong commitment to the organization’s strategies and goals.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely
25. We have “silos” in our organization where departments tend not to collaborate or communicate as well with other groups as they do within their own.	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely

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