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My Career Account

"My From" Sample of "My Life Appraisal™"

This is one of the seven aspects of our life that we will include. These can be added to or taken away from depending on where your "TO" is in life.
"The only thing worse than training your people and not keeping them is not training your people and keeping them." - Zig Ziglar
Career - My hope is that if you have a career, it is the career of your choice. If you don't have a career, I hope that is by choice. If neither of these is true, you have a choice, a choice to make changes in your life. How? By using this document to develop a plan, to grow and make deposits into these accounts. You will reach a point when the choice will be yours.

Note: If you are not presently in your chosen career, what are you doing to change that? Is there a resume'(s) submitted? Are you in school or training to increase your skills? Are you taking steps to start your own business? If none of these are occurring, you are in your chosen career. Perform your work well and with a good attitude. Be content but not complacent, strive for growth and improvement.

Want to make more money? You can't, well legally you can't; only the U.S. Treasury MAKES money. We are only able to EARN money. If you want to EARN more you must increase the VALUE you bring to your company or customers.

Prior to establishing your opening balance on your career let's think about a few things. This is not a conspiracy to change company policy, existing agreements or get you fired up. These are just to make you think. You can't change anything without thinking.
Why does your company exist?_________________

Here are some of the answers to this question that I have received in my results management class.
To make paper.
To provide good phone service.
To provide the best joists possible.
To provide the best customer service available.
To provide jobs for people (Honestly, I've heard this answer)

The list goes on and on but there is only one correct answer; To make money!

Face it, without profitability and sustainability, there is no company, no jobs, no paper, no phone service or joists.

Let me answer these for you.

What is your job? It is your job to do what you can to increase profitability and sustainability.

How am I paid? By the hour, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly?

No! No! No! You are paid for the value you bring to the job. If you were paid by any other method, all you would have to do is show up.

Answer this question honestly. Imagine that you begin and end your day at the sound of a whistle or the movement of a second hand hitting 12. Do you drop your pick in mid-swing or stop you typing in mid-word when the end of the day comes? Is it your attitude that I'm not giving them any more than I have to? YES NO

This is a horrible attitude to have. Your value will never increase with this attitude BUT the supervisors of employees with this attitude must also look at policies, procedures and treatment of employees. It cannot work just ONE WAY.

I've read that for a company to remain profitable and sustainable, an employee must produce 3-5 times what they are paid. Ex: If you are paid $20 an hour, you must produce $60-$100 of value to the company.

Circle the factors that you contribute to in your position;

Quality, Quantity, Safety, Attendance, Effectiveness With Others, Revenue Generation.

Considering those items, do you bring 3-5 times your wage in Value? YES NO

Are you currently in sales? Circle one. YES (I know, there is only one)

Everyone that works and produces income is in sales. Some only have one customer. That is the person that completes their work appraisal. They must sell to this person that the value they contribute to their position is worthy of the compensation they receive. (They should also be selling to everyone that their company and product are the best available.)

The only methods to increase your income are: 1. Increase your value to your current customer. (Note: The first thing that comes to mind is training and education but sometimes the simplest thing can be a change in attitude and closing the gap between your performance and potential.) 2. Find a customer that will pay more for the value you provide. 3. Increase your value and pursue another customer. 4. Provide your value to multiple customers.

If you were King or Queen (but continued in your same position) and could begin a "Pay For Results Produced" system that had a foolproof system to monitor and reward employees, would you approve it? YES NO

If NO, why not__________________________________________________________________
Okay, you are not King or Queen anymore but I will assign you different positions within and outside a company. Because of falling profits a crew of 10 must downsize to 8. Forget all existing agreements and circle whether the downsizing should take place by Seniority, Performance or a combination of both.

You are:

The most senior employee with a less than satisfactory work record-
Seniority, Performance, a combination of both.

The middle employee in seniority with an excellent work record-
Seniority, Performance, a combination of both.

The least senior employee with the best performance in the crew-
Seniority, Performance, a combination of both.

The supervisor of this crew and you have not done a good job of documenting and addressing performance problems-
Seniority, Performance, a combination of both.

The supervisor of this crew and you have done an excellent job of documenting and addressing performance problems-
Seniority, Performance, a combination of both.

The CEO of this company-
Seniority, Performance, a combination of both.

A major shareholder of this company-
Seniority, Performance, a combination of both.
Okay, forget the job. It's Saturday or Sunday afternoon. You and your child have scored the best seats ever for a football game. Because of what you have paid to see your team play, you are more than a fan, you are fully invested. You are a customer! The game goes back and forth. There is yelling and screaming from both sides. Your team is down by 2. The clock is stopped with 3 seconds remaining in the game. Your team is on the opponent's 25 yard line. This WILL be the last play of the game.

Your team has three field goal kickers. Who do you want to kick the ball? -
Seniority, Performance, a combination of both.

Who did you want on the field from the opening kickoff? -
Seniority, Performance, a combination of both.

If a team is not winning, there are no fans. If there are no fans, there is no revenue. If there is no revenue, the team is not sustainable. This is no difference from the business world except the word customer is substituted for fans.

If you knew without a doubt that you could perform at a higher level in your career, should you? YES NO

Now, considering your honest contribution to your career and all the deposits and withdrawals you have made, assign the opening balance in your career account. Remember, this is for your eyes only unless you choose to share with others. All we are attempting to do is establish your performance and begin its journey towards your potential.

It's now time to establish your FROM balance in your career account. We will give you a sample. We recommend reestablishing your balance at least monthly the first year and then at least quarterly after that. Your balance will change according to deposits and balances that we will cover in the "MY ROUTE" section. Every trip must have a FROM, a TO and a ROUTE. The ROUTE section will be where we make suggestions and track deposits and withdrawals to your accounts.
What is the Opening Balance in your Career Account in .25 increments between 0-10 with 10 being excellent? _________________________
This next chart will be in the ROUTE portion of the program to track and get you from your FROM to your desired TO. The sheet below is where we establish our "account balance" in all aspects of our life. This is where we will track progress as we make more "deposits" into these accounts. (We do realize there will be withdrawals but as we continue to grow, these will be overshadowed by the deposits.)
Career Account Balance Sample
10 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
9.75 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
9.50 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
9.25 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
9.0 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
8.75 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
8.5 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
8.25 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
8.0 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
7.75 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
7.5 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
7.25 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
7.0 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
6.5 gg 10-3-11 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
6 _gg 4-1-11 gg 7-4-11 __________ __________ __________ ___________
5 _gg 1-1-11 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
4 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
3 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
2 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
1 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
0 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________


Place your initials and date in the space closest to your opening balance.
This chart is a sample of the ROUTE portion of "My Life Appraisal and Performance Improvement Plan". The document will be in PDF format and will be ready for the 3-ring binder that will change your ROUTE from "accidental" to "intentional".

This is one of the seven aspects of your life we will explore. You can add or subtract from these aspects depending on what you want out of life.
"One Life - One Binder"
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