Monitoring and Evaluation

Complex organizations must rely upon quality control measures to insure each facet of the business operates with the intended purpose. Losses in the area of human capital are often not realized until significant staff turnover occurs.

Ask yourself if you have staff who operate by their own values and ethics, or have you included them in your evolution of practice and procedures to ensure total ground up participation. All levels and functional roles need to be "at the table" having open dialogue, listening and sharing differing perspectives to arrive at the core ideals your organization can promote.

Performance is directly tied to the investments you make in both the human spirit and the sense of stewardship you convey. As Peter Block details in his text, STEWARDSHIP: Choosing Service Over Self Interest that to be a good steward of community resources it is essential to let go of dominance. Nevertheless, evaluation of the intended outcomes, and planned performance outcomes, in particular, is essential to drive the engine of your company forward. The exponential intellectual gain is obvious when you support the employees to invest themselves share their point of view, as you model the way; a Covey leadership principle tried and true in achieving