Leaders would inspire higher performance if they would spend less time evaluating others and more time crafting the checklists that identify the ingredients or steps necessary for performance success. When carefully constructed, checklists help to establish the standards necessary for high performance and communicate them in a succinct and practical format. For leaders, a great checklist is a timesaver that allows others to know what is critically important with just a glance. Pound-for-pound, checklists are unequaled as a leadership device for improving performance. Yet, most leaders don’t create or use them.
Would anyone be willing to provide an example of this kind of checklist?