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Blind to our own Blindness

My 2015 vehicle with just less than 9000 miles has a ‘glitch’.  My dashboard has started to go out from time to time. Visible one moment, black – or is it blank? – the next. No rhyme or reason. Sometimes ‘short’ sometimes ‘long’ it’s off, it’s on, and it’s off again!

This ranges from a being a small nuisance to highly annoying to me.

Yesterday I ran a few errands in my neighborhood without information. No problem. Later in the day I went to a friend’s BBQ – drove a 60 mile round trip with the dashboard being more off than on – I’m annoyed.

Now imagine me driving across the country without my dashboard working. How would I know when I was going to run out of gas or if any of the other trouble lights were signaling to me? Tire pressure/Oil levels/ Engine temperature and the like. I could be speeding and have no idea.

Would you run your business without a working dashboard? I doubt it. You need to know how you are performing and use that information to make necessary adjustments.

Relationships need a dashboard too – and you have it right in front of you. imapMyTeam®. While there is no “data” on the imap dashboard, it does call attention to, among other things, individual and team blind spots. Without accurate information and perspective we are as blind to those blind spots as I am to my vehicle speed.

I’m going to have to take my vehicle in for maintenance – when was the last time you took your relationships or team for some preventive maintenance?

I have a suggestion. Use the attached ‘Dream Team’ exercise to check to see if the team has all the blind spots covered – it will help you make the long distance drive you need to succeed. After all, your business success is a long term endeavor that deserves all the visibility you can get.