Not a week goes by where I don’t hear one of your fellow members ask something similar to this: “How do I create more consistency in my company?”
After asking more questions and doing some probing, I often find out that the member isn’t participating on the SGI affinity monthly Scoreboard. In fact, they don’t even have a Scoreboard in their office! The typical answer I get when I ask why not is, “I was too busy, or I don’t bring in my staff daily.”
You will never improve your results if you don’t hold yourself accountable and measure your team’s daily results. The NHL and NBA playoffs are in full force right now. Can you imagine a hockey or basketball game without an official score? Why play the game? You really aren’t playing seriously without a score.
A Scoreboard is the best tool you have to deliver consistent results every day, month, and year. Used properly, the Scoreboard guarantees you are keeping track. To submit monthly Scoreboards, one has to track daily.
The Scoreboard is your potential crystal ball. You can read the score and predict the future. Once a month is complete, it can’t be changed, but understanding where you are right now can help you for the balance of the month. Keeping track of your numbers today is not optional—it is necessary!
If you’re not using, at the very least, a Scoreboard in your office, why? Are you afraid technicians’ feelings will be hurt? Are they not already keeping track of how everyone else is doing? Do they not appreciate a little competition? A Scoreboard demands and delivers consistency—if not excellence.
You can introduce scoreboards for anything you want to measure and improve. Here are just a few Scoreboard advantages.
- Its easy to start
- You need to be smart in business today—keeping score helps
- Unique motivating and recruiting tool
- Techs look for it
- Creates positive competition
- Everybody loves a contest
- Helps you understand where you are compared to your goals
- Monthly recognition from SGI
- Helps your team deliver consistent results that you don’t have to create
- It’s free and IT WORKS!
Buy the necessary materials to create your own Scoreboard. Then, start posting your team’s numbers daily. Finally, be sure to enter your team’s Scoreboard numbers on your affinity Web site! That way, you can drive your top performer to try and beat the best in all of SGI! Competition will lead to solid, consistent results in your business!
Go to your affinity site to download the 2015 Scoreboard rules, categories, and explanations. Get your team involved in the SGI affinity Scoreboards and your team members may be recognized for annual awards at the spring Expo—and importantly, your team members may start to compete for greater success for themselves and your company.
The Scoreboard application is setup to only allow members to enter month-end results from the previous month, between the 1st and the 10th of the current month. Scoreboard submission closes 11:59 pm Eastern time on the 10th of each month (even if the 10th is on a weekend or holiday).