So, we were just talking about accountability, plan of action, lead measures. How do we keep all of our information organized and prioritized in order to execute our WIGS, our wildly important goals? Well, welcome to the receipts task list. This is a blank canvas for you to keep up electronically and is also in a printer friendly format. You have ranking priorities in the first column. You can use 1, 2, 3 or for related sequential tasks, maybe 1A, 1B, 1C would provide better clarity.
Next, type in specific tasks. The leader of the task, next report date, and finally deadline. Each member of the team with a task must keep a task list. If you are the receipts leader, you may have other team members tasks as well as your own. Maybe you just provided or received team training, go ahead and type in a reminder to check proficiency to help that training stick.
If you have this printed out, you can use the final column to draw an O when you have decided to activate or begin work on that task. Draw a line through that O when the task is completed. If keeping electronically, change your O to an X. You might have items on your list that you anticipate will be a priority in the future, but you need to say no to the good sometimes and only focus on the great, to turn a distraction mindset and turn on an execution mindset.
So, use your task list in your WIG meetings and however else you see fit as a tool to foster team and personal accountability. Good luck!