| Have I done my best to normalise the neutral zone by explaining it is an uncomfortable time which, with careful attention, can be turned to everyone's advantage? |
Y/N |
| Have I redefined it by choosing a new and more affirmative metaphor with which to describe it? |
Y/N |
| Have I reinforced that metaphor with training programmes, policy changes, and financial rewards for people to keep doing their jobs during the neutral zone |
Y/N |
| Am I protecting people adequately from further changes? |
Y/N |
| If I can't protect them, am I clustering those changes meaningfully? |
Y/N |
| Have I created the temporary policies and procedures that we need to get us through the neutral zone? |
Y/N |
| Have I set short-range goals and checkpoints? |
Y/N |
| Have I set realistic output objectives? |
Y/N |
| Have I found what special training programs we need to deal successfully with the neutral zone? |
Y/N |
| Have I found ways to keep people feeling that they still belong to the organisation and are valued by our part of it? And have I taken care that perks and other forms of 'privilege' are not undermining the solidarity of the group? |
Y/N |
| Do I have a means of gathering feedback during the time in the neutral zone? |
Y/N |
| Are my people willing to experiment and take risks in intelligently conceived ventures - or are we punishing all failures? |
Y/N |
| Have I stepped back and taken stock of how things are being done in my part of the organisation? (This is worth doing both for its own sake and as a visible model for others similar behaviour) |
Y/N |
| Have I provided others with opportunities to do the same thing? Have I provided them with the resources - facilitators, survey instruments and so on - that will help them do that? |
Y/N |
| Have I seen to it that people build their skills in creative thinking and innovation? |
Y/N |
| Have I encouraged experiment and seen to it that people are not punished for failing in intelligent efforts that did not pan out? |
Y/N |
| Have I set an example by brainstorming many answers to my old problems - the ones that people say you just have to live with? Am I encouraging others to do the same? |
Y/N |
| Am I regularly checking to see that I am not pushing for certainty and closure where it would be more conducive to creativity to live a little longer with - uncertainty and questions? |
Y/N |
| Am I using my time in the neutral zone as an opportunity to replace old systems with integrated systems? |
Y/N |
