Check‐up time

Draws parallels between individuals and organizations, and notes the importance of having regular, periodic organizational checks to avoid incurring serious problems.

Suggests collecting and analyzing appropriate data, and getting a second opinion when necessary, as a strategy to better understand an organization's health.

Being clear about one's purpose, strategic initiatives, and/or goals – what one intends to learn, and how one plans to use the findings – is of uppermost importance.

Outlines the order in which data should be collected and how to use the information found.