Evaluate the Process
Take time throughout the process to ask these questions.
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Is your plan being carried out?
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How well did your plan work out?
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Did you leave out any steps?
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Was there enough time?
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Was there enough money in the budget?
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How did you respond to any emerging issues?
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What has been achieved thus far?
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Did you engage the right partners at the right time?
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What are your constituents saying?
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How effectively did you handle conflicts or disagreements?
Evaluate the Results
At key completion moments or endings, ask these questions.
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What changes did you want to see in behaviors and attitudes?
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Did you see these changes?
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Did you celebrate the achievements (even the small ones)?
Create Systems for Feedback
Here are some ideas for building in systems of feedback and evaluation.
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Receive ongoing feedback from your constituents through an anonymous form
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See what your constituents are saying at standing meetings or one-on-ones, e.g. faculty or staff meetings
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Check in at the end of each committee meeting
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Explore how things went after an activity is completed or halfway through the activity
Adjust and Adapt
In order to keep moving forward, adjustments may need to occur and you or your constituents may need to adapt. Before you adjust and adapt:
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Take a step back
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Reconnect to your why
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Brainstorm options
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Take a break
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Admit mistakes
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Let go of what’s not working
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Know your needs
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Shift your perspective
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Do one thing, not all of the things
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Reach out for help
Here are also key questions you can ask after you evaluate the process or the results.
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Are we ready to take the next step?
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What needs to change?
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What is the next step?