Are you getting the results you want? Getting different results requires a different way of thinking. Start with the end in mind.

1. Achieving Different Business Results Start With The End In Mind Ron Kranz Thought Provoker May 2011 COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.

2. Current Benchmark: An established point defining your current position from which future progress can be measured based on performance, desired goals, outcomes, and specific results. COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.

3. Typical Approach: Determine the next logical action that will lead us to the next step in achieving our desired outcome. What is the Next Step? COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.

4. Desired Outcome: What you ultimately want to be, do, and have. COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.

5. Different Outcomes: Getting different results require a different approach. Start with the end in mind. COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.

6. Starting With The End In Mind: What does your desired outcome look like? Feel like? Taste like? Smell like? Sound like? What comes just before the desired outcome? COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.

7. Act Differently: Changing your habits, behaviors, and actions lead you to your desire outcome. What comes just before the acting differently? COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.

8. Think Differently: Changing your mindset leads you to act differently. What comes just before the thinking differently? COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.

9. Explore Options: Exploring options stimulates a different way of thinking. What comes just before exploring options? COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.

10. Stay Open: Staying open fosters the explorations of options previously not considered. Instead of can’t, explore how it might. Instead of won’t, explore what if it did. What comes just before staying open? COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.

11. Desire and Awareness: Having the desire to change allows you to stay open to new ways. Prior to desire, you must have the awareness that the status quo is unacceptable. Are you getting the results you want? Do you want to change? COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.

12. Call or email to share a thought provoking conversation. Ron Kranz Thought Provoker rdkranz@beyondthebenchmark.com 425.572.0222 COPYRIGHT  2011 Beyond the Benchmark. All rights reserved.