Almost everyone agrees that there is really no point to measuring if there is no will to take action based on the measurements. The real question, is what can we do to get above the noise of so many non-standardized measures that the shear volume is drowning people in measurement to oblivion?
Most of us performance improvement junkies tend to the left brained side of the corpus collosum, however, the real world takes a much more 'balanced' view of life and the world of improvement. And, thankfully so. We are so much more than what one person or one set of talents can accomplish.
In the book, The Fifth Discipline), Peter Senge argues the most accomplished teams have learned to leverage diverse talents so that the sum of the collective parts is not only better than the weakest link, but actually stronger that any of the best members of the team.
Consultants call this synergy. Paul the Apostle used the analogy of the body and it's parts whereby each part relies upon the other to accomplish the work of the whole. I call it smart. Get yourself out of the way long enough to value, respect, enjoy the contributions of others and to seek the best from each talent to increase the sum.
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