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Measure of progress.

By Bamboo In The Wind

Hitting the deck consistently (in the game of Cricket) is a sign of being on the mark and a measure of progress. That is what a team would expect you to do.

As an entrepreneur, one does not know whether the idea will make the mark. In such cases, daily small achievements are a good measure of progress. Such measure lies in the daily assessment of what we are composing fits well together. 

For example, the daily checker-maker process of assessing cash burn is well within limits. The daily constructive dialog raises the enthusiasm of our fellow employees. Keeping an eye on the customer needs routinely or making sure their treatment does not change when we grow and undergo changes internally.

For the sake of a healthy collaborative organization, ensuring that rising org structures do not cripple decision-making is key. So is ensuring that the taste of success does not result in employees' access to those from whom they seek help. The calendar appointments need not take away easy hallway availability.

Many such matrices are indications of progress, inclusion, and empowerment. One should just have the flexibility and care to think about the well-being of those who join our cause. Employees remain excited about the cause if wrong metrics do not run them over with some copybook style measurement irrelevant to key participants and beneficiaries of our effort.

Leading is knowing how to keep the effort going as long as it can and not hesitate when metrics tell you to change the course.

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