Do your rules and clients help your best people or wear them down?
Twelve checks in three areas. Check what is true today, score yourself from 0 to 12, and see what to fix first.
- Twelve checks across Friction, Trust, and Protection
- A scoring guide that shows what each band means
- One page to print or share with your team
Get the free checklist
Get-Out-of-the-Way Checklist · 1 page · PDF
What's on the page
Friction: Find the drains
Four checks, including: listed every timesheet and approval your team handles.
Trust: Step aside
Four checks, including: give people the tools they need, then step back.
Protection: Stand up for them
Four checks, including: named the client behaviors your team will not accept.
A scoring guide
Zero to four, five to eight, and nine to twelve, with what to do at each level.
Results and feedback from Velocity's leadership work
“Now associates understand themselves better, and leaders have new tools to support their teams.”
“Velocity challenged our team and brought us together in ways that have paid immediate dividends.”
How scoring works
Each check is one point. Ready means 9 to 12 checks and at least 3 in every section. A high total with an empty section is a warning, not a pass.
0 to 4: Find the friction
Ask your team which rules drain them most.
5 to 8: Cut what remains
Pick one unchecked box to fix this month.
9 to 12: Out of the way
Keep protecting the conditions that keep people.
Pair it with the full guide
The checklist shows where you stand. The guide explains why, and what to do next.
Take the checklist
Check what is true today and add up your score from 0 to 12.
Read the guide
The Earned Media Model explains the thinking behind it and gives your team tools to act.
Talk with Velocity
Turn your unchecked boxes into a plan with a Velocity advisor.
Find out where you stand
Get the one-page checklist and score your team in minutes.