Are you brave enough to be accountable?

21/3/10

Every week at our BNI meetings the Membership Co-ordinator says when describing his role in the chapter, ‘… Like any good business, we set goals and monitor our progress towards achieving those goals.’ But, those are chapter goals. How many of us set personal goals and monitor those?

I believe that if every chapter member set personal goals, even average ones, every chapter would be successful. Their chapter would be in the 'Green' and every member would be getting a good return on their investment. So, what’s average?

Well, in my mind average is: an average of one referral per week, a visitor once every two months, and attending a workshop once every three months. Do the maths yourself and see what the results would be for your chapter if every member did this. Even for an average sized chapter it would mean three visitors every week!

Think what would happen if, as a member, you were better than average, because if you are anything like me I don’t like being just average.

But, the question is, are you brave enough to be accountable?

Every month the Secretary/Treasurer should print off the Chapter Roster sheet, which includes a ‘league table’ of the chapter members’ performance for the month, and leave it on the sign-in table so that members can see who is doing what. However, in many chapters this is not done, for fear of upsetting some members.

So, if you are brave enough to be accountable, ask your Secretary/Treasurer for the sheet, check your performance and then watch your chapter improve and make more money!