What an audit actually looks like.
An audit works from evidence rather than impressions. Everything below is something a person can point to.
- Step 01We talk
You describe what you are seeing. I say honestly whether this is the right work.
- Step 02Leaders answer
The seven behaviors, written down individually, before any discussion.
- Step 03The team answers
Conversations across levels, with one rule: only what people observed.
- Step 04Compare
The two copies side by side, mismatch by mismatch.
- Step 05Decide together
What to protect, what to correct, and in what order.
- Step 06Run it again
The same questions next quarter, so you have a before and an after.
The last several promotions, and what each person actually did to earn one.
What gets asked about first, and what never makes the agenda.
Who gets named publicly, for what, and how often.
The last thing that carried one, and the last thing that did not.
Standards that apply below a certain level and stop there.
Values work, engagement surveys, and rituals already running.
What leaders believe they teach, next to what the team reports learning.
Each mismatch traced back to one of the seven behaviors.
The places where behavior and intent already agree.
Two or three changes to make before the next quarter.
Scope follows the finding rather than a package. Some organizations stop after the read. Some keep going into the systems that produced it.
Candor
The person who raised the risk was moved off the project.
Say it privately, or say nothing.
Customer first
The dashboard on the wall tracks bookings only.
Customers matter after the number lands.
One team
The launch celebration named three people out of forty.
Visibility is the reward, and it is rationed.