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The Rotary Club’s Four Way Test

Craig — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:36:51 +0000

It is interesting how I am introduced to ideas and discoveries in surprising places when I least expect it. In Big Spring, Texas I saw a sign featuring the Rotary Club there and asking 4 questions that I had not seen before. Sure, I have considered these questions singularly or collectively but had not seen them listed collectively as a strategy for decision making and action. I find it really handy to put these 4 questions on an index card, or in my iPhone, and carry them with me, occasionally reflecting on them when a difficult situation arises. I have listed the Four Way Test, straight from the Rotary Club and that sign in Big Spring, for your consideration too. Here they are:

Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

Also, here is a link to The Rotary Club’s Guiding Principles to give them full credit for this.

I contend that this is plain, simple, management: managing with integrity by considering this Four Way Test or questions like these in everything we think, say, and do. Considering questions like this differentiates leaders from managers and executives.

Love

admin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:14:17 +0000

“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Points for Discussion

Craig — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:06:43 +0000

I plan to place on this blog, occasionally, some thoughts and comments that may eventually grow into a podcast. These posts will be points for discussion that merit further thought and gestation.

I invite you to subscribe to the blog and/or check for these posts occasionally. You are welcome to leave comments to help these ideas grow and become something meaningful.

And please post comments and let me know if there is a particular topic you would like to discuss.

Thank you.