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How focused are we in our work?

Startup Focus Employee experience

Uncover if we are sufficiently focused.

"Most startups are not nearly focused enough. They work really hard, but they don't work hard on the right things." - Sam Altman

This survey is also available in Norwegian.

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Questions contained in this survey:

Setting priorities

Our goals and priorities are clearly defined and communicated

I know which goals I am expected to contribute to, and how I am expected to contribute

Sticking to priorities

We don't get distracted or excited by other things that are not amongst our predefined priorities

We don't kick off new initiatives or projects without identifying how they relate to our predefined goals

We finish our existing initiatives and projects before starting up new ones

Alignment

We are all working together on our top priorities

Dilution

We don't dilute our focus by focusing on too many goals at the same time

We don't dilute our focus by running too many projects at the same time