Exercise 9C A Balanced Scorecard to Evaluate My Professional versus Personal Objectives Purpose A balanced scorecard can be used by individuals to help balance their professional and personal objectives and lives. Some variables commonly included are given in Table 9-7:

Table 9-7 A Balanced Scorecard for Individual Assessment Area of Objectives Expected Target Actual Target Variance Action Needed

Professional

Current Employer

Pay

Benefits

Potential for Growth

Potential Future Employer

Pay

Benefits

Potential for Growth

Personal

Social

Marital status

Friend status

Online activity

Offline activity

Health

Body weight

Nutrition intake

Exercise quotient

Stress level

Instructions Step 1In Table 9-7, reveal your professional and personal objectives, and your progress to date on achieving those objectives.

Step 2In Table 9-7, in the variance column, indicate Very Favorable (VF), Favorable (F), Unfavorable (U), Very Unfavorable (VU) to reveal your status on each item measured.

Step 3In Table 9-7, reveal corrective actions that you plan going forward on each item measured.