One of Bill Conway’s favorite sayings is, “The most important business decision people make every day, is deciding what to work on….”

While at first glance this might seem a simple questions, upon reflection most of us will realize it is not necessarily an easy one to answer.

Possibly the following ten questions can help us move forward in a fashion that enables us to get the most out of our improvement efforts:

1. What should we work on?
2. What process should we use to decide what to work on?
3. How should we prioritize?
4. What is our “readiness to change?”
5. What do we do now?
6. What do we do next?
7. How do we go about it?
8. Which tools will best enable us to achieve goals?
9. Which methods will best enable us to achieve goals?
10. How can we increase alignment?