Instructions

Please respond to all the questions as honestly and frankly as you can.

Unless the wording of a particular item specifically indicates otherwise, respond in terms of your own impressions of the organization where you work.
Indicate your response to each item by selecting just one of the five numbers in the right-hand column. PLEASE ANSWER EACH STATEMENT!
Please do not attempt an intensive “word analysis” of the statements. Your responses should reflect your own judgment. There are no correct or wrong answers.

Statement Select Only One Answer
False                                 True

1. I don’t know the strategic goals of my company.
False Mostly
False		 Even Mostly
True		 True
1 2 3 4 5
2. Much of the work I do each day does not match my job description.
1 2 3 4 5
3. My hard work does not seem to achieve the results that matter to my company.
1 2 3 4 5
4. My company’s strategies are not stated in specific, measurable goals.
1 2 3 4 5
5. I am not able to clearly connect my work to my company’s strategies.
1 2 3 4 5
6. I give out assignments that take time but do not appear to influence company results.
1 2 3 4 5
7. My company does a poor job of communicating its strategies and goals.
1 2 3 4 5
8. I work on reports that I know nobody will ever read.
1 2 3 4 5
9. I make plans to implement needed changes but then I never implement the changes.
1 2 3 4 5
10. I have little commitment to my company’s strategies and goals.
1 2 3 4 5
   Your Score:
What your score reveals:
The higher your score, the more time you are spending on Fake Work. Our work over the years has revealed to us that:
  • The most common scores fall between 20 and 30 – that most people spend about half of their time doing Fake Work.
  • A score above 30 suggests that much of a worker’s time is spent doing Fake Work.
  • A score of 20 or lower suggests that you work in an environment that does very little Fake Work.