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Factor: N/A
Cluster N: Doesn’t inspire or build talent
Career staller and stopper 101: Poor administrator
101. Poor administrator

People differ widely on personal organization, ranging from the perfectionist with everything having to be
just so, to the disorganized absent-minded professor never knowing where things are and never being on
time with anything. There are really two issues. The first is personal disorganization. The fallout is having
too much to do, being late on commitments, having to work longer hours to keep up, losing key
documents, forgetting appointments, not doing things completely that have to be redone later, etc. It leads
to personal inefficiency and ineffective use of personal time and resources. The second issue is many
times worse than the first. It’s the disruption your personal disorganization has on the processes
managed by others. When your reports are late, others get delayed. When you’re late, others have to
wait. When the form isn’t completed properly, someone else has to take the time to get it corrected. Many
people go through life happily disorganized and disheveled. The key is its impact on the people around
you.

“I must govern the clock,
not be governed by it.”

Golda Meir – Israeli teacher, politician, and former Prime Minister of Israel

A problem
• Has low detail-orientation.
• Lets things fall through the cracks.

• Overcommits and underdelivers.
• Misses key details.
• Forgets undocumented commitments.

• Has to scramble to pull things together at the last minute.
• Moves on without completing the task.

Not a problem
• Well organized and detail skilled.

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