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Before diving into the ten questions, take a moment to step back and reflect on how the new council term is going overall:

0 = Poor (Relationships, understanding, and decision-making are strained or dysfunctional. Significant intervention needed to course-correct).

5 = Developing (Some progress made, but clear gaps remain in cohesion, clarity, or effectiveness. Room for substantial improvement)

10 = Excellent (Strong collaboration, clarity, and effectiveness. The group is well-positioned to achieve its long-term goals together)

Great decisions start with ability of people to see what's going on around them. Individual perception is the capability, capacity, and habit of scanning the environment, spotting changes and understanding what's creating them.

Strengthening individual perception helps people move from “I don’t know what’s going on” to a place of awareness and readiness.

0 = Very Low (Very little to no evidence of this capability or behaviour. It rarely or never happens)

5 = Moderate (Some evidence exists, but it is inconsistent, informal, or unevenly distributed among individuals or situations)

10 = Very High (Strong, consistent, and widespread evidence. This capability or behaviour is actively embedded in normal practice)

Shared understanding is the foundation of any high-performing, diverse group. It’s about developing a common view of what’s happening now, what could happen next, and agreeing on what key words and terms mean.

Building shared understanding helps address issues associated with misunderstanding and miscommunication and mistrust.

Score each of the above questions on a scale of 0-10 where

0 = Very Low (Very little to no evidence of this capability or behaviour. It rarely or never happens)

5 = Moderate (Some evidence exists, but it is inconsistent, informal, or unevenly distributed among individuals or situations)

10 = Very High (Strong, consistent, and widespread evidence. This capability or behaviour is actively embedded in normal practice)

When a decision making group explicitly agrees on why they exist and what they are setting out to achieve, it makes progress easier.

Collective purpose addresses the challenge of “What are we here to do?” and clarifies where the group should be focusing it's attention.

Score each of the above questions on a scale of 0-10 where

0 = Very Low (Very little to no evidence of this capability or behaviour. It rarely or never happens)

5 = Moderate (Some evidence exists, but it is inconsistent, informal, or unevenly distributed among individuals or situations)

10 = Very High (Strong, consistent, and widespread evidence. This capability or behaviour is actively embedded in normal practice)

Good decisions require meaningful choices. Without a diverse range of options — and clear criteria for assessing them — decisions will deliver suboptimal outcomes.

The ability to assess options effectively helps address the question, “What are the different things we could do?”

Score each of the above questions on a scale of 0-10 where

0 = Very Low (Very little to no evidence of this capability or behaviour. It rarely or never happens)

5 = Moderate (Some evidence exists, but it is inconsistent, informal, or unevenly distributed among individuals or situations)

10 = Very High (Strong, consistent, and widespread evidence. This capability or behaviour is actively embedded in normal practice)

Diverse groups tend to deliver the best outcomes when they can bring different perspectives to the table and work through disagreements effectively.

Collaborative decision-making solves the problem of “How will we agree and disagree well?”

Score the above on a scale of 0-10 where

0 = Very Low (Very little to no evidence of this capability or behaviour. It rarely or never happens)

5 = Moderate (Some evidence exists, but it is inconsistent, informal, or unevenly distributed among individuals or situations)

10 = Very High (Strong, consistent, and widespread evidence. This capability or behaviour is actively embedded in normal practice)

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