12. There are unintended or unwanted outcomes.

1. What are we doing that is causing unintended consequences? How can we make it stop? What should we be doing?

• Developing a Strategic Plan
• Thinking Critically
• Gathering Information: Monitoring your Progress

2. Is there an active leadership team in place?

• Toolkit: Building Leadership
• Core Functions in Leadership

3. Is there regular feedback on the rate and type of community change sought?

• Gathering Information: Monitoring Your Progress

4. Have we gathered feedback on the importance of community changes?

• Obtaining Feedback from Constituents: What Changes are Important and Feasible?
• Rating Community Goals
• Rating Member Satisfaction
• Providing Feedback to Improve the Initiative
• Achieving and Maintaining a Quality Performance

5. Do the changes fit what the community needs?

• Developing a Plan for Identifying Local Needs and Resources
• Developing Successful Strategies: Planning to Win
• Obtaining Feedback from Constituents: What Changes are Important and Feasible?
• Some Methods for Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives
• Gathering Information: Monitoring Your Progress
• Rating Member Satisfaction

6. Are we collaborating effectively with our partners?

• Toolkit: Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and Partnerships
• Coalition Building I: Starting a Coalition
• Obtaining Feedback from Constituents: What Changes are Important and Feasible?
• Promoting Coordination, Cooperative Agreements, and Collaborative Agreements Among Agencies

7. Are the changes we want to make too difficult to carry out?

• Obtaining Feedback from Constituents: What Changes are Important and Feasible?

8. Are the changes we seek opposed by others in the community?

• Responding to Counterattacks
• Identifying Opponents
• Encouraging Involvement of Potential Opponents as well as Allies

9. Do we need to correct the problem and neutralize any damage that’s been done?

• Handling Crises in Communication
• Achieving and Maintaining Quality Performance