--- title: Employee Value Equation description: Rate yourself across Current Performance, Future Potential and Emotional Expensiveness, and see your total employee value. --- [![Reality-Based Leadership](https://info.realitybasedleadership.com/hs-fs/hubfs/rbl-logo-reversed.png?width=1080&height=226&name=rbl-logo-reversed.png)](https://www.realitybasedleadership.com) A self-assessment # Employee Value Equation Your true value isn’t just your skills or last year’s performance, it’s the return you deliver, economically and emotionally, now and into the future. The New Value Equation Current Performance +Future Potential −(3×) Emotional Expensiveness =Value Rate yourself across all three on the pages that follow. Each is scored 1-5, then averaged. The tool tallies your total value automatically. Thirty statements, about two minutes, and your score at the end. Start here ## Unlock the assessment First name and email, and the thirty statements open up below. Your score is calculated as you go. You will also get Alex’s bi-weekly newsletter. Unsubscribe (drama-free) anytime. See our [Privacy Policy](https://www.realitybasedleadership.com/privacy-policy) and [Terms & Conditions](https://www.realitybasedleadership.com/terms-conditions). Next, watch this Part 1 ## Current Performance “How am I doing today?” Rate whether you’re delivering the results you promised and the results the organization needs. Performance ratings don’t measure effort or dedication, they rate your actual results. **1**Not Meeting Expectations**2**Sometimes Meeting Expectations**3**Fully Meeting Expectations**4**Exceeding Expectations**5**Far Exceeding Expectations 1I am consistent in my attendance. 12345 2The way I work creates positive results. 12345 3I improve each year to keep up with changing expectations. 12345 4As I make improvements, I do not, as a matter of course, expect more in return. 12345 5I am not continuing to take credit for accomplishments in past years. 12345 6I spend the majority of my time at work with top performers. 12345 7I continuously broaden my job description on my own initiative. 12345 8I set goals beyond those set for me by my supervisor. 12345 9I recently asked for feedback on my performance from others. 12345 10My performance compares favorably to those in my industry. 12345 Your current performance average **—** Part 2 ## Future Potential “Am I ready for what’s next?” Are you growing in direct proportion to the needs of your market, industry, and customers, staying relevant far into the future? Be sure to rate your *actions*, not your intentions. **1**Not True**2**Sometimes True**3**Typically True**4**Very True**5**Completely True 1I make an effort to learn as much as I can about changes that will affect me. 12345 2If I want something, I work hard to get it. 12345 3When something good happens to me, I feel it is because I’ve earned it. 12345 4Failure is a great teacher, and I work to extract its lessons. 12345 5I am an early adopter of new technology that can help me do my job better. 12345 6A person can change their personality and behavior patterns. 12345 7I work to change or improve regardless of whether my boss has identified a need. 12345 8For issues in the past three months, I can identify specific things I could have done differently. 12345 9I am involved in mentoring others. 12345 10I have participated in a development experience my organization didn’t fund or arrange in the past year. 12345 Your future potential average **—** Part 3 ## Emotional Expensiveness The most crucial factor, and the only one with a multiplier. Drama isn’t neutral; it takes something away from everyone on the team and decreases morale. Emotionally expensive employees blame circumstances, resist change, and withhold buy-in, wasting energy and talent by creating drama rather than results. Rate yourself *honestly*. **1**Not at all Accurate**2**Slightly Accurate**3**Moderately Accurate**4**Very Accurate**5**Extremely Accurate 1I share my opinions regarding others’ decisions and behaviors. 12345 2I need praise from others to be happy with my work. 12345 3I am defensive or dismissive when others provide me with feedback. 12345 4I believe I’m entitled to my opinions at work. 12345 5The way I feel comes through loud and clear to my coworkers. 12345 6I spend as much time talking about my colleagues as talking to them. 12345 7I have good days and bad days at work. 12345 8I only support initiatives I’ve been consulted on. 12345 9When I get angry at work, I express it indirectly to others. 12345 10I share my personal or family problems at work. 12345 Your emotional expensiveness average **—** ![Reality-Based Leadership](https://info.realitybasedleadership.com/hubfs/rbl-logo-reversed.png) Employee Value Equation Value = Current Performance + Future Potential − (3×) Emotional Expensiveness ## Your Total Employee Value 0 of 30 answered Current Performance — Average of 10, scored 1-5 Future Potential — Average of 10, scored 1-5 Emotional Expensiveness — Average of 10, then multiplied by 3 — + — − (3 × —) =— Answer all 30 statements and your total appears here. ### Your number is positive If you have a positive number, I congratulate you. Some of you will be positive, you are the reality lovers, the drama defusers, and the sane, high value players. The time has come when you will get your just rewards, and you will soon be surrounded by fellow workers who are just as effective and happy as you are. You can actually multiply value with your number by defusing the drama of others. You neutralize caustic people and negate their costly behaviors. You are a role model for techniques and behaviors that create top value. You call others to greatness by your calm, nonreactive mode and by your example. ### Your number is negative If you have come up with a negative number for value, congratulate yourself for being honest. By facing your reality, you will improve. If you are looking at a negative value right now, know that you are far from alone. In fact, 58 percent of those who have been receiving high performance ratings scored negative numbers when first evaluated with the New Value Equation. ### What if you are a zero? If you are used to being a 5 in the old system, it can be hard to be proud of your zero in this new system, in which even a 1 or a 2 is a rock star. If you are a zero, rest assured it’s actually a great number and a great starting point. It’s far better to be a zero who is fully accountable for how she got there than a 5, or even a 3, who is deluding herself. In fact, Zeros are some of the happiest and most peaceful people out there. From this neutral place of zero, you can go on to add real value by focusing on improving yourself and not your circumstances. Imagine going home at the end of the day feeling great, knowing that you and your employer are even. You leave feeling pride in the work you did, confident that you served well, did your best, lifted people up, and added little drama or strife to the workplace. You gave your best, which is getting better all the time. You are energized by the difference you made, the impact you had, and by what you learned. You don’t feel guilty for not having done a good job or for having sold out or belittled a coworker. You have given freely of your gifts, no strings attached. No negative feelings, just gratitude and pride. Your employer is thrilled as well, feeling that you performed well, you’re a good deal for the present and a great bet for the future, as you grow and continue to learn. 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