What you are talking about is impossible to ensure. You cannot force intent. People will choose what motivates them regardless of the performance measurement (although it is wise to choose a measurement that is in line with the end goal). This is the exact same issue that every mission president and missionary deals with. Should they count baptisms and risk the missionaries becoming corrupted in their pursuit of a number, or should they not count baptisms and risk the missionaries losing motivation. The bottom line is it is up to the individual.RussellHltn wrote:Just as long as it doesn't become "Numbers is job 1".
I would caution that the risk of it becoming all about numbers is probably not as big of a deal as it is with baptisms. Indexing is not an ordinance...it is a task that must be done in mass-numbers...as quickly as possible. Yes, it is still spiritual and quality is important, but it is not as sacred as the actual temple ordinances. When it comes to indexing, quantity is the name of the game and this seems to be readily apparent by the challenges that stakes and wards are continually putting out to their members to churn out a certain number of indexes by a certain time.