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How to Set Achievable Goals #2

In our previous blog we looked at 6 tips to help you with your goal-setting. Here are 7 more to further help you develop more effective goals and achieve that career and training success! 7. Make your goals timely. There should be a time dimension that specifies when the goal is to be achieved. Tying a specific deadline to a goal along with individual accountability usually leads to a more proactive approach to its achievement. 8. Write them down. By committing your goals to paper, and making them public, you not only convert dreams into tangible targets, but also work harder for their achievement - or risk losing face. 9. Align goals with the corporate mission. Remember to link individual goals to group goals, which ultimately should be linked to organisational or corporate goals. 10. Publicize your goals. The best way to accomplish anything is to set your goals - then [...]

How to Set Achievable Goals

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Goal-setting has been described as 'the inner technology of success'. It is one of your organisation's most important activities. Unless taken seriously, this vital planning task will be futile, producing only a few high-sounding intentions that, for various reasons, are soon forgotten. So, if you want challenging and achievable goals, you should consider these basic principles... 1. Make sure your goals are realistic. A goal that aims too high, or offers a great deal of risk, with little chance of achievement, leads to frustration and surrender. It's easy, for example, to say that a goal for the year is: ‘To increase production by 150%’ - but quite unrealistic with inadequate resources and uncommitted staff. 2. Keep them simple. If goals are complex, it is unlikely they will be clear and specific enough to focus effort and marshal the necessary resources. Clear simple goals give staff an unmistakable vision of what [...]