Five Ways to Keep People Focused on Their Goals Business Articles | May 19 Cheap Derek Fisher Shirt , 2010 As a leader you (hopefully) want people to reach their goals. And in order for any of us to reach goals, we must be able to maintain our focus on those goals. Leadership and learning expert Kevin Eikenberry believes that you do have the ability to help people find and maintain that focus!
Goals, whether formally stated or not, are critical to all organizational success. We (hopefully) all have over-arching organizational goals; but on a more practical and immediately applicable level Cheap Julius Randle Shirt , we have project goals, productivity goals, quality goals, developmental goals Cheap Brandon Ingram Shirt , and the list could go on.
Setting effective goals is the focus of countless resources (drop by your favorite bookstore, run a search on , look on your personal bookshelf if you`re unsure about that). One way to improve your leadership skills will be to improve your ability to help team members set effective goals. And if your team doesn`t have goals established right now ? setting effective, meaningful goals needs to be your first task. Then Cheap Magic Johnson Shirt , you need to help keep your team focused on those goals once they exist. Here are five practical tips for keeping people focused on their goals:
Remove distractions. People are busy (like you haven`t noticed). They have lots to do and many things on their mind. The first, and perhaps obvious thing, you can do as a leader is remove distractions. How? You do that by continuing to communicate about, ask about Cheap Kobe Bryant Shirt , talk about and align your communication with their goals. It is easier to stay focused when there are fewer competing messages. As a leader you can focus on your communication and conversation as one important way to reduce distractions.
Review regularly. How often do you review your goals? How often do you encourage others to review theirs? Unless your answer is daily, you have room for improvement here! As a leader you can do any number of things to review regularly. You can review goals with your team as a part of regular meetings. You can place key goals in emails. You can ask people to provide updates on their goals, and more. Think about your specific situation and you will come up with a variety of ways to make reviewing possible (and not monotonous). The real challenge, then Cheap Brook Lopez Shirt , is to actually do it!
Support through action. It is hard to maintain focus on a goal if you don`t see how the goal can actually be achieved or how you`ll find time to actually work on it. You can help people focus on their goals by providing tangible support to them - including time, space and resources. Help people carve out time from the schedule to work on their goals. Find people, information or tools that might help them achieve their goals more rapidly. These tangible actions will help people focus on and achieve their goals.
See the success. People lose focus when they don`t feel like they can make it and when they lose sight of the goal. This step goes far beyond reminding people of the goal - rather, it`s about helping