Are Your Goals Effective?

Over the next few weeks we will hear a lot of elite athletes talk about the goals they set for themselves and how they worked to achieve them during the Olympics.

In this issue of Leading Well I want to remind you of the power of goals and how much more we can achieve when we set effective goals.

If you are already a member of the Leadership Coaching Club there is a full program to assist you to set and achieve your goals, both at work and at home. Check it out if you haven’t already done so. You can login in to the Leadership Coaching Club at
http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/members/
using your email address and password – or you can join now at
http://leadershipcoachingclub.com

Kind regards, Kerrie

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SETTING YOUR GOALS

The fundamental skill of setting a goal is an open secret known by top-caliber athletes, successful businessmen and businesswomen and all the top achievers in every different field.

Setting effective goals gives you short-term and long-term motivation and focus. Goals help you focus on the acquisition of any required knowledge and they help you to plan and organize your resources and your time so that you can get the best out of your life.

Goals are so effective that many organizations require managers and team leaders to set them. Yet many of us still don’t use them to their full potential.

Setting clearly defined short term and long term goals will enable you to measure your progress and achieve personal satisfaction once you have successfully met your goals.

Charting your progress will also enable you to actually see the stages of completion leading to the actual realization of your goals. This eliminates the feeling of a long and pointless grind towards achieving your goal. Your self-confidence and level of competence will also improve as you will be more aware of your capabilities as you complete or achieve your goals. The basics of goal settings will involve deciding what you really want to do with your personal and professional life and what short term and long term goals you need to achieve it. Then you have to break down goals into the smaller and manageable targets that you must complete on your way to achieving your lifetime targets.

Here are seven pointers that should be taken into consideration in setting your goals and achieving them:

Your Attitude

Attitude plays a very big role in setting and achieving your goals. You must ask yourself if any part of your attitude or your mind is holding you back from completing your simplest goals? If there are any parts of your behavior that are being a hindrance to achieving your goals this can cast your plans into disarray. If you do have problems in these areas then the immediate thing to do is to address your attitude.

Manage Your Time

Careers are made by good time management practice. A stalling career is often attributed to bad time management. Successful careers can require a lot of discipline from an individual in how you manage your time, so plan how far you want to go into your career and manage your time to ensure you do what is needed when it is required.

Invest in Yourself

Education is key in achieving your goals. If your goals require you to have a certain kind of degree or require a certain specialization or demand a certain skill to be developed, make plans and take action to get the appropriate education.

Your family

Your family should never be left out of your plans. If you are just starting out then you have to decide what relationships are important to you, if you want to be a parent or when you want to be a parent.

Money

Personal financial situations also play a major role in achieving your goals. Have a realistic goal on how much you really want to earn and what you will have to invest to achieve it. You also must be able to create plans or stages by which you will be able to reach your earning potential.

Sports goals

Physically gifted individuals may be able to achieve sports related goals like playing in the elite Basketball, Tennis or Football association. Determining your physical capabilities should be one of your priorities. Physical limitations may however be conquered with proper planning and training.

Fun goals

As the saying goes – ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’ – and this is very true, for hard-working Jills as well as Jacks. Giving yourself a little pleasure should be included into your
plans.

More on how to set effective goals in the Quick Tips below:

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QUOTE OF NOTE

“There are two things to aim at in life; first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it.”

Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946)

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The Leading Well Bottom Line:

You don’t have to do it all on your own. Join us in the Leadership Coaching Club and leverage off all the wisdom, insight and experience of dozens of guest experts, other participants and your mentor Kerrie Mullins-Gunst. See http://leadershipcoachingclub.com for details.

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QUICK TIPS FOR SETTING GOALS

* To start achieving your lifetime goals, set a quarter of a century plan, then break it down to five 5 year plans then break the next five years down again to 1 year plans, then 6 month plans then monthly plans, then weekly, then daily.

* Then create a things-to-do list for the day.

* Always review your plans and prepare for contingencies.

The basics of goal settings should not be so difficult once you get to be familiar with them.

* The Core Training Modules in the Leadership Coaching Club http://leadershipcoachingclub.com take you through a proven process for setting your direction, articulating effective goals and then taking the actions that ensure you achieve them. Join today and tap the power of setting goals that work for you in your personal as well as in your professional life.

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“I started with the Leadership Coaching Club when it first became available. My initial reaction was that there was some work that needed to be done. After getting into some of the material however, I’m impressed with the content. It’s practical, useful information that should serve as the foundation of anyone who strives to take on he mantel of leadership. Thank you for your efforts and please continue!”

John Stefanski

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Annual membership of Leadership Coaching Club

As the financial year draws to a close for us Aussies, I have been asked about the possibility of annual rather than monthly subscriptions to the Leadership Coaching Club.

So the answer is Yes!

If you would prefer an annual membership, you can join now for a year and save. Decide whether you would prefer an annual or monthly subscription and join today at
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(If you are already a monthly member and wish to change over to an annual subscription, just let me know and I will change it over for you.)

Do People Listen to You?

In this issue of Leading Well we look at why it can be so hard to get some of those messages across to your team that should be really obvious, and what you can do about it…

Have you ever asked yourself… WHY DON’T PEOPLE JUST LISTEN?

Some things are so obvious you would think people wouldn’t even need to be told them. Or at least you should be able to tell them once and they ‘get it’ immediately!

Of course if you manage people or lead a team you know this is rarely the case… Take wearing their safety equipment in hazardous workplaces. Or taking stretch breaks for keyboard operators… Or lifting things properly… Or finishing one file before starting on the next… Or keeping the tea-room clean… Or whatever that annoying issue is for you…

Not every message you need to get across as a team leader or manager is a big picture or strategic vision one. Not all could be described as inspiring.

Some messages are not even very exciting or interesting ones.

And some are downright obvious.

But even the obvious messages can still be very important.

And as team leader you need to do what ever it takes to make sure everyone acts on any important messages you need to deliver. You are the one who will be held accountable for their mistakes if they don’t do the right thing, after all.

There are four things you need to remember when you are trying to get even obvious messages to stick… Find out what they are at:
http://leadershipskillcenter.com/products/gymacross.html

WHAT’S NEW IN THE LEADERSHIP COACHING CLUB

Recent articles added include:
* Ten top tips for motivating and inspiring through effective
listening
* Why do people resist change
* Making meetings work – and much much more…

Join at http://leadershipcoachingclub.com or login if you are already a member for details.

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QUOTE OF NOTE

“Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.”

John Kenneth Galbraith

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The Leading Well Bottom Line:

You don’t have to do it all on your own. Join us in the Leadership Coaching Club and leverage off all the wisdom, insight and experience of dozens of guest experts, other participants and your mentor Kerrie Mullins-Gunst. See http://leadershipcoachingclub.com for details.

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That link again for the four things you need to remember when you are trying to get your messages to stick… READ MORE at
http://leadershipskillcenter.com/products/gymacross.html

Kind regards, Kerrie

Winners Leaders and a Consolation Prize

To celebrate the launch of the Leadership Coaching Club – and my 15th business birthday – we recently gave away two memberships of the Leadership Coaching Club.

To find out who the winners were – and collect your free consolation prize if it wasn’t you – please visit
http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/free/news/and-the-winners-are.html

If you have ever felt life was getting out of control for leaders and managers in organizations today, you will really appreciate your consolation prize – free, for you just for visiting the Leadership Skill Center blog.

That link again: http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/free/news/and-the-winners-are.html

And remember if you haven’t joined the Leadership Coaching Club yet, it is never too late. Every week there is more and more value added. Don’t delay. Join now at http://leadershipcoachingclub.com

Oh, and if you are already a member of the Leadership Coaching Club, you will find this – along with lots of other bonuses – in the Free Ebooks section inside the members area. You can login at http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/members/

Does your team despise that you do this?

First a huge ‘Thank You’ to everyone who has emailed, called, sent a card or posted a note on the Leadership Coaching Club blog with well wishes for my 15th business birthday. It has meant a lot to hear from you all, including so many I haven’t met face-to-face (yet).

Second – it’s not too late to join the party! The celebrations continue until the end of this month. Enter the competition for complimentary membership now at http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/free and join before the end of the month at http://leadershipcoachingclub.com – for a huge discount!

Third, if you have already joined the Leadership Coaching Club there has been quite a lot of new material added recently, including more ebooks, audios, videos and articles, so make sure you login and collect it all. You can login at http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/members/ using your email address and password.

Kind regards, Kerrie

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HABITS EVERY TEAM MEMBER ABSOLUTELY HATES IN A LEADER

There are a couple of habits leaders can have that drive team members absolutely crazy.

In this issue of Leading Well I want to look at one of the top two: Micromanagement.

You cannot grow as a leader until you learn to delegate effectively. Delegating means giving away control even though you retain responsibility, which can be daunting at first.

However, as a leader, there is no way you can do everything that needs to be done personally, so you must develop a positive attitude to delegation – and the skills you need to do it effectively.

Your role as a leader is to ensure your people have all the skills, resources and understanding they need to do a task, and then to let them do it. For some leaders that’s the hard bit: letting others get on with doing it!

Don’t micromanage.

Delegating tasks to people makes them feel trusted, wanted and responsible. Good workers like to be given responsibility.

Communicate your objectives and your vision and make them passionate about making it happen!

Guide your people, empower them, and instill confidence in them and they will become your strongest supporters.

More on how to avoid micromanagement and other habits your team leaders hate in the Quick Tips below:

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QUOTE OF NOTE

“The ‘sage on stage’ mode of teaching is being replaced by a new model: ‘the guide on the side’. “

Art Weinstein (American academic)

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The Leading Well Bottom Line:

You can have your own ‘guide on the side’. Join us in the Leadership Coaching Club and leverage off all the wisdom, insight and experience of dozens of guest experts, other participants and your mentor Kerrie Mullins-Gunst. See http://leadershipcoachingclub.com for details.

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QUICK TIPS FOR AVOIDING MICROMANAGEMENT:

  • You can become more comfortable with delegating to your team members by being selective about what tasks you assign, particularly initially.
  • As you delegate more complex tasks, arrange for regular progress meetings to ensure everything is going smoothly. If you make this an expectation up front – and don’t offer advice unless it is requested – the progress meetings will be focussed on coaching and encouragement rather than micromanaging.

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PS. You can find out what the other main habit is that drives team members crazy, at the Leadership Coaching Club. Join before the end of the month at http://leadershipcoachingclub.com for special rates.

So was I a Fool?

Tuesday next week is an important date – for me and I hope for you. You see, on April 1st, fifteen years ago I launched my own business as KMG Consulting in a very off-line world.  It took me a long time to admit to anyone that I started out on April Fool’s Day!  And, at the time there were some people who thought I was a fool for going out on my own.  A lot has changed since then.

But now 15 years later things are better than ever and KMG Consulting is still going strong – I think it’s time to celebrate!  

So, this is no joke!  Next Tuesday will be the official launch of the Leadership Coaching Club with special bonuses and even a special price that you can lock in for as long as you remain a member, and more…

I’m just finalizing the sales letter, some extra Core Modules that are yet to be added and a special Bonus Pack now.  So watch out for all the details early next week.  I know you are going to love everything that’s included.  

It will be great value at the regular price, but to celebrate my 15th business birthday, if you are quick you’ll get an unbelievable special deal. 

Some of you have been my clients, friends and supporters since way back then, so I am determined to show you how much I appreciate you.  Watch out for more details soon.  

Kind regards, Kerrie

PS.  If you just can’t wait, you can have a sneak peek here – but remember there’s even more to come soon – http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/earlybird.html 

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QUOTE OF NOTE

“Knowledge and human power are synonymous.”Francis Bacon

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The Leading Well Bottom Line:  

You don’t have to do it all on your own.  Join us in the Leadership Coaching Club and leverage off all the wisdom, insight and experience of dozens of guest experts, other participants and your mentor Kerrie Mullins-Gunst. See http://leadershipcoachingclub.com/earlybird.html for details of our special early bird offer.  And of course, all our early-bird members will get all the special bonuses when they are ready!