Posts Tagged ‘goal setting’
Employee Engagement Starts with Clear Communication. (The Worksheet)
Do your employees understand your emails? What about your conversations? Do they always do exactly what you expect? Do they ever ask you questions that you have already answered? More than once? Do your instructions sound too much like last week’s recipe example? What are you saying It’s not just your clients and prospects who…
Read MoreFrom Strengths to Strategies: Differentiate Your Goals. (The Worksheet)
There is a reason teachers don’t want us to copy in school. It’s not just so that we learn the material. It is also so that we learn not to copy. Because so much in life is better when it is our own. One such point: business goals. Your business goals can’t be based on…
Read MoreWhy Client-Focused Goals Drive Success. (The Worksheet)
Every business needs clients. But what is something that is even better than clients? Loyal clients. What makes clients want to come back again and again? The value of current clients Keeping existing clients costs less than finding new ones, so repeat business is a profit driver. But it is more than just that. Loyal…
Read MoreHow To Write Goals That Drive Employee Happiness. (The Worksheet)
Business goals are about success and growth. One thing you need to achieve business growth and success is happy employees. Because happy employees are productive employees, and happy employees are effective employees. Happy employee goals Make sure your business goals, objectives, and aspirations include making your employees happy. It is part of your responsibility as…
Read MoreTiny Wins, Big Results: How to Set Smaller Goals For Your Business. (The Worksheet)
“Shoot for the stars”. “Challenge yourself”. “The loftier the better” All things that people say about setting goals. And I don’t disagree … in principle. But don’t let it distract from the most important thing here: achieving your goals. Big Goals When we become more concerned with our goals making us uncomfortable, insecure, overworked, and…
Read MoreDon’t Be Perfect: Be Valuable. (The Worksheet)
Every Tuesday, Tuesday On Your Business gives you ways to spend thirty minutes working on your business instead of in it. Step away from the day-to-day tasks of your work and spend time planning for the future, solving problems, and innovating. Starting today, I’m adding a weekly exercise to these posts and emails. For those…
Read MoreHow to write goals that matter… and that work (3/5) 👆
Last week you worked on the three questions you have to answer to write proper annual goals. But our work here is not done yet. Answering the questions is half the exercise. Now we have to structure those answers so they become more than ideas and hopes. They have to make a plan. Goals that…
Read More3 simple questions to write your best annual goals (2/5) ☝️
What if I told you 90% of senior executives don’t reach their strategic goals annually? That’s what research from The Economist Intelligence Unit has shown. They say it’s because of flawed implementation. But it’s hard to do good work on a goal if the goal is wrong to begin with. Much too often I see…
Read MoreWhy you want to write an annual plan 👉 (1/5)
You want to start work in January knowing what your business will look like in December. And you want everybody who works for you and with you to know it too. It’s easier to plan your actions and strategies if you know where you want to go. Annual planning is a thought process. It involves…
Read MoreFinding the Force: Continuous Improvement and Meeting Goals 🆕 (1/6)
A critical part of business planning is preparing for things to change. The better you can control that change, the easier it will be. How do you control change? Use a mission statement. It’s easy to innovate with a great mission statement. Stay on mission A good mission statement guides your employees. It guides their…
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