Hopefully you’ve gotten your 2015 new years resolutions down on paper and have a way to track attainment towards them. Once you’ve done this, I’d encourage you to forget about the goal(s) for 2015 and instead focus on the process that leads to achieving the goals. Why? Focusing on the long-term often leads to paralyses in the short term. For example, if your goal is to lose 100 pounds, this could easily become overwhelming. If you instead focus on a sub-objective towards that goal of limiting your calorie intake to say, 2000 a day and exercising for 30 minutes 5
It’s a new year. Have you set your resolutions or goals? Most of us do, but then give up on them by the end of January. One key reason I see people fail at goal setting in the leadership and career coaching we do (and for myself as well) is because we put the cart before the horse. We set a goal and don’t have any method put in place for measuring progress towards it or achievement of it. Maybe a couple of examples will help: 1. I’m so guilty of this, so I’ll use myself as an example first.
My reading list for 2014 has been shorter than my 2013 list for a variety of reasons- new baby, more time spent devoted to working with some wonderful clients and probably, most importantly, due to not setting a goal around reading this year (But that’s a post for another day- stay tuned for lots of good goal setting stuff soon to help us all kick off those New Year’s resolutions in the right fashion.) But, I have read some good ones this year and want to recommend my top picks organized for those hard to shop for people in which
As I began my career with Horizon Point Consulting, Inc., one of my first goals was creating a personal mission statement. Successful companies create mission statements. Why shouldn’t people who want to be successful do the same? Even if you are in a career that you truly love, sometimes you can get burned out and lose focus. That’s where the personal mission statement comes in. When you have a mission statement to reflect upon, you can avoid burn out. It is a litmus test for determining priorities and steering direction. My personal mission statement reads: I will strive daily to
Davis Ozier is a perfect example of the value Veterans can bring to business. After serving in combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan in the Army as leader, he is now working on his MBA at the Darden School of Business to apply his leadership skills in the private sector. Through his experiences, he can help us learn some very important lessons in dealing with real world problems. Here are 5 leadership lessons Davis learned through his service: 1. Make the decision (or recommendation). We will never have all of the information that we wish, but will still be forced to make the decision.