You will increase your personal and organizational effectiveness by setting your goals as “outcomes” instead of “activities.” In my first blog about Goals, I encouraged you to set more goals. Now we will focus on how to set them most effectively. Setting goals as outcomes makes you focus on what you really want. Consider the simple example of this goal: “To receive $500, … [Read more...] about Set Goals as Outcomes, Not Activities
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The Importance of Goals
Do you want to use your time in ways that are more relevant – relevant to what you care about most in your life? Of course you do! The best way to do this is to fully harness the power of goal setting. It will make your life more fulfilling, more successful, and – for your organization – more effective. This seems obvious. And yet, when given the freedom to choose, most … [Read more...] about The Importance of Goals
The Classic SWOT Analysis: Better Backwards
The classic use of SWOT Analysis (a review of an organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) has been around for a long time in the field of strategic planning, but it can be used in a far more helpful way if it is done backwards. In the classic approach to strategy, the first step of the strategy development process is SWOT Analysis. The purpose … [Read more...] about The Classic SWOT Analysis: Better Backwards