Whether it is fair or not, the reality is that if you don’t deliver results, you are unlikely to continue in your role, especially at the most senior levels.
So why should you bother with goal setting?
Provides Focus
When you sit down and clearly define the results or outcomes you are going to deliver, it gives you a very clear focus. With clarity of focus, you are more conscious about where you invest your time and energies, what you do and what you delegate, what types of people you need to support you to deliver results, to name just a few.
Provides Motivation
I don’t know about you but for me and for most people who are leaders, there is something really motivating about achieving goals or making progress towards a goal. Breaking the overall goal into smaller steps provides positive motivation and keeps you moving forward.
Start To Get Results
When you start to focus and stay motivated, you start to deliver results. For most of us, delivering a result acts as a catalyst for us questioning whether we could achieve the next result. Career is a good example: as you start to master a job at a certain level, you start to think about whether you could get results at the next level.
Confidence
Every time that you achieve a result, you are building your confidence and self-belief. We all, no matter who we are, have our periods of self-doubt. Confident people break through this, knowing that setbacks are just part of the journey to success.
Growth
When you set new and challenging goals, you more than likely move outside of your current circle of knowledge or comfort. Every time you do this, you learn something which might be a skill but could just as easily be something about yourself. Once we stop growing, we start stagnating and, when we start stagnating, our productivity and results diminish.
The Bottom Line
Goal setting of the wish list variety won’t make much difference. Goal setting with intention, desire and drive on the other hand can hugely influence the success you have as a leader.
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Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements (G&A) works with accountants, health professionals, teams and organisations to develop their management and leadership capability.
With 25 years business experience in a range of sectors, he understands first hand the real challenges of managing and leading in the demanding business world.
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