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Member You - The Importance of Business Goals
Technology changes the way we work, live our lives, and have fun. Technology can empower businesses with improvements in productivity, faster development and production cycles, superior decision making by employees, and enhanced customer service. But deriving these benefits from incorporating new technology is not always a smooth process. Technology is often, at first, disruptive before it becomes empowering.Although the ideas developed in this article may have general applicability, they are mainly intended to relate to the incorporation of new information and communications technologies into business processes. Information tech
Dispel any ‘I can’ts’ right now. You can and will. Reality means just that and no untrue negative beliefs you hold about yourself.
O stands for Options
Here is where the fun starts, if you let it. Really let your imagination go – blank sheet of paper and 10 minutes of uninterrupted time. For organisations, this may take longer – it
Year 2007 and let's face it, lot's of information about Adwords and PPC marketing is out dated. Google has made so many changes to it's Adwords system that all the guides are worthless now.Many successful advertisers that used to make $10,000 and more every month lost their business in a day. All because if the 'Google Slap' which many people don't understand. Google changes are forcing people to change their strategies, create new ideas and find other ways to earn revenue on the Internet.But there are pretty easy steps to continue working with Adwords and making a living out of it. I would like to share a few that some o
Commonly known as the GROW model, the four stages are as follows:-
G stands for Goals
Being clear about where you want to get to is absolutely critical. You MUST know where you are intending to get to, by identifying your goals and being very precise about them.
Use SMART goals - this is a useful description which is great to remember.
S - is for Specific
Be really clear about what it is you want
M - is for Measurable
There must be some sort of number of other measurable description of your goal
A – is for Actionable
You have to have some verb in the goal – you have to DO something!
R – is for Realistic
Make your goal achievable, but don’t be frightened to make it BIG!! T – is for Timebound
All of your great goals will fall by the wayside if you have no when about them – the ‘maybe I’ll start next week method’.
Poor Goal examples:-
To grow business revenue
To have happy employees
Great Goal examples
To build bottom line profit by 20% every year for the next three years
To have a 33% split between all revenue streams within 2 years
You might also want to consider what ‘Purpose’ in your life there is for this goal, the more it fits what you truly want out of life, the more motivated you will be. Thus SMART(P)
R stands for Reality
Be brutally honest about where you are starting from and what has held you back in the past.
Take a half hour to understand the assets and skills you bring to the business. Get really clear on your qualities - and shortfalls!
Be realistic and honest – a good way is to just list all the positive attributes you have, such as patience, perseverance and focus.
Dispel any ‘I can’ts’ right now. You can and will. Reality means just that and no untrue negative beliefs you hold about yourself.
O stands for Options
Here is where the fun starts, if you let it. Really let your imagination go – blank sheet of paper and 10 minutes of uninterrupted time. For organisations, this may take longer – it
Etiquette. What does etiquette have to do with my success?Etiquette is an often overlooked but critical factor in our professional and financial success. It extends beyond table manners and permeates our daily social interactions. Treating people with respect, consideration, and honesty defines good etiquette. It’s quite simple: The nucleus of a prosperous relationship depends upon how you make a person feel.Golden Rule of EtiquetteThe golden rule of etiquette that has contributed to my business success and expanded clientele is making people feel comfortable, valued, and appreciated. Recently, I compete
S - is for Specific
Be really clear about what it is you want
M - is for Measurable
There must be some sort of number of other measurable description of your goal
A – is for Actionable
You have to have some verb in the goal – you have to DO something!
R – is for Realistic
Make your goal achievable, but don’t be frightened to make it BIG!! T – is for Timebound
All of your great goals will fall by the wayside if you have no when about them – the ‘maybe I’ll start next week method’.
Poor Goal examples:-
To grow business revenue
To have happy employees
Great Goal examples
To build bottom line profit by 20% every year for the next three years
To have a 33% split between all revenue streams within 2 years
You might also want to consider what ‘Purpose’ in your life there is for this goal, the more it fits what you truly want out of life, the more motivated you will be. Thus SMART(P)
R stands for Reality
Be brutally honest about where you are starting from and what has held you back in the past.
Take a half hour to understand the assets and skills you bring to the business. Get really clear on your qualities - and shortfalls!
Be realistic and honest – a good way is to just list all the positive attributes you have, such as patience, perseverance and focus.
Dispel any ‘I can’ts’ right now. You can and will. Reality means just that and no untrue negative beliefs you hold about yourself.
O stands for Options
Here is where the fun starts, if you let it. Really let your imagination go – blank sheet of paper and 10 minutes of uninterrupted time. For organisations, this may take longer – it
As HR practitioner, are you a Cost-Center or Profit- Center? How do you contribute to the bottomline results of your oganization?By the way, this is not just for HR people but also for non-HR managers who understand that human resource management is a line function.------------------HR discipline is a closed niche, at least from my perspective. This has both a positive and negative impact. Let’s try to discuss some of the points.The Good SideBeing highly-specialized, HR is an indispensable factor in every organization. In fact, when companies implement labor-saving device like retrenchments and
All of your great goals will fall by the wayside if you have no when about them – the ‘maybe I’ll start next week method’.
Poor Goal examples:-
To grow business revenue
To have happy employees
Great Goal examples
To build bottom line profit by 20% every year for the next three years
To have a 33% split between all revenue streams within 2 years
You might also want to consider what ‘Purpose’ in your life there is for this goal, the more it fits what you truly want out of life, the more motivated you will be. Thus SMART(P)
R stands for Reality
Be brutally honest about where you are starting from and what has held you back in the past.
Take a half hour to understand the assets and skills you bring to the business. Get really clear on your qualities - and shortfalls!
Be realistic and honest – a good way is to just list all the positive attributes you have, such as patience, perseverance and focus.
Dispel any ‘I can’ts’ right now. You can and will. Reality means just that and no untrue negative beliefs you hold about yourself.
O stands for Options
Here is where the fun starts, if you let it. Really let your imagination go – blank sheet of paper and 10 minutes of uninterrupted time. For organisations, this may take longer – it
One of the certain aspects of working life is that unexpectedly you can be assigned a project to do. In fact if you are building a business of your own you will have long-term projects that are essential to its profitable development.But in order to ensure the smooth and successful running of your business it's vital to have efficient systems in place to deal with these projects. Most of them will have deadlines for completion at some point in the future. But it is how you deal with these deadlines that will determine how efficient you are at managing your business.The simple thing to do is to schedule the project in your
R stands for Reality
Be brutally honest about where you are starting from and what has held you back in the past.
Take a half hour to understand the assets and skills you bring to the business. Get really clear on your qualities - and shortfalls!
Be realistic and honest – a good way is to just list all the positive attributes you have, such as patience, perseverance and focus.
Dispel any ‘I can’ts’ right now. You can and will. Reality means just that and no untrue negative beliefs you hold about yourself.
O stands for Options
Here is where the fun starts, if you let it. Really let your imagination go – blank sheet of paper and 10 minutes of uninterrupted time. For organisations, this may take longer – it
Advertising is your biggest expense when looking for clients. However, it is the most important. The most prominent places to advertise are at medical facilities. Offer your services to private duty health professionals such as nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, and others who do not work for a facility or an agency. It is probably difficult for them to be in contact with insurance companies and patients while working. Also they may not be able to afford fees of a large agency and since you are working at home with little overhead, you are in a position to serve them.Places that rent medical equipment are anothe
Dispel any ‘I can’ts’ right now. You can and will. Reality means just that and no untrue negative beliefs you hold about yourself.
O stands for Options
Here is where the fun starts, if you let it. Really let your imagination go – blank sheet of paper and 10 minutes of uninterrupted time. For organisations, this may take longer – it may involve as many of your people as possible – that’s OK! You write until you can’t think of any more ideas about how to make your goal come true.
After 10 minutes, or when you dry up – take a 10 minute break – and then think of ten more – you can do it!! In this phase, you are not judging, it is very important that you don’t think of any ‘can’ts’ or even thinking of any ‘how’s’ just let the ideas flow. There are loads more idea creating things you can choose.
W stands for ‘What’ and ‘When’
Check out the ideas from above and choose five ‘quick wins’ and five longer term projects.
Make a decision to do the five quick wins within one week, starting today (you might be surprised to find you do them all today!). Then when finished do five more till all are completed (mind you, once you get into the swing of it, you’ll start uncovering a lot more!).
For the longer term ideas to achieve your goals, a sense check is important first. Will action (remember the ‘A’ in SMART) on this idea, deliver the outcome you really want towards your goal – or is it a nice to do, or even off track. For either of these be ruthless and ditch the ones that are off track. Get five focused ideas in place ready for Action.
Create a timeline from your goal and working back from there, decided milestones on each of your five key ideas. Use say quarterly, monthly, or weekly reviews. Be decisive and flexible as the actions will go at different speeds. In some sort of visual planner, record where you will be with each one of your actions towards your goal at the regular reviews you have. Some people prefer to have weekly ‘action steps’ in each project – even daily.
The key is to be able to say., ‘This week (Tuesday is my best day), I will visit three new potential customers, as a step towards visiting 50 t
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