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This space will carry our message in various forms and will serve as a repository for helpful information, educational materials, and editorial comment. It is not a blog, so there will not be additions on a regualr schedule. Rather, we will respond to the vagaries of the marketplace, our industry and other timely issues about which we believe we have something to contribute.


The Here and Now. . . November 2011

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December 2011

Here we are, STILL knee deep in an employment recession which is leading many to depression. (Pun intended). Do you know how you got here? Do you know specifically, how you got to be impacted by this current economic situation? Do you know which decisions you made over the past years contributed to your current circumstances? And, most importantly, does it matter? Or, are your potential futures of more importance?

Yes, I said futures, plural. If you are among the visible majority of people who are suffering to some degree, in some way, as a result of the current world financial crisis, this commentary will be most meaningful. If you have dodged the bullet, somehow avoided any serious fallout, this blog will be most meaningful. It has an all pervasive core that applies to all of us. What you do with it depends on how much you believe in yourself; how high your self-image is; and how willing you are to embrace some change.

“Without a system of goals, our only motivation is survival”. When I coined this phrase back in 1977, I didn't realize just how powerful is was. It was just something that came to me, a realization based on the transition that I was going through at the time. Its impact was brought home to me a few years later when a job candidate told me that the only reason she walked in the door of our somewhat tacky office was because she saw that phrase on a sign in our storefront window. That candidate went on to become a partner and very successful in her own right.

Creating a system of goals, personal and/or business is no mean feat. It takes commitment, time, effort, thought, risk, and patience. Patience with yourself and with the process. Our clients who continue using our goal setting technology long after we've finished our consulting gig tell us that it is the difference between just accepting what they think will happen, and getting what they want. “A goal is what you want, not what you think you'll get”. Another of my epiphany type realizations. Instead of being a victim of your results, you become the beneficiary of your efforts to achieve your desired results.

Now is the time to think about your possible futures. While you're in line at the unemployment office, or waiting for the person who will be interviewing you for a position. While you're watching a sporting event or catching a missed episode of your favorite soap. During your lunch break at your job, or while you're reading a book. Carry pen/pencil and paper with you and when an idea hits you, write it down! More good ideas have been lost on the way from the brain to paper than make the trip. From ideas and dreams come goals. From goals come successes, no matter how they're measured.

I'd be glad to share the entire goal setting process right here, however, you probably wouldn't take the time to read all 50 or so pages. Instead, go tohttp://goaltrak.com and click on GoalTrakTMPV, the personal version. Download the free trial and install it on as many computers as you like. Create your goal by following the built in system and reading the “Technology and Art of Goal Setting” that is included in the help section.

When you experience and understand the value of this goal setting technology and what it can do for you, you “won't leave home without it”!

 

"Leadership is about vision and strategy; Management is about dealing with complexity." - John Kotter

Our commitment is to helping everyone in your organization understand and perform with this distinction in mind. - RSL