Have you set your own objectives?

If you don’t know what you’re doing, where you’re going or what you want then you can’t expect anybody else to? What do you want out of your role as a manager? What do you want out of your team? How do you want to be seen? How would you like to come across? How will you know when you have achieved it?

Set yourself some goals. This is so important, I can’t stress this enough. If you are not working towards your own goals and agenda then you are working towards somebody else’s. This goes beyond your targets and objectives set in your annual appraisal or quarterly review, and I’m not talking about the goals that your CEO has set for the company.

Of course these targets and goals are important. If they are not achieved then your company probably won’t achieve the overall goal, you won’t get your bonus or rise and it will do nothing for your self esteem. But what I am talking about is having your own personal goals.

You can use your targets as a starting point and ask yourself:-

· “What sort of person do I need to become to achieve these targets?”
· “What do my team need to do?”
· “How can I support them/who do they need me to be?”

Once you have answered these questions you can then start thinking about how you are going to bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to be. What needs to happen? What help do you need? Can the company help with this? Do they provide training or funding for help?”

Now set about drawing up an action plan and don’t be afraid to ask your boss for help, it is in their interest after all.
You can find an article in the membership area of the Coach UK Ltd website to help you write your goals using my SPADE™ criteria. If you are not currently a member you can join for free by clicking on resources

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