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Goal-setting is an essential skill for workplace leaders because goals motivate employees to be more productive.
Imagine this happening... Congratulations! Mary just bought a new house and wants everyone to come over and share her happiness. When asked for directions to her new home, she says, "Drive North."
I think it's safe to say that she isn't going to get any visitors. The same is true for goal setting - if your goal is as vague as your directions for your visitors, it's probably not going to happen.
Here are three ways that goal setting provides the path to success.
1. Written Goals Provide Motivation
Goals have to have to be written in detail in order to be effective. The saying that "goals are dreams on paper" holds true. If you do not have written workplace goals, your employees are likely to forget them or just have a vague idea of them.
Having your written goals posted where employees can easily see them will help to motivate them every time that they read the goals.
2. Achieving Goals Build Confidence
Progress in achieving goals builds self-confidence and confident employees are productive employees.
Imagine you decide to take on goal-setting for the first time:
After reaching your first goal, you feel a sense of accomplishment and pride.You then set another goal, with a little higher expectation of reaching it than the first goal.Once you have set and reached several goals, you will have developed a much higher level of confidence and expect to reasonably reach a good number of the goals that you set for yourself.Because of their increased confidence, your employees work and attitude will improve when they set reasonable goals and follow through on them.
If Mary writes down exact directions to her new house, along with a description of her house and the date and time of her party, people will be able to find her house and enjoy the party.Mary will have gained confidence from the simple act of inviting people to her new house. She will take that confidence with her when she teaches a coworker a new skill..
3. Goals Create a Structure and a Vision
Effective goal setting also creates a structure and a vision that makes employees feel secure in what they are trying to accomplish. Without goals, their work can seem arbitrary and without a clear purpose.
For all of the above reasons, goal-setting is a powerful leadership skill for supervisors and managers. Workplace leaders who are dedicated to goal setting will develop motivated employees who have a clear direction for making their company successful.
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Copyright: Written by Harriet Meyerson, president of The Confidence Center. You may print this article in your newsletter, magazine, or web site as long as you include the resource information.
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