When leaders do not use a dashboard or scorecard it is hard to measure and track and therefore hold yourself and your team accountable. It is often difficult for everyone to be disciplined to keep a matrix or chart updated. However, the consequences of not tracking lead to the “feeling”
“Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it.” -H James Harrington
You can find different approaches to tracking, I encourage: #1 SCORECARDS: This is a daily or weekly tracker of the “activity” needed to move toward your goal and accomplish your milestones. FOR EXAMPLE: Goal: Grow business by 10% (60 new customers). Milestone: 5 new customers a month Scorecard
Take your top 3 goals and set up your own scorecard (what you are trying to do) and dashboard (comparative summary how you did). Track over the next 3 months the milestones and actions needed to get measurable results and progress toward your goals. 6 Best Practices for Creating Effective
Ask yourself honestly, how am I doing? What have I been able to do and what have I been procrastinating on? There are several great books on this topic that offer tips and thoughts to keep you in motion.
In his article on Inc.com, 20 Awesome Productivity Tricks Anyone Can Use, Jeff Haden shares his productivity tricks. They are: Create Systems, Not Goals Make Temptations Hard to Reach Maximize the Most Important Tasks Allow Less Time for Key Projects Chunk Housekeeping Tasks Just Say No Start Small So You Won’t Mind
In her book, The Best Yes, Lysa Terkeurst tells more about saying no so that you can do your best and be your most productive by saying yes to only the right things. Keep Charging & Shine! Christy Geiger, Executive/Leadership Coach, www.synergystrategies.com
In her article, http://tipsinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/11/quotes-about-stress.html, Veera shared the following quotes about stress: Maureen Killoran: Stress is not what happens to us. It is our response to what happens. And response is something we can choose. Hans Selye: It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. Gabrielle Blair: Embrace the current
Planning ahead is critical for success. If you “fail to plan, you plan to fail.” The last week of the year is often slower for people at work, it is a great time to organize your mind! VISION. If you think of yourself at this time next year. What would
As you reflect on your 2016 and your plans for next year… what will you do different? Access these 7 suggestions for business success. Maybe even rate yourself 0-5 in each area. What did you do well in 2015 that supported these tips? What do you want to do different