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This week I had the wonderful opportunity to spend some time in the mountains of Colorado and to see and appreciate the changing Aspens. Reflecting on the changing seasons reminds me of several organizations I've worked with recently who are experiencing their own changing seasons or cycles. Several are in the process of letting the old die so they can redefine themselves. Successful organization learn to recognize their cycles and utilize the energy of their cycle to move them to the next stage of their development. Fall is a great time to step back and reflect on your organization or your own career and look at the what the next stages of your development are and how you can get there. 
"When
performance gets measured,
performance improves"
This old adage remains true
year after year. The question is will
you do the measuring that can get
you the improved performance that
you desire this year? We see time
and time again in the sports world
how records are broken. They
constantly measure past
performance in order to set new
levels of expectation.
During the year, if you want to
achieve improved performance, set
up a system to measure all your
activities that will insure success for
yourself and your organization. It is
much like a dashboard on your car.
The dashboard measures the
activity of the car to insure that it is
performing at its expected levels.
So if you want to perform at the
levels that will achieve success, set
up a dashboard that will measure
how you are doing.
The first step in setting up your
dashboard is to determine what is
important to measure. What sort of
activities should you be measuring?
The answer is every significant
activity that will help you achieve
your goal. As an example, if you are
in sales and you make cold calls to
generate prospects, then you would
want to track the number of phone
calls made, the number of times
contact was made and the number
of appointments generated.
Once you have determined the
activities to measure, set up your
dashboard using a simple form to
track your progress. You can use
an electronic spreadsheet or simply
make tic marks manually.
Don't get hung up on what type
of method to use, just use a method
that works for you. Keep it simple
and easy. Remember, the purpose
of maintaining the dashboard is to
improve performance. So you'll
need to set benchmarks to measure
your actual activity. If you need to
make four sales appointments a
day, then measure it every day and
keep track daily, weekly, monthly,
quarterly and annually. On a regular
basis, review your results to
determine if you are performing at
the level necessary to achieve your
goal.
So in summary, if you want to
be your best, begin today by
keeping track of those activities that
will get you there.
Many of us in the workplace
today have become so accustomed
to being "managed" in someway or
another that we never think to turn
the tables for our own benefit. We
get caught up with deadlines and
details and often lose sight of the
fact that the employee/manager
relationship can be a fruitful
partnership. By simply recognizing
that the boss holds the key to our
success, we can begin to take
those steps necessary to ensure
success for both ourselves and our
boss. To cultivate the most
productive partnership, we need to
continually assess and commit to
the following with great precision
and exceptional skill:
Understand Self
Understand Your Boss
Positioning
Knowing when and how to
position yourself with the skills and
qualities that the boss admires is
probably one of the most important
critical success factors in today's
work environment. Take time to
discover what your boss needs,
what their work style is and more
importantly what they value as their
pet peeves! You will then become
the trusted "insider."
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Kathy Drahosz, The Training
Connection, Inc.
The best coaching
"answer" is a question. A
good coach asks questions to help
you do, be and give your best with
the right intention. Consider the
following "self-coaching"
questions. Maybe it's time to hire a
coach.
How are you driven by what
might be possible? What do you
really want? What risks are you
avoiding? How much of your life is
compared to what others expect?
What truth lies in others'
perceptions? How do you know?
What are you willing to learn or
unlearn? If money was not an issue,
to what one thing would you
dedicate yourself? How would your
life be different if you pursued just
one important "dream
deferred?" What's stopping
you? What if you don't pursue your
dreams? What is important?
Four potential 'beings'
exist in all of us. We can be
Explorers, searching who
we are for who we can become. We
can be Sophisticates,
fooling ourselves into believing we
have all the answers. We can be
Prisoners, living to the
expectations of others and not our
own. We can be Vacationers
- anything we're doing beats
taking a risk. Listen to the questions
you may be asking yourself. What
could you explore today that might
take you to the edge of your
potential?
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Mark Sturgell, CBC Performance
Development Network
If at first you
don't succeed, before you try again,
stop to figure out what you did
wrong.
Very few
people really see things unless
they've had someone in early life
who made them look at things. And
name them too. But the looking is
primary, the focus.
People may
fail many times, but they become
failures only when they begin to
blame someone else.
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