Security Dealer & Integrator

JUN 2017

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June 2017 www.SecurityInfoWatch.com / Security Dealer & Integrator 51 authorship. "It is really important to have enthusiastic buy-in from your employees," says San Francisco-based business coach Bill Baren. "Everyone feels that they have some ownership in the goal, as opposed to the boss acting as a dictator." "Even a really good boss can't see it all," adds Francisco Dao, founder and president of California-based e Killer Pitch. "Get the feedback from people who will be working on the front line to meet or beat the company goals." 6 Goals should be action-oriented. In defin- ing your goals, specify which actions need to be taken, by which people, and when – and do not forget to include yourself. Reducing overhead expenses is a good example of a goal that will benefit by cooperation and enthusiasm from all employees, some more than others. Which employees are most likely to have opportunities to help reduce overhead, and have you asked them for their input? 7 Do not carve goals in stone. While it is important to keep your goals specific and time-oriented, it is equally important to stay flexible. In business, the unex- pected is always lurking right around the corner. When it rears its ugly head, it may be necessary to adjust your goals to compensate for a change in circumstances without losing any of the momentum already gained. 8 Put them in writing. Committing your goals to writing is an important step in achieving them, as mental goals are too easy to ignore. With all of the pres- sures imposing on our daily lives, the best of intentions le out there floating in the ether are likely to give way to more pressing matters. Committing goals to writing creates an urgency that keeps them in focus. In a study involving 267 partici- pants, Dr. Gail Matthews, a professor of psychology at Dominican Univer- sity, River Forest, Ill., found that we are 42 percent more likely to achieve our goals just by writing them down. 9 Celebrate every success. Arguably, there is no better way to keep motivation at a high level than celebrating successes as they are achieved. Your short-term and long-term goals will be made up of individual increments, each of which can be, and should be, monitored on a regular basis. By celebrating even minor successes, you put renewed energy into the effort to push on to the greater successes on the horizon. ■ » William J. Lynott is a freelance writer who specializes in business management and business finance. For more info, visit www.blynott.com.

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