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Goal Setting: 5 Keys to Create The Effective Plan

By Brandon W. Jones on November 10, 2017 0

When goal setting, it is imperative that you create a plan to complete your goals. Depending on the nature of the goal, the plan can be short, simple, and to the point. It can also be very long, complex, and require many people and steps to complete. What’s most important is that you have the appropriate plan for your goal.

Goal Setting With An Effective Plan

Although each goal is different and requires different levels of complexity, there are five goal setting keys to create an effective plan regardless of the size of your goal.

1. Create a Clear Picture of the Desired Outcome

The first key when goal setting is to create a clear picture of the desired outcome. Another way of putting it is to “Begin with the end in mind” as Stephen R. Covey would say. When you create a clear picture of the desired outcome, you define what the outcome should be and what success should look in these three terms:

- Complete failure – “I’ll close up shop and go home.” If this happens, you will end the goal and completely re-think what you are doing.
- Expected/desired outcome – this is the result you hope to see
- Over the moon success – more successful than your wildest dreams

Identify key factors to obtain the desired outcome. For complex goals, there will be many factors that determine success or failure. For small and simple goals, on the other hand, there may only be a few factors that determine success or failure. [Read more…] about Goal Setting: 5 Keys to Create The Effective Plan

What Do Most People Forget About Effective Communication? Learn here!

By Brandon W. Jones on November 4, 2017 0

Whether you are a leader, follower, neither, or something in between, effective communication is an essential part of life. You communicate with your spouse, people at the store, your children, friends, coworkers, neighbors, employees, and many others. Communication is a constant part of life. In this post, we are going to discuss what most people forget about effective communication!

Your communication with others will have a positive or negative impact on your life. It can lead to you accomplishing your goals and dreams or frustration and anger.

Let’s Learn About Effective Communication!

What’s important is knowing how to effectively communicate with each person. To be an effective communicator, we will focus on:

Why you should know your audience
Appropriate methods for effective communication
Communication breakdowns
Effective listening habits

Why You Should Know Your Audience

Effective communication starts with knowing your audience. To understand why you should know your audience, here are questions you can ask.

Who is your audience?

Your audience is the person or group of people you are speaking with or directing your communication towards. When you talk to your significant other, he/she is your audience. While you speak to a large group, they are your audience. When you write an email or letter, the recipient is your audience.

Why should you know your audience?

To answer this question, let’s consider the following questions. Have you ever gone to a store to learn about a product and the store representative spoke to you as if you didn’t know anything about their product when you actually knew a lot about it? Or, have you spoken to someone that acted as though you knew exactly what they were talking about, but you didn’t have a clue? If you have experienced either of these situations, the person speaking to you failed to know their target audience before opening their mouth.

Find out all you can about your audience before you communicate with them. This is key teachings when you are in sales. Salesman that know their audience and speak to them appropriately are exponentially more successful than those that don’t. This is equally important to all professions and situations. [Read more…] about What Do Most People Forget About Effective Communication? Learn here!

Goal Setting Made Easy — A Proven Goal Setting Strategy

By Brandon W. Jones on November 3, 2017 0

Whether it is the start of a new year, you are starting a new job or you are starting another new stage in life, it is always a great time to talk about goal setting. Goals and goal setting can be challenging, especially if your goals cause you to stretch more than you have stretched in the past.

Goal Setting Made Easy

I have a proven goal setting strategy that will help you set AND complete challenging goals. AND, regardless of when you watch this video, now is always a great time to set and work towards achieving your goals.

SMART Goals

First, for your goal to be obtainable, it MUST be a SMART goal. SMART is an acronym.

Specific Goals

The “S” stands for “Specific”. Specific goals are clear, concise, and easy to understand. [Read more…] about Goal Setting Made Easy — A Proven Goal Setting Strategy

What’s Your Definition of Success?

By Brandon W. Jones on October 11, 2017 0

Hi, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right YouTube channel. One of the main goals of every leader is to be successful. Success comes in many forms.

Completing a big project, helping an employee improve, hitting a budget target, meeting customer needs, or implementing a new procedure within the given parameters are all forms of success. There are also many other forms and definitions of success depending on your situation.

What Is The Definition of Success?

One important aspect of success is that success is in the eye of the beholder. What one person sees as failure may be a complete success for someone else. Likewise, the opposite may be true as well.

I’ve seen many cases where one person is successful in a specific way and that causes the next person to feel they have to have the same success in the same way to be as successful. Don’t trap yourself with this mindset. Your skills and abilities are different and unique to you. And, your situation is often different and unique as well. Therefore, you should not determine your success based on the successes of others. Since each situation is unique, Success is unique to each situation and circumstance.

Success Starts with Expectations

Success is dependent on expectations. When you reach your expectations you feel successful, but when you don’t, you feel disappointment.

So let’s consider expectations. Expectations must be set correctly. Sometimes we set our own expectations and sometimes others set them for us. Regardless of who sets them, to be successful they must be based on YOUR abilities, not the abilities of others. When expectations are set by others, do everything you can to manage those expectations so they are accurate.

It All Relates to Goals

Success and expectations all relate to goals. Our goals are created because we have specific desired outcomes, or expectations. If we reach that outcome we feel we are successful, but if we don’t, we feel we are unsuccessful. [Read more…] about What’s Your Definition of Success?

3 Questions To Ask To Take the Initiative

By Brandon W. Jones on October 4, 2017 0

Hi, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right YouTube channel. Have you ever been with a group of people where no one would make the first move or take the initiative? Were people in the group shy and didn’t want to stand out? Did they feel intimidated? Or, was there something else that caused them to not take the initiative?

I have seen something very interesting happen in these group settings. After a few moments of uncomfortable silence, one person inevitably takes the initiative to act. He/she takes the initiative and get up to start working. From there, many others begin to act and follow suit. The true leader is the first person to take the initiative.

So what does it mean to take the initiative?

On the website Then Life Happens, Darren Sproat explained initiative as, “In its simplest form, taking initiative is doing without being asked to do.”

Taking the initiative means making the first move, being willing to do what others don’t want to do, or stepping up to make an introductory act or step leading to action. If you take the initiative, you are willing to be uncomfortable if it means the result is better than what you have to sacrifice or the discomfort you must go through when taking action. Leaders constantly take the initiative to get things done. They step up to make things happen. [Read more…] about 3 Questions To Ask To Take the Initiative

4 Reasons Why Humility Is A Leadership Strength

By Brandon W. Jones on September 27, 2017 1

Hi, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right YouTube channel. One leadership quality that has become less and less popular is humility. People feel like in order to compete in the business world they have to be strong, competitive, and anything but humble. Humility is looked at, in many cases, as a weakness. I believe, however, that humility is a leadership strength.

Humility Is A Leadership Strength

I would like to suggest four reasons why humility is a leadership strength and not a weakness.

1. Humility is NOT Insecurity

Insecurity happens when you are not secure in yourself or your beliefs. You lack an understanding of your purpose or value. When you are humble, however, you are not insecure. You understand yourself, your beliefs, and the unique value you provide.

2. Understand Your Limitations

Every leader has limitations. When you are humble, you know what you can and can’t do. You also know that each person brings their own unique value to the table. When you are humble, you treat people with respect and dignity. Because you are humble and treat people with respect, you are able to get their support when needed. You are able to use their skills for the betterment of the group. [Read more…] about 4 Reasons Why Humility Is A Leadership Strength