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Podcast Episode #5 — SMART Goal Setting for Leaders

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Hello and welcome to the Leadership Done Right Podcast, Episode 5 – SMART Goal Setting for Leaders.

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In the first episode of this podcast, I explained that great leaders set goals. In this episode we are going to take a deeper look into SMART goal setting.

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Have you ever wanted to do something great, but didn’t know what steps to take or where to even start? Or, have you ever wanted to accomplish something and waffled back and forth until you lost your way? Or have you started down a road working towards an objective and little by little other things crept into your life until you were way off course? Well, if you have ever gone through any of these experiences, you are not alone. Many people experience these challenges every day.

SMART Goal Setting for Leaders

Although these challenges happen everyday, there is one thing you can do to overcome them. You can set SMART goals. In this episode, I will teach you what you need to do to set effective goals. First, it is really important to set the correct type of goals. The framework you use in setting your goals is very important because the wrong framework can lead to frustration, discouragement, and anything but success. On the other hand, when you set up the right framework, your goals are ensured to be successful. [Read more…] about Podcast Episode #5 — SMART Goal Setting for Leaders

10 Reasons People Fail To Complete Their Goals

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Have you ever been discouraged when working on a goal? Have you ever failed to complete a goal? Or, have you started working on a goal and lost your way? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are not alone. Many people lose their way on goals. In fact, here are 10 reasons why people fail to complete their goals.

10 Reasons People Fail To Complete their Goals

1. Not a Strong Enough Why

First, people fail to complete their goals because they don’t have a strong enough WHY. When you set a goal, it must have a strong motivating WHY. Too often people set a goal because it sounds cool or fun, but they don’t have a reason why it is important. Michael Hyatt often says, “When you lose your WHY, you lose your way!” It is very easy for a goal to fall apart or be forgotten when you forget your WHY.

The WHY must be strong enough to motivate you through good times and bad. And, when you are busy and times are challenging. If the WHY will not keep you motivated, then don’t set the goal. Without a strong WHY, the goal will likely fail, which will lead to frustration and discouragement. [Read more…] about 10 Reasons People Fail To Complete Their Goals

5 Time Management Strategies to Improve Your Leadership

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When you are dependable, reliable, trustworthy, and/or in leadership, people ask you to do many things. If, however, you let others plan your time, you will never reach your goals or do what is important to you. Even though you possess great leadership qualities, your time is still limited. Therefore, it is extremely important to know time management strategies to make the most of your time. In this post we’ll discuss five time management strategies to help you make the best use of your time.

Five Time Management Strategies to Improve Your Leadership

Time Management: Start with a Time Study 

Before we get to the time management strategies, however, it is important to know where you spend your time. Perform a time study to determine exactly what you do with your time. For the next week or two, write down exactly what you do with every hour of every day. You can even get more granular if you would like by tracking half or quarter hours. Once you track your time, summarize the results to categorize where you spend your time.

Five Time Management Strategies to Improve Your Leadership - Prioritize

1. Prioritize What’s Most Important To You!

First, prioritize what is most important to you. That gives you parameters for saying yes and no to various requests. A few examples of common priorities are:

  • Family
  • Faith
  • Employment/Career
  • Hobbies
  • Health

When prioritizing, remember that every time you say, “Yes,” you are also saying no to things in the future. It is not always bad to say, “No,” when the “no” gives you more time to focus on what’s most important to you. [Read more…] about 5 Time Management Strategies to Improve Your Leadership

Tips to Prepare for a Job Change

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This is a guest post by Swati Srivastava. She is an avid writer who loves to pen down her ideas and career tips for job seekers and professionals. Her blog posts, new stories, and articles are focused on the extensive domain of employment sector in the gulf. Currently she is writing for Naukrigulf.com. Follow her @TwitterILinkedInIGoogle+.

Tips to Prepare for a Job Change

Tips to Prepare for a Job Change

In today’s competitive job market, individuals change their careers or jobs more often as compared to employees of decades ago! The rate is increasing due to several reasons such as the availability of more career choices, more focus on career growth, and the openness to find out new job roles. However, changing a job can be challenging, stressful or take you to a ‘dead end’ if you are not fully prepared to deal with it.

So, what you should do to prepare for a job change? If you can get someone who can guide you all through your career path, it is like everything you want!

Here are a few tips that can help you in your career/job change:

Gain clarity

Being on a right career path becomes difficult if you lack clarity about what to do and how to do it. Hence, it is vital to know your purpose for finding a new job and learn the best way to achieve what you want next. [Read more…] about Tips to Prepare for a Job Change

5 Constructive Approaches for Optimistic Leadership

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This is a guest post by Jessica Barden. She is a manager of content creation department at Dissertation Club. She loves to assist her teammates with effective advises. Nowadays, she is also contributing on blogs to facilitate people who want to perform at the peak level.

5 Constructive Approaches for Optimistic Leadership

All leaders undergo overwhelming work pressures due to the rise and fall in worldwide economies. With the rise in competition, companies look for leaders capable of pushing workforces in the right direction to earn maximum revenue. Therefore leaders need to learn constructive approaches that empower them to lead their subordinates in the best way.

5 Constructive Approaches for Optimistic Leadership

As a leader, you can also learn few effective approaches to strengthen your leadership. Below you will find five constructive approaches for optimistic leadership that will boost your workplace performance.

1. Hassle-Free Communication

In order to lead the workforce in the best manner, leaders should build an effective communication system. No matter what number of employees you deal with, be sure to set up hassle free commination with them to raise the productivity of your workplace.

Everyone knows that it’s vital for leaders to keep in touch with their subordinates throughout the office hours. If the workplace is not properly equipped with proper communication devices then it is not possible for them to interaction with their subordinates as well as direct them effectively. [Read more…] about 5 Constructive Approaches for Optimistic Leadership

How to Outrun Brand Competitors

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This is a guest post by Charlie Winifred. He is by profession a professional writer and graphic designer. He has been working in this field for more than five years. He owns a designing firm Logo Pearl and providing affordable logo design service in Australia. He also gives graphic design training to students who are fresh in this field.

Outrun Your Brand Competitors

In this 21st century, businesses have to employ leaders that are capable to compete with other brand competitors. Today’s leader needs to create perfect strategies that allow them to accomplish their business goals successfully. But it is not possible for every leader to plan ahead and develop strategies that are best for their workplace. However, if you’re a head of a team and want to lead your subordinates in the best way, then you’re in the right place. Take a look at the information shared below to grow your business in a rapid manner.How to Outrun Your Brand Competitors

Create Effective Plans

In order to be a powerful leader to outrun brand competitors, you have to create plans that would result best for enhancing your workplace operations. To do this you need to consume sufficient time to examine your work and market position. This means you will need to inspect the workplace output and market sales on daily basis so you know your brand competitors. By determining the business output and sales, you will get a better idea of the things that are turning you weaker. In this way, you will successfully create an effective plan that would turn your market position stronger. [Read more…] about How to Outrun Brand Competitors