Planning And Goal Setting

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In management 101 classes, we all learn about planning and goal setting. It is the very core of any achievements, in managing projects, assignments and so forth. Hence, the Gantt chart, the milestone chart and various management tools that is available today to ensure of effective and efficient work to be done.

The fact of it all, the very basic of digital planner such as Palm Treo or PDA's for that matter is not being made to use fully. Look at how we make us of yearly diaries !
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I was doing consultation with a local company recently. What I have found out was very shocking in that planning was only words of mouth. Execution was not even close to call it a word. The senior management just work when something explode in their small brain or for that matter something exploded in their face. Many task at hands were simply way backdate. None was achieve on time and the sad part was finger pointing was a game to play during meeting, or when explanation was done to the grassroots of the company.
Yearly uniforms, shoes and so forth was not disbursed on time. When the people starts to make noise, they would say that these people are trouble makers, hardcore and the list goes on and on...I tend to wonder whether the adage 'People are an organization's greatest asset' is really true in practice?
I keep asking myself as to why most of the assignment are never on time. Then I ask the most simple question to the Snr. HR Executive of the company,'Do we have a yearly admin calendar?' Guess, the answer was what everyone is thinking right now. Simply, 'No, we do not have such a thing here.'
Then begin our task in the company...
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The mere fact here is that no goals, no plan. Nobody plan to fail in their life, but many fail to plan. The moment we fail to plan, we are planning to fail.

1. Make sure you have some kind of goals to work on.
2. Break down goals into simple task to be achieved daily or weekly
3. Categorize your goals or things to achieve that is based on a. routine task, b. irregular task.
4. Prioritize your task according to the four quadrant of Covey's effective management. a. Urgent and Important, b. Urgent but not important, c. Important not Urgent, Not Important Not Urgent.
5. Set a date to achieve each task and stick to it.
6. Avoid Interruptions and focus the task at hand.
7. Understand and enjoy what you're doing.
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