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Volume 7, Issue 4
Your Goal Setting
Game Plan for 2012
As 2011 draws to a close I invite you to reflect on what worked well over the last year... and what you want to change going forward into 2012. In order to keep your business in an ongoing state of growth, and to feel a deep sense of happiness and satisfaction personally, it’s important to be open to change and seek improvements.
Your Review of 2011 and Goals for 2012
Completing The Review of 2011 and Goals for 2012 worksheet will provide you with clarity as to how to best approach this New Year. Clarity is the key to your success; it will lead to the actions that become the foundation for your achievement, fulfillment, and happiness in life.
Involving Your Team
This could be the year to challenge your team in a new way. Over the years, I’ve seen that the best way to achieve your practice goals is to hold an offsite summit to get everybody working together. Working with a facilitator injects fresh energy, challenges perceptions, stimulates creative thinking and invites people to think outside of the proverbial box.
It is invaluable to take the time to inspire, inform and energize your team. Setting goals with a complete strategic action plan to ensure execution ultimately gets everybody working to achieve the goals they were all a part of creating.
Why Is Goal Setting So Important?
As a research experiment into whether goals really make a difference in a person’s life, the 400 students in the Yale University graduating class of 1953 where asked to write down their specific life-long goals. Out of the 400 students, only 12 actually wrote down their goals.
20 years later, the students from that same class were contacted again. Researchers had the group complete detailed financial summaries of what they had achieved up to that point.
When the researchers compared the results they were startled to find that the 3% of students that originally had written goals were now worth more financially than the other 97% of the students combined!
While measurement of financial success was the easiest measure, they also found that the 3% were more satisfied in their lives and ultimately enjoyed a higher quality of life in their relationships, health and careers.
Points to Ponder:
- Do you feel prepared to make 2012 your best year yet?
- Are you involving your team in the goal setting process for your practice?
- Do you have a strong organized plan to achieve your goals?
- What would you like to accomplish in your practice if there were no boundaries?
- Do you hold offsite sessions to ensure your practice achieves all that's possible?
If you are interested in having Strategix facilitate an
offsite Strategic Planning Session with your team to optimize your practice, send an email or give us a call.
As yet another year draws to a close, the Strategix Team
wishes you a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!
About the Author
CoraMarie Clark, BSDH MBA is recognized
as a highly effective dental practice strategist.
She works with dentists that want to optimize
their potential both personally and professionally.
Her collaborative approach has helped teams develop
dynamic competitive strategies and achieve high
impact sustainable results.
If
you would like to explore the possibility of having
CoraMarie work with your Dental Practice or speak
for your Association or Group, contact us today.
Strategix
phone 403.686.6136
email coramarie@strategix-ltd.com
web strategix-ltd.com
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