A Lean Journey 
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on this journey because without learning we can not improve.
“Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.” — Robert Schuller
Leaders must guide, motivate, and inspire. Guide your team in
the direction you want the group to go by setting a vision, strategy, and
goals. Motivate them to bring their best by expressing your passion,
communicating with confidence and optimism, and connecting tasks to a greater
purpose.
the direction you want the group to go by setting a vision, strategy, and
goals. Motivate them to bring their best by expressing your passion,
communicating with confidence and optimism, and connecting tasks to a greater
purpose.
These practical tips on goal setting can help make it easier
to set and reach goals:
to set and reach goals:
- Specific,
realistic goals work best. When it comes to making a change, the people who
succeed are those who set realistic, specific goals. And that makes it
easier to stick with. - Involve
others. It is always good to involve others in the process of setting
and achieving goals. Take advice when necessary. And don’t be rigid. There
are people out there who are better at this. Their suggestions are always
valuable. - Make
an action plan. So you have set goals, written them down and now you are
all set to start working towards achieving them. First step – make an
action plan. There could be more than one method to achieve a goal. Which
one suits you? Decide on it. - Track
progress. Extremely important. If you don’t track progress,
you don’t get an idea if you are going the right way and if you would ever
achieve it in the time frame you had set in your mind. So track your
progress every day. - Roadblocks
don’t mean failure. Slip-ups are actually part of the learning process
as you retrain your brain into a new way of thinking. It may take a few
tries to reach a goal. But that’s OK — it’s normal to mess up or give up a
few times when trying to make a change. So remember that everyone slips up
and don’t beat yourself up about it. Just remind yourself to get back on
track. - Persist. Don’t give
up. As I mentioned, there could be many paths leading to the same
destination. Try out different methods. Learn and improve. Be patient. Be
persistent.
If you want to set a goal that will inspire
people to achieve great things, that goal has to be so vividly described that
people can picture how great it will feel to achieve it; they will have to
learn new skills to achieve the goal; and the goal will push them out of their
comfort zone, among other factors.
people to achieve great things, that goal has to be so vividly described that
people can picture how great it will feel to achieve it; they will have to
learn new skills to achieve the goal; and the goal will push them out of their
comfort zone, among other factors.
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