Hi, I’m Rita:
Why is my first blog posting about leaderships skills? Simply put, because my communications guru is thinking of going for his MBA. He is also trying to teach me to blog and promises that if I don’t start organizing my material, he will simply take items from my books and post them. Here is one of the postings. And I hope that I develop the knack and the time. Thanks, Ferol. / R
Developmental goals benefit the manager and team members because of the inherent motivational nature of striving towards a positive outcome. Goals improve team chemistry by reducing team conflicts and increasing satisfaction of relationships between manager and team members. Developmental goals enable team members to identify skills or behaviors that need improvement, or which must be acquired. Goal setting facilitates a team member to take a realistic inventory of his or her skills and performance.
A person skilled at Goal-Setting is one who:
- Defines a realistic goal for the team by first mutually agreeing upon the goal itself.
- Agrees upon a timeline with the rest of the team.
- Comes to a mutual understanding regarding the goal and its importance to the team.
- Is clear on expectations, both verbally and in writing.
- Creates periodic progress checks to help improve the focus of the team on immediate issues and long-term goals.
- Understands how the timeline will challenge a team member to stretch his or her abilities, but remain within his or her range of competencies.
- Is knowledgeable of the individual’s performance level.
- Evaluates personal performance through observations of the individual’s work, contributions, interpersonal skills, and feedback.
- Provides the necessary support and resources needed to achieve the goal.
- Keeps lines of communication open throughout the process
- Maintains regular contact with the team members through progress checks.
- Assesses individual’s work, contributions, interpersonal skills.
- Translates motivation into concrete goals
- Helps to eliminate unnecessary confusion and misunderstandings
- Understands and emphasizes the value of timelines.
- Encourages high-quality performance.
- Sets “realistic” goals and “reach” goals.
- Makes an effort to deliver in advance of deadlines.
- Addresses ways to overcome potential obstacles.
- Teaches the value of decision-making
Adapted by Ferol, our MBA on Campus, Copyright 2007 Watson