If you’re like most of my clients, you entered the new year with some goals. There’s so much out there about how to set goals. To be honest, for most people I know (including myself), the problem is not in setting goals. It’s in achieving them once they’re set. As Antoine de Saint-Exupéry aptly shared “A dream without plan is just a wish.” You see –the real juice in goals is in the execution. And that’s where most fall short. Now, as an executive coach, this is my bread and butter. If I can help my clients figure out what they want (the goal), then I can help them get there (the follow through). So, I want to share with you some tips to help you in your follow through and achieve the goals you’ve set out for yourself for 2023.
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So here we are at the end of the year and what’s most top of mind for a lot of my coaching clients is, wait for it…. performance reviews! Participating in this annual feedback ritual (which IMHO needs to be totally revamped but that’s a post for another time) can be quite stressful for many especially if you are on the receiving end. To that end, I want to share some suggestions on how you can approach receiving feedback with a little more ease. There are four steps I offer my clients when they are on edge going into their performance reviews.
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Allow me to get a little personal here. At the risk of sounding curmudgeonly, I have serious issues with the upcoming American holiday that’s called “Thanksgiving” (Áine Cain and Joey Hadden do a great job explaining why in this Insider article: https://www.insider.com/history-of-thanksgiving-2017-11). Nevertheless, in a few days, I’ll take my kids to visit with my extended family as they enjoy the day of feasting and fellowshipping. And while I’m typically a grateful person (just not on this particular day), it got me thinking — how do we give thanks when we reallydon’t feel like it? Not just at celebrations where the whole point is to give thanks but in everyday moments especially at work.
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