Setting SMART Goals Specific: What exactly do I want to accomplish? Measurable: How will I know when I have reached this goal? Achievable: Is achieving this goal realistic with effort and commitment? Do I have the resources to achieve this goal? If not, how will I get them? Relevant: Why is this goal significant to my development as a future NACADA leader? Timely: When will this goal be achieved? More Words of Wisdom from past Participants Leaders and Mentors have a pretty big agenda over the next two years. They will be working hard on identifying and then meeting the goals that drew them to participate in the ELP in the first place. In addition, the Leaders will spend the last few months in the ELP program wondering next?” Leaders and Mentors will need to address: “What’s Building strong communication skills and creating a productive communication stream between one another right away. This terrific program and amazing opportunity begins and ends with successful oral and written communication skills. Leaders (and Mentors too!) need to develop a healthy skill set in this area; Information management questions. Early on Leaders will focus on learning about all the things they could do; very soon the issue becomes do I do with all of this information?”; “what Time management questions. are my priorities?” will be a question that remains throughout the ELP “What process. do I effectively meet the of the program during this period?” is another hot topic for “How discussion; What I need to do What this will help my mentor to How this will facilitate our do mentoring relationship Articulate from Determine your goals Define if you are clear about your what I want to learn this experience own goals and objectives Articulate what I want out of the Determine your relationship needs Make your needs or wants in relationship and expectations the mentoring relationship Define success and what it would look Decide if they have an area of Define the deliverables like experience or expertise that is relevant to your learning goals Ask for feedback; discuss implications Determine their Candid sharing of assumptions, for the relationship willingness/capability to contribute needs, expectations, and limitations to the relationship Decide how I would like to go about Discuss options and opportunities Illuminate implications of each articulate my learning and for learning other’s styles and how that might learning, communication style, what kind of affect the relationship assistance I want, what types of projects/opportunities work best for me
What I need to do What this will help my mentor to do How this will facilitate our mentoring relationship Articulate what I want to learn from this experience Determine your goals Define if you are clear about your own goals and objectives Articulate what I want out of the relationship Determine your relationship needs and expectations Make your needs or wants in the mentoring relationship Define success and what it would look like Decide if they have an area of experience or expertise that is relevant to your learning goals Define the deliverables Ask for feedback; discuss implications for the relationship Determine their willingness/capability to contribute to the relationship Candid sharing of assumptions, needs, expectations, and limitations Decide how I would like to go about learning, articulate my learning and communication style, what kind of assistance I want, what types of projects/opportunities work best for me Discuss options and opportunities for learning Illuminate implications of each other’s styles and how that might affect the relationship Setting SMART Goals Specific: What exactly do I want to accomplish? Measurable: How will I know when I have reached this goal? Achievable: Is achieving this goal realistic with effort and commitment? Do I have the resources to achieve this goal? If not, how will I get them? Relevant: Why is this goal significant to my development as a future NACADA leader? Timely: When will this goal be achieved? More Words of Wisdom from past Participants Leaders and Mentors have a pretty big agenda over the next two years. They will be working hard on identifying and then meeting the goals that drew them to participate in the ELP in the first place. In addition, the Leaders will spend the last few months in the ELP program wondering “What’s next?” Leaders and Mentors will need to address: Building strong communication skills and creating a productive communication stream between one another right away. This terrific program and amazing opportunity begins and ends with successful oral and written communication skills. Leaders (and Mentors too!) need to develop a healthy skill set in this area; Information management questions. Early on Leaders will focus on learning about all the things they could do; very soon the issue becomes “what do I do with all of this information?”; Time management questions. “What are my priorities?” will be a question that remains throughout the ELP process. “How do I effectively meet the of the program during this period?” is another hot topic for discussion;
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