Goal Setting USCG Leadership Competency: Leading Self: Accountability & Responsibility Learning Outcomes: Describe the seven ways for goal setting Assess why goal planning is essential to unit success Time Required: 25 30 minutes – Facilitator Activities: Present sides, providing amplifying information from material below. Facilitate discussion with last slide Where are We as a Flotilla? – Slides can be copied three-to-a-page with line for notes if projector is not available. How do you make change happen? More than that, how do you make the right change happen? When there is a gap between what is and what you want to be, how do you cross that gap? Every Flotilla and Division should plan. Overview Information for the Facilitator: No matter what types of goals you are setting or for what time frame, here are seven core principles for setting goals that will help you make a bigger difference and get you to a place you actually want to be. Ask needs to be done?” “what Goals are about making a contribution. Therefore the first question you need to ask is not do I want to do?” but rather needs to be “what “what done? The issue is the end towards which you direct your interests. When setting goals, you need to ask first what outcomes your family needs, what outcomes your organization needs, and what outcomes your community needs, not first what outcomes you need. Ask can I contribute best?” When you ask the question of what to be done, there will almost always be more than one good answer. When there is more than one thing that needs to be done, choose the one that is most in line with your interests, skills, and strengths. Except for extreme cases (emergencies where there is no other option), don’t compromise. Ask are the constraints?” last, not “what Most people put this question first, and that’s what ends up creating so many problems in the long run. This question must be last, you will almost always have to compromise something—and you can never know what the right compromises are unless you first know the ideal state you are aiming toward. Don’t limit yourself right out of the gate. Compromises will
Goal Setting USCG Leadership Competency: Leading Self: Accountability & Responsibility Learning Outcomes: Describe the seven ways for goal setting Assess why goal planning is essential to unit success Time Required: 25 – 30 minutes Facilitator Activities: Present sides, providing amplifying information from material below. Facilitate discussion with last slide – Where are We as a Flotilla? Slides can be copied three-to-a-page with line for notes if projector is not available. How do you make change happen? More than that, how do you make the right change happen? When there is a gap between what is and what you want to be, how do you cross that gap? Every Flotilla and Division should plan. Overview Information for the Facilitator: No matter what types of goals you are setting or for what time frame, here are seven core principles for setting goals that will help you make a bigger difference and get you to a place you actually want to be. Ask “what needs to be done?” Goals are about making a contribution. Therefore the first question you need to ask is not “what do I want to do?” but rather “what needs to be done? The issue is the end towards which you direct your interests. When setting goals, you need to ask first what outcomes your family needs, what outcomes your organization needs, and what outcomes your community needs, not first what outcomes you need. Ask can I contribute best?” When you ask the question of what to be done, there will almost always be more than one good answer. When there is more than one thing that needs to be done, choose the one that is most in line with your interests, skills, and strengths. Except for extreme cases (emergencies where there is no other option), don’t compromise. Ask “what are the constraints?” last, not Most people put this question first, and that’s what ends up creating so many problems in the long run. This question must be last, you will almost always have to compromise something—and you can never know what the right compromises are unless you first know the ideal state you are aiming toward. Don’t limit yourself right out of the gate. Compromises will
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