How to Achieve More With My Goal Setting Tips
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Release Date: 01/15/2023
How to Get You and Your Team Focused
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
7 Ways Managers Can Create Improved Focus for Their Team It’s no surprise that people struggle to focus. We’re bombarded with distractions, burdened by unrealistic expectations, and drowning under too many incoming requests. In a world of constant distractions, many employees can't find the focus to get quality work done. A recent survey showed that almost two-thirds admit they don't put in an hour or two each day without being derailed. As leaders, how do you help your team stay productive and focused? Results Driven Leadership has identified seven best practices for helping...
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7 mistakes that cost leaders their employees.
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Managers must focus on improved leadership to avoid employees quitting because employee turnover can be costly and disruptive to an organization. When employees quit, managers have to spend time and resources recruiting and training new employees, which can slow down productivity and negatively impact the bottom line. Additionally, high turnover can lead to a loss of expertise and experience, which can be difficult and costly to replace. A good leader creates a positive work environment and fosters a sense of belonging among employees, leading to increased job satisfaction and loyalty and...
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How to Achieve More With My Goal Setting Tips
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Results Driven Managers who want results meet with their employees to talk about long-term goals. They do this at least once a year. They also have quarterly meetings to discuss progress toward the goals. I think it would be better if we had this meeting at a different location. If that's not possible, we need to make sure that there are no interruptions for the 4 hours of the meeting. During the meeting, managers and their team members should talk about what is happening with the business and what could be improved. They should also set new business goals, with their team’s help. You do...
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The Secret of Great Leadership? CREATE CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
In this second in a series of three podcasts, I will share how to have a discussion with your leadership team to determine your main areas of improvement is the first step toward creating your annual goals and planning activities. This information will inform your technology decisions throughout the year, helping you stay ahead of the curve on trends affecting your industry. It is important to determine the key targets for your annual planning cycle. From your SWOT exercise (previous podcast), identify the factors that will directly impact your business performance-- earnings, sales,...
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SWOT ANAYSLIS Strategies For Beginners
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
The first step for annual goal setting is to reflect on your current situation and assess your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This process, known as a SWOT analysis, will help you identify areas of your business, department, division, or team that you may want to focus on and goals that will help you move forward. After you have completed your SWOT analysis, the next step is to set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals. SMART goals are specific, meaning they are clear and defined. We will cover that in next week's podcast. Today's...
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How To Eliminate Your Struggles with Time Management with THE EISENHOWER BOX
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Now we're going to start sharing how to prioritize like Eisenhower. Now, this isn't going to be much of a history lesson on Eisenhower, but I think you need to know a little about the man. He was president of the United States in the fifties, uh, early sixties. He also was an American general during World War ii, and apparently, this guy knew a ton about managing time because of his approach. The Eisenhower Box, or the Eisenhower Quadrant, is taught in business schools all over the country. And today, in this video, I will share his approach that's taught the world over with you. Eisenhower...
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3 Categories of Management Styles Which is Yours?
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Management styles vary between individuals. And though most tend to gravitate towards a particular style type, a manager could choose to use different management styles depending on what fits best for a particular situation. Your management style will depend on various factors, including your personality, the organization you work for, the person you work for, your team, and your goals. So know that rarely is there a one-size-fits-all style; you likely put on multiple style hats throughout the course of a day or week. A look in the mirror, having an honest understanding and being clear on...
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A Guide To DISC PROFILE For Any Position
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Today's show got prompted by one of my attendees this week at a training session; she was in her second month or so of training with me and her team, and thank you, Navina, for prompting me to do this show today. She and I were talking about DISC, her DISC profile, and she asked, have you ever done a podcast on DISC? I wanna go back and listen to it. And I had to stop for a minute. In all these years, no, I haven't, I haven't done a show talking about DISC explaining DISC, the value of DISC, how DISC works, what it tells you, what it doesn't tell you. And so today, this is gonna be a little...
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3 Habits of Exceptional Leaders
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
During this podcast, I want to share with you an important truth about leadership: As I was thinking about the topic for today, I reminisced back to all the great managers who were really impactful leaders. Both ones I worked for and have worked for me over my decades of experience. I started thinking about a few things they all had in common and came up with some strong commonalities. Special Offer For First 50 Managers and First 25 Companies It came down to their approach and attitude as bosses and how they truly valued their employees. All of these managers were top performers year...
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Stop Taking Things So personally for Improved Leadership Skills
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Communication is essential to the human experience and being a great leader. This short podcast wants to carve out the topic of taking things too personally and tie it to the topic of difficult conversations. In my podcast on difficult conversations, you may remember that you want to avoid any pre-determined perceptions at all costs. Go into any tough conversation with an open mind. If not, you will wind up feeling stressed out, unhappy, and anxious over conversations; AND you may be taking things a little too personally all the time. Visit Our Website and Get a Limited Offer of a Full...
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I think it would be better if we had this meeting at a different location. If that's not possible, we need to make sure that there are no interruptions for the 4 hours of the meeting.
During the meeting, managers and their team members should talk about what is happening with the business and what could be improved. They should also set new business goals, with their team’s help. You do not need to spend a lot of money on an offsite. But it is important to have focused time with no interruptions from your everyday duties.
You need to focus on goals that will have a big impact. In this program, I want to share the steps you should follow to achieve these goals. Your team meeting should be about how your team can help achieve the company's goals.
This group planning session is all about how your team will achieve their part of driving the results within their responsibilities. Annual Goal-Setting Meeting Many managers make goals without help from the people who will do the work. This is not a good idea.
When you work with your team to decide the goals and how to achieve them, you are much more likely to reach them. Why is this? The people you are talking to have a say in the action plan, so they will probably agree with the activities. Also, when they help make the action plan, it takes some of the pressure off of you. This is because it is their plan, not just your plan.
You need to focus on goals that will have a big impact. In this program, I want to share the steps you should follow to achieve these goals. Many managers make goals without help from the people who will do the work.
This is not a good idea. Many organizations that are not doing well do not take the time to figure out their most important goals and how best to achieve them. They create goals and start taking action without thinking things through first.
The first Goal should focus on the most important Critical Success Factor. When creating Goals, also think about the SWOT factors from your SWOT statement. Limit the Number of Goals A mistake that people often make is choosing too many goals.
Remember that each goal for the organization will need its own plan. Working on more than one or two goals at the same time is hard. Even if an organization can handle five goals, it is best to start with one or two and then add more later. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Person Responsible with Clear Timelines