A new year is the time for setting new resolutions. While, personally, I don’t make resolutions, I do set new goals each year for myself. And, like most, some of these goals are aimed at improving my personal life. However, here’s a new challenge: create for yourself goals that will help you build a better organization and be a better leader.
International Business Times opinion writer Elisha Maldonado encouraged leaders to think beyond just setting financial goals for one’s organization. She noted, “making any company better depends on how leaders retain and leverage their human assets as a distinctive competitive advantage.”
She listed eight key areas where leaders can assess their “leadership subsystem” to help their organizations do better this year. Here are my picks from her list:
- Organizational purpose. Does your organization’s vision for its future inspire your members and your employees?
- Transparency. Are your employees receiving all the information they need – even on a daily or weekly basis – to make smart decisions?
- Accountability. Are your employees held accountable for achieving their set objectives?
To help things along, build in some goals to beef up your own leadership skills and development. Some tips from Forbes:
- Resolve to stop multi-tasking when engaging with another person.
- Resolve to communicate more powerfully (which does not mean more loudly).
- Resolve to be the role model of key behaviors that are healthy for your organization.
These are some great tips and suggestions as we begin 2015. What are some of your New Year’s goals or resolutions?
