It’s time. Time to break up with 2020 and set our sights on the shiny new year. If ever there was a new year that warranted a little more care and specificity in terms of resolutions, it would be this one.
Here is a strategic leadership tool you can use in your work and in your life to ensure your new year resolutions pack a meaningful punch and serve as the back door that hits 2020 in the butt as it slinks back to whatever rock it slithered out from under.
Setting Powerful New Year Resolutions
- What change do you want to make?
- What does success look like?
- Why is this change important?
- How will this change impact me and those I care about (both positive and potential negative impacts get listed here)
- By when will the change happen?
- Write your SMART resolution. (What specifically you will do, by when, to achieve what specific result.)
This tool is adapted from UPschool’s “Setting Powerful Objectives” worksheet (DOWNLOAD HERE) and is part of our Uncommon Strategic Leadership course and coaching.
A key difference (among several) in this method is the exploration of “impact”. Any change is challenging. Even the changes we think we want to make – or even those we desperately want to make. There are consequences to any change and one of them is discomfort. By exploring the impact of the change you seek to make – both the positive and potential negative – you can get a jump on those obstacles. When you see more clearly what’s ahead, you can plan for them and set yourself (your team, your organization, your family…) up for success right out of the gate.
Hey, 2021…just a heads up…we have big plans for you so buckle up.
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