Set a Goal for Your Job

Each manager is responsible for providing direction and leadership in achieving a goal or objective. If you’re going to be an effective manager of his career, then the first step in their quest for personal use should be to obtain a clear understanding of their long-term career and life goals.

Note that I referred to the objectives and career goals and collective life, instead of setting goals and career goals and life goals separately. This is because, for most of us the two are difficult if not impossible, to separate. The concept of management by setting targets is not new. Peter F. Drucker crystallized the idea in practice of Management (HarperBusiness, 1993). Since then, Douglas McGregor, Likert Rensis, and several other known behaviorists have also written extensively about setting goals. But perhaps Dr. George Ordiorne, considered the father of Management by Objectives (MBO), is best known for his work in this area.

The establishment of long-term career and life goals is the basis on which to measure the suitability of a particular career opportunity when presented to you. Another important benefit of the management of their race goals or objectives is “self image psychology” as described in the book by Dr. Maxwell Maltz, Psycho-Cybernetics (1987). According to their research, the mind and nervous system are combined to form a “meta-servo effort.” Maltz believes that once formed a mental image of a desired goal, the mind and body will automatically do the necessary to achieve that goal. More importantly, he found that too will be happier when you have a clear understanding of your goal and see yourself moving towards it. Through the establishment of a career / life goals, is much more likely to take the actions necessary to achieve its long-term goals.
Determine where you want to be at a certain time in the future, and set specific targets to help you reach your tar-get. If not, is more likely to commit an error in the selection of works introspection, less likely to be happy at work, and is almost certain to find your career path leading in the wrong direction. If you are working with a business management career, you probably already have access to a series of self-assessment tools.
If not, are as close as your nearest library, bookstore, or a personal computer. Use them as much as possible. When it comes to his career, an old axiom that really comes home, “Those who fail to plan is planning to fail.”