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As you gear up for 2010 you may have made, or are thinking of making, some resolutions. So this months topic of  Setting Powerful Goals will hopefully help you to do this in a truly effective way. Take a little time to explore the questions below and notice the difference in your motivation levels. As usual, do let me know the results.


Happy New Year. 


Welcome to the New Year issue of the Pelican Coaching & Development newsletter. 


I hope you enjoyed the holiday time and maybe took sometime to unwind and reflect. Personally, I had a lovely time with friends and family and the snow made it all quite special (though I think we have had enough of it in Great Britain now!). 


Featured Topic: Setting Powerful Goals


This short exercise will help you to really think through your goals or resolutions in 2010.

I use these sorts of questions with my coaching clients. Exploring our wishes or objectives at a more detailed level enables us to experience what it will be like when we've achieved them. I find that if a client can really articulate their goals and describe success they are usually half way there. 

Take a few minutes to right down your goal or resolution. Now, answer these questions. 

  1. Is your goal or objective a positive statement of moving to something new? It is important that our goals are written this way as ourbrain tends not to process negatives - so for example if our goal is 'to NOT eat chocolate' our brain tends to ignore the NOT and we find ourselves focusing on chocolate even more than we did before! Instead perhaps your positive goal is 'to eat  more healthy foods' or 'to notice the foods that make you feel good'.
  2. Can you truly 'own' your goal? It is within your control to make the goal happen? If not, can you rewrite the goal to focus on the bits you can do something about?
  3. How committed to achievement are you on a scale of 1-10? 
  4. What needs to change for your commitment level to be 10? 
  5. Why is it important to you to achieve this?  
  6. What will achievement give you that you do not already have? 
  7. What else might achievement give you? 
  8. Does it feel completely right to 'go after' this goal? Is there any part of you that is questioning it?
  9. How will you know when you've achieved your goal? 
  10. What resources or skills do you have that will help you? 
  11. What new skills or resources will you develop? 
  12. What do you know from past experience that will help you now? 
  13. Imagine now that you've achieved your goal; what will you be doing differently? 
  14. What will you be seeing or noticing about yourself or others? 
  15. What will you be saying?  
  16. What will others be saying about you? 
  17. How will you feel to have succeeded? 
  18. As others look at you, what are they noticing that is different? 
  19. How proud are you feeling at your success? 
  20. What was the key step that you took towards your success?

 

 

Activities last month


Leadership Coaching

The end of the year and the beginning of the next is usually a time when we take on new coaching clients, and this year is no exception. Performance reviews are a great time for assessing development needs and thinking about the benefits of working with a coach. If you'd like to explore how a tailored coaching programme might support your needs or the needs of someone in your organisation please contact us. 


What is coming next month?

Next month our featured topic will be Effective Communication.

Until then,

Warm wishes

Helen

 

 

 
 
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