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You are a good planner? So what goals or objectives need to be achieved in the next six months?

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Date Posted: 2014/11/07
فؤاد أحمد حسين
by فؤاد أحمد حسين , مدير , حكومي

Thank you my dear friend for the invitation , I thing  that this question is not mine in case of our greet democraty we have  more and many more that we want or we need which it give us  , so its stopped all our  thinking  in aims or goals , its very miercrful with us , in any way you have to thought and planing in order to  Achieving your goals isn't a slam dunk. Can you do what it takes to meet them to get in better shape, I hesitantly answered.

Well, without a clear goal, you will not be able to see your progress, you will lose momentum, and we won’t be able to see if the training is paying off. 

First, people who have goals know where they want to go. You might be thinking, “I wish it were that simple I have no idea what I want to do when I grow up, and never have.” It’s not my purpose here in a short blog post to guide you in discovering your inner purpose. 

There are many different models of action planning, but a good starting point is shown here. Action planning is a cyclical process, and once you have been through one cycle, you can start again at the beginning. Of course, in real life it’s not quite as simple as this. The process is more organic and stages will overlap, or you may change your goals as you progress, and you must be prepared to revise your plan as circumstances dictate. The stages are as follows: 

WHERE AM I NOW? This is where you review your achievements and progress, and undertake self-assessment. 

WHERE DO I WANT TO BE? This is where you decide your goals. 

HOW DO I GET THERE? This is where you define the strategy you will use to achieve your goals, and to break down your goal into the smaller discreet steps you will need to take to achieve your target.

TAKING ACTION. This is the nitty gritty where you implement your plan

 

Aysha Rasool Mirza
by Aysha Rasool Mirza , Business Development Executive , Raaziq Logistics

Planning makes humans to counter think before the time means your Future. I just hope and commit to contribute my working and hand in good doings for humanity and company where I work to make it successful day by day so that mutual profit could be gained. The first and foremost is Allah is Best Planner.

جعفر هندي زين السقاف
by جعفر هندي زين السقاف , مهندس أستشاري , مشاريع اﻻشغال العامة

Planning is a crucial activity, for it designs the map that lays the groundwork for the other functions. The plan itself specifies what should be done, by whom, where, when, and how. All businesses — from the smallest restaurant to the largest multinational corporation — need to develop plans for achieving success. But before an organization can plan a course of action, it must first determine what it wants to achieve.Objectives, the end results desired by the organization, are derived from the organization'smission statement. The mission statement explains what the organization stands for and why it exists. A strong mission statement symbolizes legitimacy to external audiences, such as investors, customers, and suppliers. Likewise, a strong mission statement allows employees to identify with the overall purpose of the organization and commit to preserving it.  The mission statement is the basis for all goals and plans outlined throughout the organization. Therefore, managers must use effective planning and goal‐setting techniques to ensure that internal policies, roles, performances, structures, products, and expenditures are in line with the mission of the organization. Criteria for effective goals To make sure that goal setting benefits the organization, managers must adopt certain characteristics and guidelines. The following describes these criteria: Goals must be specific and measurable.When possible, use quantitative terms, such as increasing profits by two percent or decreasing student enrollment by one percent, to express goals.Goals should cover key result areas. Because goals cannot be set for every aspect of employee or organizational performance, managers should identify a few key result areas. These key areas are those activities that contribute most to company performance — for example, customer relations or sales.Goals should be challenging but not too difficult. When goals are unrealistic, they set employees up for failure and lead to low employee morale. However, if goals are too easy, employees may not feel motivated. Managers must be sure that goals are determined based on existing resources and are not beyond the team's time, equipment, and financial resources.Goals should specify the time period over which they will be achieved. Deadlines give team members something to work toward and help ensure continued progress. At the same time, managers should set short‐term deadlines along the way so that their subordinates are not overwhelmed by one big, seemingly unaccomplishable goal. It would be more appropriate to provide a short term goal such as, “Establish a customer database by June30.”Goals should be linked to rewards. People who attain goals should be rewarded with something meaningful and related to the goal. Not only will employees feel that their efforts are valued, but they will also have something tangible to motivate them in the future. All the different levels of management should have plans that work together to accomplish the organization's purpose. The plans of the top‐, middle‐, and first‐level managers of an organization should work together to achieve the main goal. All managers plan basically the same way, but the kinds of plans they develop and the amount of time they spend on planning vary. Here are some examples: Top‐level managers are concerned with longer time periods and with plans for larger organizational units. Their planning includes developing the mission for the organizational units, the organizational objective, and major policy areas. These goals are called strategicgoals or objectives.Middle‐level managers' planning responsibilities center on translating broad objectives of top‐level management into more specific goals for work units. These goals are called tactical goals or objectives.First‐level managers are involved in day‐to‐day plans, such as scheduling work hours, deciding what work will be done and by whom, and developing structures to reach these goals. These goals are calledoperational goals or objectives.If a first‐level manager develops a set of plans that contradicts that of a middle‐level manager, conflicts will result. Therefore, all managers must work together when planning their activities and the activities of others.

hatem labib
by hatem labib , Quality control manager , MISER consultant

i will follow my time schedule

inshaa allh

Elke Woofter
by Elke Woofter , Project Assistant , American Technical Associates

As a good planner you know when or where your project should be ... you need to hire the personnel, source and order your RM's (materials you need) ...

Monitor the set milestones and aim to be where you have planned or know to be in6 month

Omair Abduljaleel Ali Al-Quliey
by Omair Abduljaleel Ali Al-Quliey , مدير لمكتب المهندسين اليمنيين , مكتبي مكتب المهندسين اليمنيين

I am with answer of Eng. Fouad & Eng Jafar zain 

Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

Step1: Setting Lifetime Goals

The first step in setting personal goals is to consider what you want to achieve in your lifetime (or at least, by a significant and distant age in the future). Setting lifetime goals gives you the overall perspective that shapes all other aspects of your decision making.

To give a broad, balanced coverage of all important areas in your life, try to set goals in some of the following categories (or in other categories of your own, where these are important to you):

  • Career – What level do you want to reach in your career, or what do you want to achieve?
  • Financial – How much do you want to earn, by what stage? How is this related to your career goals?
  • Education – Is there any knowledge you want to acquire in particular? What information and skills will you need to have in order to achieve other goals?
  • Family – Do you want to be a parent? If so, how are you going to be a good parent? How do you want to be seen by a partner or by members of your extended family?
  • Artistic – Do you want to achieve any artistic goals?
  • Attitude – Is any part of your mindset holding you back? Is there any part of the way that you behave that upsets you? (If so, set a goal to improve your behavior or find a solution to the problem.)
  • Physical – Are there any athletic goals that you want to achieve, or do you want good health deep into old age? What steps are you going to take to achieve this?
  • Pleasure – How do you want to enjoy yourself? (You should ensure that some of your life is for you!)
  • Public Service – Do you want to make the world a better place? If so, how?

Spend some time brainstorming   these things, and then select one or more goals in each category that best reflect what you want to do. Then consider trimming again so that you have a small number of really significant goals that you can focus on.

As you do this, make sure that the goals that you have set are ones that you genuinely want to achieve, not ones that your parents, family, or employers might want. (If you have a partner, you probably want to consider what he or she wants – however, make sure that you also remain true to yourself!)

Tip:

You may also want to read our article on Personal Mission Statements  . Crafting a personal mission statement can help bring your most important goals into sharp focus.

Step2: Setting Smaller Goals

Once you have set your lifetime goals, set a five-year plan of smaller goals that you need to complete if you are to reach your lifetime plan.

Then create a one-year plan, six-month plan, and a one-month plan of progressively smaller goals that you should reach to achieve your lifetime goals. Each of these should be based on the previous plan.

Then create a daily To-Do List   of things that you should do today to work towards your lifetime goals.

At an early stage, your smaller goals might be to read books and gather information on the achievement of your higher level goals. This will help you to improve the quality and realism of your goal setting.

Finally review your plans, and make sure that they fit the way in which you want to live your life.

Tip:

If you feel that you're not paying enough attention to certain areas of your life, you'll find our articles on The Wheel of Life   and the Life/Career Rainbow   useful.

Staying on Course

Once you've decided on your first set of goals, keep the process going by reviewing and updating your To-Do List on a daily basis.

Periodically review the longer term plans, and modify them to reflect your changing priorities and experience. (A good way of doing this is to schedule regular, repeating reviews using a computer-based diary.)

SMART Goals

A useful way of making goals more powerful is to use the SMART mnemonic. While there are plenty of variants (some of which we've included in parenthesis), SMART usually stands for:

  • S – Specific (or Significant).
  • M – Measurable (or Meaningful).
  • A – Attainable (or Action-Oriented).
  • R – Relevant (or Rewarding).
  • T – Time-bound (or Trackable).

For example, instead of having "to sail around the world" as a goal, it's more powerful to say "To have completed my trip around the world by December31,2015." Obviously, this will only be attainable if a lot of preparation has been completed beforehand!

Further Tips for Setting Your Goals

The following broad guidelines will help you to set effective, achievable goals:

  • State each goal as a positive statement – Express your goals positively – "Execute this technique well" is a much better goal than "Don't make this stupid mistake."
  • Be precise: Set precise goals, putting in dates, times and amounts so that you can measure achievement. If you do this, you'll know exactly when you have achieved the goal, and can take complete satisfaction from having achieved it.
  • Set priorities – When you have several goals, give each a priority. This helps you to avoid feeling overwhelmed by having too many goals, and helps to direct your attention to the most important ones.
  • Write goals down – This crystallizes them and gives them more force.
  • Keep operational goals small – Keep the low-level goals that you're working towards small and achievable. If a goal is too large, then it can seem that you are not making progress towards it. Keeping goals small and incremental gives more opportunities for reward.
  • Set performance goals, not outcome goals – You should take care to set goals over which you have as much control as possible. It can be quite dispiriting to fail to achieve a personal goal for reasons beyond your control!

    In business, these reasons could be bad business environments or unexpected effects of government policy. In sport, they could include poor judging, bad weather, injury, or just plain bad luck.

    If you base your goals on personal performance, then you can keep control over the achievement of your goals, and draw satisfaction from them.

  • Set realistic goals – It's important to set goals that you can achieve. All sorts of people (for example, employers, parents, media, or society) can set unrealistic goals for you. They will often do this in ignorance of your own desires and ambitions.

    It's also possible to set goals that are too difficult because you might not appreciate either the obstacles in the way, or understand quite how much skill you need to develop to achieve a particular level of performance.

Achieving Goals

When you've achieved a goal, take the time to enjoy the satisfaction of having done so. Absorb the implications of the goal achievement, and observe the progress that you've made towards other goals.

If the goal was a significant one, reward yourself appropriately. All of this helps you build the self-confidence you deserve.

With the experience of having achieved this goal, review the rest of your goal plans:

  • If you achieved the goal too easily, make your next goal harder.
  • If the goal took a dispiriting length of time to achieve, make the next goal a little easier.
  • If you learned something that would lead you to change other goals, do so.
  • If you noticed a deficit in your skills despite achieving the goal, decide whether to set goals to fix this.

Tip1:

Our article, Golden Rules of Goal Setting  , will show you how to set yourself up for success when it comes to your goals. If you're still having trouble, you might also want to try Backward Goal Setting  .

Tip2:

It's important to remember that failing to meet goals does not matter much, just as long as you learn from the experience.

 

Muhammad Khalil
by Muhammad Khalil , Chief Engineer (Civil) , Water and Sanitation Services Mardan

To achieve some goals in the next six months first of all select Experienced skilled and unskilled labor. Then manage the materials of required specification to site, Start meeting with employer, client, Contractors and approve the site layout plan and working drawings from the Competent Authorities. Arrangement for water supply and other essential instruments should be carried out in the first six months. The layout should be started according to approved plan and the basic activities sould be started according to working and structural drawings. The visit of the client should be arranged and any further site requirement should be discussed in detail

Eby Mathai
by Eby Mathai , Engineering Manager , KeM Engineering Services LLC

Depends on Individual & their interest.

 

Write down their Ambitions. Slowly work towards achieving this.

Mohd Mustaqeem
by Mohd Mustaqeem , Executive Secretary , SAUDI PAN KINGDOM CO

i m not a good planner but i m planning for achieve my career goals .. So I m planning for next month giving my best then from past days.

Alex Al Yazouri
by Alex Al Yazouri , General Manager , Al Mushref Cooperative Society

Simply

(1) Below Budget.

(2) Ahead of Schedule.

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