Leadership Development Goals for the New Year

A new year represents brand new opportunities motivating many of us to set new goals for ourselves. New year resolutions aren’t just for our personal lives. Instead, setting goals helps us to focus on essential aspects we want to improve and apply laser-focused effort to achieve them. Working with managers and supervisors to help them set practical leadership development goals for the New Year will keep them motivated and drive business results.

Ideas for Setting Goals for the New Year:

1. Create a personalized training plan. Work with leaders in your organization to determine their strengths and weaknesses. A good training plan should further them along the path of their strengths while helping them find ways to work around their weaknesses. Setting achievement goals for each month of the coming year will keep the development building consistently over the year.
2. Learn quality coaching skills. Many leaders start their careers thinking their job is to control behavior. Influential leaders know that achieving team goals means being a positive, motivating coach. Many excellent books, videos, and online training programs are available for leaders to help them learn and practice proven coaching skills.
3. Become agents of change. The only thing we know will stay the same is the need for constant change. Great managers face change with agility and help employees remain positive and motivated no matter what the future brings. Enrolling your leaders in a change management course will help your business succeed as you implement new strategic objectives and plans.
4. Encourage the adoption of technology. While it seems like everyone is walking around with a computer (a.k.a. smartphone) in their hands, not all leaders optimize technology in their jobs. Helping managers learn how to use software solutions for forecasting labor needs, scheduling employees, tracking employee performance, managing inventory, and tracking store profitability has many benefits. Not only will leaders make more effective decisions, but it will also free up more of their time to coach their teams.
5. Be a role model. Leaders that walk the walk earn the respect of their team members. Help leaders identify opportunities and set goals to be positive role models for store employees. For example, managers should take time to straighten shelves, pick up litter, and be friendly to customers. Recognize your leaders for role-modeling behaviors.
6. Encourage mistakes. This doesn’t mean your leaders should act recklessly. Rather, it means leaders should have the confidence to make decisions on business data without the fear of making a mistake. It’s only by adventuring outside of their comfort zones to take on new challenges and make mistakes that they will learn, grow, and become stronger leaders.
7. Be mindful of time. Time management is a challenge for even the most accomplished leaders. Helping managers and supervisors use proven time management tools will give them a solid foundation to practice other skills. Learning effective methods for prioritizing work, creating task lists, and setting deadlines will help them accomplish more in less time.

GP Energy can help you achieve your goals for the new year.

We work with clients nationwide to build, develop, and grow effective businesses. Our team members will help you understand the needs of your local customers and implement product lines and services to increase your bottom-line profitability. By partnering with GP Energy, we can help your business unlock its potential with new opportunities and achieve unimaginable success. Contact us today, and let’s get started.