Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, a firm specializing in helping teams and organizations create better working experiences in service of better results. You know, right now, we're about halfway through 2023. It's a little shocking. And I've been noticing something in recent conversations with leadership

teams. They're doing the thing we tend to do at mid-year. They're checking in on how they're

progressing against their goals. And then they're noticing that in many cases, the goals they set in

January are like not as compelling now as they were then. You know, that whole change is the

new constant thing. I think more and more leaders are recognizing that setting 12-month goals

may not be the smartest play anymore. So whether you're a leader of a team or just a leader of

yourself, can we talk about how it might be worth your while to check in on your goals

and determine whether or not they're still on point? They might need a bit of a mid-year reset. And here's how

you might go about doing it. Start with a priorities evaluation. Before we look at goals, you know those

very specific and measurable things that we set. It makes sense to step back

and ask ourselves, what really matters most right now? To me, to our customers, and to the

organization overall. Maybe you lead a team, and in January, one of your priorities was to attract

top talent to that team, and you set goals accordingly. But maybe now your company is living

in the land of hiring freezes, and talent acquisition is no longer where you're heading. Or maybe on a

personal front, you were feeling kind of meh about your job in January, and you had prioritized

finding a new job. But now in the economic uncertainty we're hanging out

in, you're maybe more focused on creating more happiness and opportunity for yourself in your

current job. In both these situations, what felt important in January might feel a little bit

tone-deaf today. And the real question is, right now, who is counting on you to deliver what impact?

Make sure that question is serving as your North Star. Look back at what had been calling out to you in

January and just check in with yourself. If that was where you wanted to be heading six months ago,

does it still seem like the right and best destination

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