We have a tradition here at ManagerTools folks of releasing our setting goals cast over the Christmas break

Many people take the quiet time around the holidays think about the coming year and set personal professional at business goals

I do I recommend it to

Support you in that we are we releasing three podcasts about goals and goal settings

One in this managerTools cast one of the next career tools cast and then

The last in next week's managerTools cast so you can get all three of them in just one week or eight days

This week is how to set annual goals. This was originally a three-part cast

But we smushed it together for you so you don't have to go looking for the different parts

After you this introduction, you're going to hear Mike introduce the cast

And you'll hear him twice more at the beginning of the second and the third part

And if you need to pause when you hear him introduce part two or part three those would be good moments to do so

Is windy likes to say from her

upbringing in a great Britain happy Christmas

Welcome to ManagerTools today's topic how to set annual goals part one of three

You

Hi everyone. This is Mike and welcome to managerTools

Many managers are going through goal setting efforts right now for 2008

And typically at this time of year we get lots of questions about goals and goal setting

Sometimes are disparity

Managers spend an awful lot of time wordsmithing their intent into corporate frameworks

All that time would be far better spent thinking about goals themselves

And how the achievement of those goals will help the organization

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