Plan, Do, Review and Improve
Like many people I have been fortunate to have worked alongside some great people over the years and in many parts of the world. These people are generally humble, respectful and honest in everything they say as well as having the important skill of being able to listen to other people!
I have made it a mission of mine to learn from the 'leaders' I have worked with in order to help me develop into a better coach and leader, although I guess the people I have worked alongside with myself are in a better position to give feedback on any improvement they may have seen in me!
One important thing that I picked up personally is the importance of a 'plan, do, review and improve' process which I have also implemented into my Property Investment business.
In other words, make a plan, get down to business and action the plan, confront the brutal facts during a review, and then ask yourself 'if I was in the same situation again what would I do differently to improve the result'? Very rarely have do you achieve consistent improvement without an honest and robust performance review.
However, one of the other important things that often gets missed during any planning phase is to match the habits and behaviours needed to achieve agreed goals and how these will be measured? Great organisations do this. Average organisations don't.
Achieving goals is rarely a smooth journey. The best people and their teams are able to be honest with themselves and their colleagues in order to perform better next time.
My own performance goals for the coming week has been pieced together and agreed! Enjoy what is left of the weekend everyone and have a good start to the week.
