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Week 7/Unit 7Week 7/Unit 7

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Week 7/Unit 7Week 7/Unit 7

Academic Strategies for Business Professionals

Agenda for Seminar Unit 7Agenda for Seminar Unit 7

• Reading• Setting Goals• Strategic Road Map• SMART Goals• Kuder Super’s Work Values Inventory• Kuder Access• Discussion Board • Homework Assignment• Seminar Case Study• Conclusion

“Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out

and striving for his goals.”Aristotle

“Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out

and striving for his goals.”Aristotle

Why set goals?Why set goals?

• Focus• Motivation• Benchmarks• Rewards• Accountability

Setting Long Term GoalsSetting Long Term Goals

Before you say "my goal is to retire to the Caribbean," it is important to take stock and analyze your situation from a different perspective.

While you may truly be able to retire to the Caribbean, HOW will you do that? A new job? A higher income? Less responsibilities?

Strategic Road MapStrategic Road Map

• Vision• Strategy• Goals

SPECIFIC GOALSSPECIFIC GOALS

Setting something in concrete is good• Events• Dollars $$• Being a Participant• Demographics

We are sharpening our focus on what we are wanting to accomplish!

When someone says, “It’s not about the money…”

Is it really?

Let’s Discuss!

SMART GoalsSMART Goals

A useful way of making goals more powerful is to use the SMART mnemonic. While there are plenty of variants, SMART usually stands for:

• S Specific • M Measurable • A Attainable • R Relevant • T Time-bound

For example, instead of having “to sail around the world” as a goal, it is more powerful to say “To have completed my trip around the world by December 31, 2015.” Obviously, this will only be attainable if a lot of preparation has been completed beforehand!

Attainable Goals

• Realistic is good!

• Stretching is …. Better!

Reportable Goals

• Communication is the key• Keep your promises!

Time – Based Goals

• Deadlines are motivating and good

• Celebrate your achievements

• You may set a date to stop working overtime. You may set a date to ask for contract work instead of salary.

• You should plan activities that are spent with family and no work interruptions. Whatever your goals they should be clear steps to achieving your long term goal: spending more time with family.

6 Steps to Creating Achievable Goals:6 Steps to Creating Achievable Goals:With every goal you must follow the 6 P’s:• Prioritize: You may have several goals. Prioritize them on your

list.• Positive: Use positive language. "I will …", "I’ll be…", "I’ll

have…"• Precise: Be precise. "I will have supper with my family three

nights a week" rather than "I will be home earlier"• Performance: Measure your performance. Set time for starting

and completing your goal. "May 1 – I will be home at 5:30 three nights this week"

• Practical: Make your goals practical. Do you have the control to make this work or do you rely on other people to meet your goal?

• Personal: Is this goal a personal goal or someone else’s desire for you?

Here is the goal setting method I suggest:

1. Have a BIG GOAL to strive for.

2. Break it into a series of smaller goals.

3. Break the smaller goals down into monthly and weekly goals.

4. Break them down further into daily goals.

Why might we not meet our goals?

Let’s Discuss

There can be many reasons why we may fail to achieve a goal:

1. Lack of commitment2. They have lost interest and motivation in the goal3. Feel overwhelmed, frustrated or disappointed4. Lack of standards against which to monitor their progress5. Are not able to acquire the required skills and knowledge necessary for achievement of their goal.6. Lack of discipline, persistence and determination7. They are not able to maintain their focus on the goal8. Lack of energy and enthusiasm while pursuing goals.

Kuder Super’s Work Values InventoryKuder Super’s Work Values Inventory

• The Kuder Super's Work Values Inventory will help you rate different workplace characteristics so that you can learn what is most important to you.

• The Kuder: Career Planning System consists of 3 assessments, and you will be taking the other two asses

• The Super’s Work Values Inventory will assess your work related values and what is important to you in your career growth.

Kuder Super’s Work Values InventoryKuder Super’s Work Values Inventory

• Ready?   • To get started, go to http://www.kuder.com  • Select the New Users Link  • Register • Enter Your Batch Code     v822982xpp • Take The Super’s Work Values Inventory

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Let’s DiscussThe Case Study of

Lara

Lara is a stay-at-home, married mother of two small children. The past few years have been financially difficult for the family, so Lara has decided to go back to school to get a good paying job and help support her family. She would like a career that allows her to stay at home with Her children as much as possible. Her goals right now are to get in and out of college quickly and start earning money as soon as possible.  

Lara is into arts and crafts and has always been interested in starting her own business to sell them. Although she has no prior experience or knowledge about owning a business, she frequents craft shops and fairs and has some knowledge of what other people sell. She has decided to go back to school to become an entrepreneur.

• Question 1: Did Lara identify both her long-term and her short-term goals, and did she plan appropriate steps to achieve them?

• Question 2: How would you help Lara craft a set of goals in terms of becoming an entrepreneur that fit with the S.M.A.R.T (specific, measurable, action- oriented, realistic, and timed) approach?

• Question 3: How would talking to a shop owner or other entrepreneur help Lara formulate her own goals?

The Discussion Forum for Week 7/Unit 7

• Enter your comments into the "Your Response" field. You may want to check your spelling by clicking the Check Spelling button. Once you are satisfied with your response, click the Post button.  

• Your initial response to the discussion questions should be approximately 100 words (7-10 sentences).

• Remember, your initial discussion post is due by Friday at midnight.

• Your responses to two or more classmates are due Monday by midnight.

You will respond to either A or B:

• Item A. Describe a situation where you set a goal and achieved it. How did this accomplishment make you feel? Which elements of S.M.A.R.T. goal setting did you use in this case? What did you learn about goal setting from this experience?

• Item B. Describe a situation where you set a goal but were not able to accomplish it. How did this make you feel? Which elements of S.M.A.R.T. goal setting did you fail to use in this case? What did you learn about goal setting from this experience?

Unit 7 AssignmentUnit 7 Assignment• The Interview with a Professional will be used as part

of your Final Project (which is due at the end of the term); however, you will need to plan ahead and make this one of your short-term goals in order to be successful.

•  Note that there is no Project due this week so that you will have the time to plan and get the interview completed before Unit 9.

• Follow the three steps to plan and prepare for your interview

1. Click the button to Download the template. It is also available in Doc Sharing. Read the template tip for information on saving.  

2. Select the Person You Want to Interview. This person should be a professional in your major field (current or retired) in the specific area you would like to pursue, so you can ask questions and learn more about what you want to do with your career. 

3. Contact the person you want to interview and set up day and time.

Many interviews (even for an assignment) have led to ajob offer. You may want to use the following guidelineswhen contacting the person and explain the following:

•  You are going to be interviewing the person as a requirement for your Academic Strategies course.

•  Let them now that you have a strong interest in this area for a future career.

• You will need about 30 minutes to complete the interview.

You can do your interview in person or over thephone.  The person you interview may become a contact for future jobs, so choose wisely.  

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your

goals.”Zig Ziglar

Questions??