Setting goals gives your business long-term vision and short-term motivation. It focuses your efforts and helps you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of your business.
At Heartland Dental, everyone from our supported offices to our leadership team writes down their individual goals for the year. We also create company goals, so that everyone knows what our company is striving to accomplish. Setting goals for your business and allowing your team to be part of those goals will not only propel you forward and provide you with direction, but it will also bring everyone together as a unified entity.
The best way to set goals is by using the SMART format.
When you have achieved one of your goals, take time to enjoy it. Absorb the feeling of accomplishment that you feel when you achieve your goal because first of all you deserve it, and secondly, this will give you the motivation to set other goals and work to achieve them. Goal setting is not a one-time event.
If you don’t have goals set for your business, it’s not too late to start! Decide now how your business will grow over the next five years and find the tools you will need to achieve your goals. If you have experienced the joy of accomplishing your goals, encourage others to write goals and help them see how beneficial goal setting can be for their business.