Source: https://www.keepsolid.com/goals/blog/7-strategies-to-achieve-goals-in-business Goals are what gives direction for you and your organization. Setting goals to achieve in business keeps you focused on where you want to be and helps to create a plan for getting there. How to achieve a goal successfully? How to set goals and how to achieve goals in business specifically? Check out the list of the top strategies summarized by the Goals team at KeepSolid.

1. 7 BULLETPROOF STRATEGIES
TO ACHIEVE GOALS IN
BUSINESS
Goals by KeepSolid

2. 1. SET SMART GOALS

3. SMART
MEANS:

4. BENEFITS OF SMART GOALS
• Visualize the goal
• Provide you focus & direction
• Help you create a plan
• Keep you aware of priorities
• Motivate your employees

5. 2. CREATE A CLEAR
ACTION PLAN

6. • Before a clear action plan

7. • After implementing a clear
action plan
• Before a clear action plan

8. HOWTO CREATE A PLAN*
• Set an appropriate goal and clearly define your objective
• Choose measurable & properly scheduled action steps
• Identify who is responsible for each action step
• Start your way to success & don’t forget to track the
plan’s progress
• Regularly review and update your action plan.A proper
tool, like Goals by KeepSolid will help you in this
* Brainstorming with team members can help create a stronger plan of action.

9. IMPORTANT #1
• Each task should belong to the appropriate goal.
• There can be no tasks or activities not devoted
to reaching project goals.

11. 3. MITIGATE DISTRACTIONS
WHENYOU’RETRYINGTO
ACHIEVE GOALS

12. MAIN DISTRACTIONS
• Smartphones
• Email & Social media
• Background noise
• People interruptions
• Micro-management
• Meetings

13. HOWTO DEAL WITH
DISTRACTIONS
• Become aware of what diverts your attention
• Try to get rid of them, e.g. go offline, turn off social
notifications, or set a “No Meeting Wednesday.”
• Set deadlines for your tasks
• Tune in to background music & give yourself a timely break
• Plunge into the world where you’re focused on the task

14. 4. EMPLOY EFFICIENTTIME
MANAGEMENT

15. Don’t try to jump into the last car. Plan your
time in the way to have this train to catch.

16. WHY IS IMPORTANTTO
ORGANIZEYOURTIME
• Your daily tasks are done more effectively.You’ll be able to
accomplish more in shorter periods of time with less
effort
• You stay more motivated at work, being able to relax and
enjoy your time after
• You can improve your confidence from feeling a sense of
accomplishment

17. EISENHOWER MATRIX

18. • Prioritize tasks based on importance and priority
• Figure out what to do first
• Understand what not to do at all
• Not to feel overwhelmed and save your energy
for the activities that matter most
EISENHOWER MATRIX HELPS:

19. 5. USETHE “EATTHAT
FROG”TECHNIQUE

20. THISTECHNIQUE IMPLIES
• Label your tasks to identify your “frog”
• Work on your “frog” first thing in the morning
• Once done, shift your focus to less crucial tasks in your
schedule
Focusing on your most important task is the best way to gain success,
status, respect, and happiness in life.

21. “If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it
first thing in the morning.And If it's your job
to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest
one first.”
~MarkTwain~

22. IMPORTANT
You may not see immediate results, but this
method does add up to achieving your
company goals and objectives over time.

23. 6.APPLYTHE PARETO
PRINCIPLE*
*80% of the results is derived from 20% of all your efforts

24. You can’t eat the whole cake at once.
Start with one piece of it.

25. HOWTO APPLYTHIS
PRINCIPLE
• Figure out small set of efforts that produce the
biggest results
• Focus on their accomplishment first and
foremost

26. 7.TRACK PROGRESS

27. REASONSTOTRACKTHE
PROGRESS
• Make sure you are on the right track to achieving
your company goals
• Evaluate and adjust the plans to reach goals
• Understand how much is done and how much
more is left to do

28. Slow progress does not equal failure. It
means a steady progress.

29. BONUS: GOALS BY KEEPSOLID
https://www.keepsolid.com/goals/

30. Goals by KeepSolid gives you ability to easily
monitor how you and your team are progressing.

31. WHATYOU CAN DO USING
GOALS
• Set the main target and define Key results of the project
• Split this complex target into smaller goals
• Use a flexible mind map maker tool to present the
target with goals
• Do a backlog management
• Split the backlog tasks into sprints

32. • Fill in Kanban boards with a current sprint and manage it
• Create several teams and manage their composition
• Appoint specific members to different tasks or sprints
• Control a workload of the team members
• Track the progress of works and tasks
WHATYOU CAN DO USING
GOALS

33. Deploy the right strategies, use professional goal-
oriented tools like Goals by KeepSolid, and you’ll
easily achieve all your company goals and objectives!

34. LET'S STAY INTOUCH
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