Fwd: Thoughts for your 2010 Recruiting and Planning

Thanks Linda

Crouchman

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From: "Linda Cooke" <lindacooke@kw.com>
Date: January 23, 2010 12:45:12 PM MST
To: <lindacooke@kw.com>
Subject: Thoughts for your 2010 Recruiting and Planning
Reply-To: <lindacooke@kw.com>

The Law of Navigation… Planning and Structure
From John Maxwell's Leadership Bible

As a good leader, Moses methodically arranged the tribal camps in the wilderness. He set the tabernacle in the center and arranged the priests around its four sides. Then he symmetrically distributed the Twelve Tribes around the priests and Levites, with three tribes on each of the four sides.

We would do well to plan and organize as Moses did.

1. Plan to Plan. Give time for planning and organizing.
2. Determine our primary purpose. What's the big picture? What are you trying to do?
3. Assess the situation. Understand where you sit before trying to develop a strategy.
4. Prioritize the needs. Make sure the team agrees on the most important goals.
5. Ask the right questions. Ask about market, leadership. revenue, reporting, evaluation.
6. Set specific goals. Write goals that are realistic, measurable, and convictional.
7. Clarify and communicate. Communication links planning and implementation.
8. Identify possible obstacles. Mentally walk through all you are trying to pull off.
9 Have an open system approach to your planning. Be sympathetic to your environment.
10. Schedule everything you can. Get things on the calendar and set deadlines.
11. Budget everything you can. Determine both the costs and due dates of projects.
12. Monitor and correct. Progress is like a canoe trip; constantly adjust your course.
13. Study the results. Evaluation prevents stagnation and exaggeration.

Remember, anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course.

 

 

BE BOLD!

 

Linda Cooke

MAPS Leadership Coach l BOLD Coach l CLC 770.321.2324 Direct

lindacooke@kw.com