Almost all organizations set performance targets for departments and/or individuals to conduct their operations and to deliver products and services to their customers. Although managers attempt to ensure their processes can handle all the issues that may arise in their business, in today’s complex world, these processes often fall short.

We need to carefully consider each commitment before making it. After deciding to make the commitment, create a plan and move toward the goal.  

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, manufacturers continue to face new challenges. It’s the topic on everyone’s mind. How will COVID-19 affect us?

Jim Smith talks about setting goals in the new year.

If you want to shorten the time it takes to get back on your feet, try positive visualization.

The very act of imagination forces you to accept that certain things are indeed possible for you.

When mountain climbers feel like they can’t go any further, they concentrate on the next three feet.

If you are not making the progress you would like to make and are capable of making, you might consider the following points.  

With the beginning of the New Year it is time to think about setting goals. It shouldn’t be restricted to a once a year exercise, but that’s the way many of us think.

There are scores of books and numerous articles written on this subject by people with far more credentials than I possess; however, maybe we shouldn’t over think this conundrum which might allow us to come up with a fairly simple answer.