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Uncommon Goal Setting - Why SMART Goals Aren’t Smart
SMART goals – Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely – are all the rage, but are they smart?
A smart goal is one that will be achieved. And if you want your goals to be achieved, these five SMART factors have four fatal flaws. In this presentation, you will learn why and how to add SANITY!
In this lively presentation, Ann will explain the flaws of SMART goals and teach you how to add six critical and missing components which just happen to spell SANITY. You and your team will emerge far better equipped to establish goals that will be achieved.
Call today to schedule a SMART Goals seminar or keynote for your organization: 800-527-0087.
“‘Ann Latham is a genius!’ was my first reaction when I read her article on “Why SMART Goals May Not Be Smart!”
“Within minutes I picked up the phone and called Ann – something I had never been inspired by a newsletter or blog to do before. Ann presented her SANITY process of goal-setting at a Toastmasters club officer training session for 35 local volunteer leaders within the organization. She took concepts originally formed for use in the corporate world, and adapted them to fit a volunteer organization such as Toastmasters, where leadership has to inspire people to stretch without having any actual authority over them. Her clear examples and logical thought process inspired discussions in the group that night, and in subsequent emails in the past few weeks, which have shown Ann was able to give a new vision and energy to the goal setting process. One of my officers commented, ‘In 20 years of attending club officer training sessions, that was the most inspiring and personally enriching session I’ve engaged in.’”
Cathie McCoy, Division E Governor, District 53 Toastmasters
“Ann is a captivating speaker, providing important principles about small business progress in an approachable, common-sense way. The stories she shares to illustrate points are personal and interesting, allowing her audience to consume important information about the steps they need to take in advancing their business in a way that is easy to absorb. Our audience of entrepreneurs enjoyed Ann’s depth and breadth of knowledge due to her many years of experience advising companies throughout the world.”
Aimee Griffin Munnings, Esq., Director, Western New England College Law and Business Center for Advancing Entrepreneurship
“Ann helps her audiences in a very brief time master such vital skills as improving and speeding decision making in turbulent times, and she does so with wit, energy, and great examples to use as guides.”
Alan Weiss, Author - "Million Dollar Consulting"
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“I know that I was not the only one that found the presentation to be helpful. After the breakfast I had the opportunity to speak with several of the other ERC5 Board members and they all had high praise for your content and delivery.
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