The Free Goal Setting Video

I often look at this scenario in the first or second session of an executive coaching encounter, so I thought I would share the thought process. If you identify parts of your business life in this scenario, take heart - you will always gain from another fresh perspective!

Think about it. You have been running your business for several years now, have hired a number of staff, have made a good amount in sales, your customers appear happy, and, it appears you are on your way to accomplishing your dream! You may have even hired an executive coach to share your dream with.

Wait a minute, that dream - where did you put it inside your cranium, in the left or the right lobe? Hmm, was it something your coach asked that you couldn't answer?

As a matter of fact, you may have noticed that your staff has been grumbling a bit lately about unhappy customers, late deliveries, poor quality product, and not being paid enough for what they are worth. When was the last time you looked at the product quality, the delivery schedule, when did your staff last get a wage adjustment?

Is this your business? Let's hope not, but, if it is, are you willing to try a few basic exercises? If so, here are some executive coaching tips.

First, would you write down your 5 top business goals for the year? Consider a revenue goal - increase sales to $ 1 million, a profit goal - achieve a 5% net profit after taxes, a personnel goal - provide my employees 40 hours training in customer service, a process improvement goal - decrease unit product time and cost by 10%, and a customer goal - increase customer satisfaction rates by 25%.

Second, identify why you have these goals. As an executive coach I often ask my clients these questions: Why are they important to your business and its success? How are they related to you achieving your dream? Oh yes, have you written your dream down yet?

Third, let's ask how you are going to accomplish these goals? Will you need much more input from your employees, will you need to survey your customers to identify their current level of satisfaction, and will you talk with your accountant and business advisor about industry benchmarks for sales, profitability, and production time/costs?

As the owner, will you be doing what you do best, and liking the results - all in one year? I hope you will answer yes and achieve great satisfaction in the year ahead.

Warren J. Rutherford President of Rutherford Advisors Inc. is an Accredited Associate, IIB, a CMT Accredited Master Mentor with certifications as a Behavioral Coach, an Analyst in Axiology, a One Page Business Plan Consultant, and is a BNI Assistant Director in the SE Mass/RI Region. He provides executive coaching and business advisory and consulting services to small and medium-sized business. He can be reached at http://www.RutherfordBusinessAdvisor.com

Copyright 2009, Rutherford Advisors, Inc. All rights reserved.

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The concept of a vision board has been around for years but many more people became familiar with it through the movie The Secret.

I have a vision board right next to my desk - it's a cork board that hangs on the wall and it's got a whole bunch of pictures on it which represent my goals.

The major problem with people not being able to achieve their goals is that they don't know what they want, or they keep changing their minds.

A vision board helps people to define what they want and get excited about their goals. This produces the energy and attraction factor that helps to propel them forward. If nothing else, it's a fun exercise and as grown-ups, we don't give ourselves enough opportunities to just have fun.

So, set aside some time to create a vision board for yourself. And, to make it even more fun, get your kids involved and you'll begin teaching them about the Law of Attraction and how to activate this power in their own lives.

You don't need to go out and purchase a cork board you can simply use a large bristol board for your creation activity.

Most vision board exercise descriptions also recommend collecting a bunch of magazines so that you can cut pictures out and paste them on to the board. But, you can also go on the internet and do a search for photos that represent your goals and print them off.

Many people will be able to attract most of what they want, simply by setting goals or creating a vision board.

However, there is a bigger portion of the population that as soon as they set a goal, they have all kinds of mind chatter that convinces them why they can't have or achieve that goal.

If you are one of those people then you need to investigate energy therapies such as EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques or ZPoint).

These energy therapies help people release any resistance they have to achieving their goals by removing the charge around negative beliefs and emotions so that they can be in alignment with what they want to acquire or accomplish.

So, here is an EFT tapping exercise that you can use to help clear that negative charge. Begin by identifying what you don't want and then flip that affirmation into one that supports your goal.

For example, "I don't like my old clunker of a car and I worry that it will break down on me". Change that statement to, "I absolutely love driving my new Honda Accord, it rides so smoothly and I am confident that it will always get me wherever I need to go."

Next, notice how that statement makes you feel and then write down any negative thoughts or unsupportive beliefs that come up around this second statement.

For example, "I can't afford a new car", "It would be self indulgent for me to get a new car", "There are other priorities that I have to attend to first before getting a new car", "I never get what I want" or whatever comes up for you.

Then, systematically tap out any of the negative emotions and beliefs that you have around that goal, followed by tapping in the positive statement that you've created above.

You may have to do this daily for several days or weeks until you feel completely clear when you think about your goal or review the photos on your vision board.

You'll know that you are on your way to achieving your goal when you feel completely confident and at peace that the car is already yours but just hasn't shown up yet.

Keep your eyes and ears open and follow the clues that the Universe sends you and take action on those inklings. You never know where they'll lead you and quite often they will lead you right to your goal.

The number one rule is to have fun with all of this. The very act of having fun, invokes the Law of Detachment which is the second part of the Law of Attraction process.

Start by having fun with your vision board and you'll create that momentum.

Laura Whitelaw is a Certified ZPoint and EFT-CC practitioner. Visit http://www.thewaytoblissnow.com to download a free audio which will help you to remove your prosperity blocks.

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