Intrapersonal Effectiveness: Understanding Yourself, Part 3

DDS Chapter 3. Establishing Goals Consistent with Your

Values and Ethics

MANAGING YOURSELF

• What are your values?• What are your personal

goals?• What is your personal

mission statement?• What is your strategic

plan?

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Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves-their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.

-Peter Drucker

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MANAGING ONESELF -Peter Drucker

• “You can’t effectively manage anyone else until you can effectively manage yourself”

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Managing Yourself Consists of:• Knowing yourself– Strengths: can only perform

from strengths– Values– How you best perform– What you need in a relationship

• Developing yourself • Placing yourself where you

can make the greatest contribution

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Values Inventory

Exercise 3-AText page 66

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Discussion Question 3

• In examining your current values, how do these fit in with the way in which you currently allocate your time?

• Do these values fit in with your dreams, goals, ambitions, and life principles?

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Discussion Question 4

• What major, unanticipated event could cause you to modify your rankings?– Serious illness, business failure, marriage, etc.

• How would this event would impact your rankings?

Perform a Personal SWOT AnalysisStrengths & Weaknesses Opportunities & Threats

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Have you ever set a goal for yourself and accomplished it

after much hard work and dedication?

• How did it feel? • What motivated you to make the change? • What steps did you take to make the goal a

reality? • Did you encounter obstacles along the way,

and if so, how did you overcome them?

What about the opposite … Have you set a goal but did not

meet it?

Did anything in the chapter help you to understand why you weren’t successful?

Goal Setting

What are characteristics of effective goals?

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Goal Setting

What are characteristics of effective goals?- Specific- Measurable- Attainable (but challenging)- Realistic- Time limit

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Personal Goal Setting

Exercise 3-DText pages 69-70

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Instructions• Pair up with someone you feel comfortable

with.• Take turns explaining your goals and how

you intend to achieve them. • Ask for feedback. – The partner may have suggestions for

resources or other strategies for achieving the goals.

– They may also have a sense if the goal is too optimistic or not specific enough.

• Use feedback to refine/improve/change your goals.