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The holiday of goblins and trick-or-treat is upon us. In the realm of consumer spending, The National Retail Federation’s dataprojects that 157 million, or roughly 50% of Americans will celebrate Halloween this year. Total dollars spent are anticipated to reach $6.9 billion dollars.
The holiday also coincides with shorter days and a winding down of the growing season for everyone, including farmers and food producers who are bringing in and assessing the annual harvest. Winter months have less intense field work and offers them more time to assess and plan next year’s bounty.
So once the costumes are shed and the sugar rush has worn off, 4th Quarter is a natural time to evaluate progress toward your career development goals. What do you wish to accomplish in the remainder of this calendar year? Then acknowledge accomplishments you have achieved and begin planning next year from this perspective.
Harvest time. It’s good for sorting and organizing, throwing and recycling, cleaning and de-cluttering.
As you sort, pay attention to what you are letting go of. Notice how it lightens your load and see ifit helps energize you for career or business developments you’ll pursue next year.
Here are 3 steps to follow as you harvest your accomplishments this autumn.
Then go trick-or-treating with some little goblins—enjoy your achievements and plant the seeds that will grow in the next year.
Gather the fruits of your labor. List your goals against accomplishments. This is everything you have accomplished this year in both your personal, career and life development plan. Check off all that you have achieved. List what you want to complete by December 31st. Get really clear about your commitment to complete. Get out your calendar—set dates, times, places, and assignments to-be-completed so you can clear your plate, check off your list and feel a sense of satisfaction come year’s-end.
Winnow the wheat from the chaff. In career, business or life, this means letting go of anything that does not serve you, your goals and values. Practice delegating and saying no.Update your communications, change behaviors, refresh your commitments.
Turn with the season. It’s a time to look back and look forward. Reflect on what you want to keep and what you want to complete by the end of the year—harvest what’s working, useful and beautiful; let go of what is no longer useful or relevant. Harvest and celebrate.
Prepare the Ground for the Coming Year. Once you’ve assessed career or business achievements, it’s natural to look forward. Think what you want to manifest in the coming 12-18 months. Just like planting tulip or allium bulbs in a fall garden—that gestate in the winter and come up in the spring—it’s a time to ask yourself the Big Picture questions about the intentions, goals and action steps—the seeds you want to plant now—ideas that will gestate over the holidays, sprout in the spring and blossom throughout the new year.
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As an executive, career professional or business owner, having a supportive, strategic coach and consultant who empowers you to confidently clarify and achieve your desired outcomes is invaluable. Coaching helps you work more productively and lead more effectively.
While Dr. Hoistad cannot promise to remove outside demands, she can help you prioritize, set goals and strategies so you and your team function at peak performance.
♦ Executive Coaching, Leadership Coaching, and Business Consulting. Develop awareness of how your decisions affect other areas, your people and your future goals. Fully aligned, make decisions for best possible outcomes.
♦ Partnership Coaching for business owners, partners, teams, entrepreneurs, dual-career couples and couples in business together. Become fully aligned so you work together better, achieving business objectives.
♦ Career Coaching for individual professionals and dual-career couples. At all stages of development; during times of transition; when considering a relocation; when desiring to integrate personal life goals with your career.
With her unique “Big Picture” perspective, Dr. Jan partners with you as you transition through choice points in your career and business life. Her focus is on helping you clarify what you want, identify what’s in the way, and strategize a step-by-step plan so you achieve your goals.
Dr. Jan brings her expertise in human development, system dynamics, entrepreneurship, business growth, partnering, communication and creativity to her clients who become catalysts for change in their businesses, careers, and personal lives. She has helped numerous professionals, business owners, and teams achieve ambitious career and business goals, healthy relationships, and a greater quality of work and life.
“When an experienced professional incorporates Dr. Jan’s coaching and consulting solutions, you can almost feel their body relax. They become excited again. More hopeful, they remember what they love about their work as, together, we turn burdens into doable strategies that achieve their future goals.”
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