Four Easy Steps To Successfully Create Bad Goals

If you have kids, you know that for whatever reason, they like to do the exact opposite of what we tell them. If you ask your child not to climb the furniture, you can almost be guaranteed that when you walk back into the room, your 6-year old will be on top of the furniture. Any sentence that begins with don’t, stop, sit down, calm down, get up, come here, is in essence an invitation to do the opposite. More than once, I’ve encouraged bad behavior in an effort to get them to do the right thing. “Put your tongue on that sizzling skillet and let me know if it is hot? Go ahead. Do it!. C’mon, I really need to know!” Naturally, the kid that was standing too close to the hot skillet and wouldn’t step back when I said,  get away from the hot skillet, responds by saying: No, I’m not doing that…. are you crazy? Pfffft, I’m stepping away. Funny thing is, adults are like children. With that in mind, I’m going to teach you how not to set goals in your medical office. And I’m going to strongly recommend that you follow these incorrect ways of setting goals so that you will, well,  do what it is you do when people tell you to do something. Four Ways On How Not To Set Goals Be as general as possible. - Why be specific when being general is just easier? In fact, my recommendation is that the more general you can be, the better. Announce goals as vague as possible. This way, you can keep your staff guessing. Don’t wo...
Source: Pediatric Inc - Category: Pediatricians Authors: Tags: Leadership Practice Management The Business of Medicine Goal Goals Health mba measuring Source Type: blogs