...------------------------------------------------- University of Phoenix Material Goal Setting Worksheet Review this week’s resources (for example SMART criteria, and the Career Plan Building Activities). Respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: Describe that you have created using the SMART criteria. How do SMART criteria contribute to your academic goals? one academic goal * * Set a specific goal to lose inches of your waistline or to walk five miles of an aerobically challenging pace. When you measure your progress, you stay on track, reach your target dates, and experience the exhilaration of achievement that spurs you on to continued effort required to reach your goals set a goal of eating a piece of fruit each day instead of an piece of cake. You can then choose to work towards reducing the amount of sweet products gradually as and when this feels realistic for you. * * * * Describe one professional/career goal you have created using the SMART criteria and Career Plan Building Activities results. How did the results of the Career Interest Profiler and Career Plan Building Activity on Competencies contribute to your professional goal development? * * * One professional goals that I have created using SMART is to win employee of the year at my job. It’s contributes to my professional goal because I am a good listener and a hard work. I like to work with people and I follow my employer’s rules and safety guidelines. * * *...
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...Phoenix Material Goal Setting Worksheet Review this week’s resources (for example SMART criteria, and the Career Plan Building Activities). Respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: 1. Describe one academic goal that you have created using the SMART criteria. How do SMART criteria contribute to your academic goals? Using the SMART criteria I found the one most important academic role for me was getting my degree in associates of arts. The main reason why this will contribute is that it includes most of what it takes to complete my academic, and professional goal. By fulfilling this main goal will help me to achieve the career I have been longing for. 2. Describe one professional/career goal you have created using the SMART criteria and Career Plan Building Activities results. How did the results of the Career Interest Profiler and Career Plan Building Activity on Competencies contribute to your professional goal development? The one professional career that I`m interested in,and still very much interested after using the SMART, and CPBA is information technology. By using these as resourceful tools I could see where my interests, and feelings are really going to be involved with my every day job. Performing my job the best I can will contribute to better decisions in the future. 3. Describe the stress and time-management strategies you have learned this week that will help you achieve your goals. Knowing...
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...University of Phoenix Material Goal Setting Worksheet Review this week’s resources (for example SMART criteria, and the Career Plan Building Activities). Respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: 1. Describe one academic goal that you have created using the SMART criteria. How do SMART criteria contribute to your academic goals?. One academic goal I have for myself is to obtain my Associated in Psychology. The SMART criteria helped me to understand that I can set smaller goals related to my bigger goals that I want to achieve. This helps me to feel like I am moving closer to my bigger goal each time a smaller goal is accomplished. 2. Describe one professional/career goal you have created using the SMART criteria and Career Plan Building Activities results. How did the results of the Career Interest Profiler and Career Plan Building Activity on Competencies contribute to your professional goal development? A career I created was to finish my first year of college. The results on my Career Interest Profiler and Career Plan Building Activity on Competencies contribute by showing me my strength and weaknesses. Adapting to Change is the area I am highest in my strength I think that is beneficial when switching from class to class. It is suggested to speak to people in my field and see if there is volunteer work that is available. This will help me gain my insight in my desired field. 3. Describe the stress and time-management strategies...
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...Goal Setting Worksheet Review this week’s resources (for example SMART criteria, and the Career Plan Building Activities). Respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: 1. Describe one academic goal that you have created using the SMART criteria. How do SMART criteria contribute to your academic goals? One academic goal that I am using with SMART is passing my classes with a least a C. SMART contribute to my academic goals by helping me to improve in my classes, help me to allocate time to important activities such as my family and help me reduce stress due to college life work and personal life. 2. Describe one professional/career goal you have created using the SMART criteria and Career Plan Building Activities results. How did the results of the Career Interest Profiler and Career Plan Building Activity on Competencies contribute to your professional goal development? One professional goal that I have created with using SMART is to win employee of the year at my job. It contributes to my professional goal because I am a good listener. I like to work with people and I follow my employer’s rules. 3. Describe the stress and time-management strategies you have learned this week that will help you achieve your goals. Stress and time management strategies that I have learned this week that will help me achieve my goals are to prepare myself for that goal. When study I should take breaks so that I will not be stressed. I will also adjust my plan...
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...THEME: Goal Setting, Reflections and Self-Assessment Lesson: Setting SMART Career Goals Learning Outcomes ▪ Students will be able to identify career goals and develop action plans using the SMART goal setting process. Essential Question ▪ Do you have “SMART” career goals? Level ▪ Grade 12 Time ▪ 4 x 15 minutes Materials ▪ SMART Goals Handout ▪ Careers and Goal Setting Handout ▪ Setting Up Smart Goals Worksheet Procedure Lesson 1 – 15 minutes 1. Write essential question on the board. 2. Review the SMART goal setting acronym; ask students what each of the letters in the acronym represent. Review the S.M.A.R.T. principle to goal setting. (See SMART Goals Handout). Have students write examples of goals that follow the SMART goal principle. (See the blank area on the SMART Goals Handout, titled, “Your Example________________”). 3. Read through the “Tips to setting Effective Goals” on the SMART Goals Handout. Lesson 2 – 15 minutes 4. Briefly review the S.M.A.R.T. principle to goal setting (Once again, see the SMART Goals Handout). Handout Careers and Goal setting Handout. Have students complete this individually. 5. When students are finished the Career and Goal setting Handout, they will hare some of their goals with a partner or small group. Lesson 3 – 15 minutes 6. Ensure the students have complete the Career and Goal setting Handout. Give a few minutes to complete if needed. 7. Hand out Setting Up SMART Goals Worksheet...
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...Based Business Report – Goal Setting, Goal Achievement Plan & Success Criteria EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is discussing how to set goals and how to achieve these goals by planning and also by using a timetable for it, the method that been used is SMART goals setting method which is the goal has to be Specific, measureable, achievable, relevant and time bounded, it is also discuss the ‘three step to success’ method which explain the steps that any student can do to achieve a successful performance in a certain task. This report also contains three MBA related goals which applicable to those two methods that we mentioned, and in addition to these goals we provided a timetable and a three success criteria to achieve these goals. TABLE OF CONTENT Executive Summary …………………………………………………………………………..2 I. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………… 4 II. Goal setting theory ...…………………………………………………………....... 4 III. Developing SMART goals ………..…………...………………………………... 5 IV. Three steps to success …………………………………………………………….. 6 V. Conclusion…………………………………..…………………………………… 7 Appendix ………………………………………………………………………………… 8 Reference List ……………………………………………………………………...…. 9 I. Introduction So many people may wonder, what is a goal? , Lee (2010, p.744) said that a goal is a desired target or an aim, such a definition may make the people wonder the differences between having a dream and having a certain goal, that is why she also defined a goal as a dream, but a dream...
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...Phoenix Material SMART Goals Part A: Reflect on your results from the Career Interest Profiler Activity and the Career Plan Building Activity: Competencies. Building on your strengths and weaknesses, create five SMART goals to help you with your personal academic and career journey. Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Goal Setting Example: Take a writing workshop in the next 2 to 3 weeks to help me improve my writing skills in order to successfully communicate with others. 1. Take all the help and resources they have through University of Phoenix for writing to improve my writing skills in the next 4 weeks. 2. Do research on helping me deal with change in everyday life in the next 2 months. 3. Find video’s online with following instructions better so I do better with school and everyday life and everything in the next month. 4. Talk with someone so I have better self-esteem about myself so I can be a better leader in the future in the next 3 months. 5. Do more research on being a social worker, counselor and social services and figure out what my career should be in the next nine months. Part B: Evaluate your SMART goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. | |S |M |A |R |T | |Goal |Is the goal specific? ...
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...Writing S.M.A.R.T. Public Speaking Goals Writing SMART goals can help you develop your ethical public speaking skills. SMART is an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Results-focused, and Time bound. To learn how to write SMART goals for developing your ethical public speaking skills, review the information and examples below. EXAMPLE of SMART Goal: I would like to improve my eye contact by referring to my notes less during my speech to enhance my speaker credibility with my audience by practicing my speech 6 times before the September 30 due date.. Process of Developing SMART public speaking goal: 1. Specific. What will the goal accomplish? Why will it be accomplished? Example: I would like to improve my eye contact during my speech to enhance my speaker credibility with my audience. 2. Measurable. How will you measure whether or not the goal has been reached Example: My score for the nonverbal physical rubric criterion on my next speech will improve. 3. Actions. What actions will you take to bring about this change? Example: I will practice my speech at least 6 times before I upload my speech for a grade so I may refer to my notes less during my speech. UHR, Employee Development 1 4. Realistic. Is it possible? Have others done it successfully? Do you have the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities, and resources to accomplish the goal? Will meeting the goal challenge you without defeating you? Example: (You...
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...University of Phoenix Material SMART Goals Part A: Reflect on your results from the Career Interest Profiler Activity and the Career Plan Building Activity: Competencies. Building on your strengths and weaknesses, create five SMART goals to help you with your personal academic and career journey. Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Goal Setting Example: Take a writing workshop in the next 2 to 3 weeks to help me improve my writing skills in order to successfully communicate with others. 1. Keep at least a 3.0 on my report card. 2. Take a math and writing workshop in the next few weeks 3. Keep up with my assignments. 4. 5. Part B: Evaluate your SMART goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. | |S |M |A |R |T | |Goal |Is the goal specific? |Is the goal measurable? |Is the goal attainable? |Is the goal realistic? |Is the goal timely? | |Goal 1: |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes | |Keeping a 3.0 grade point | | | | ...
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...effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.” A manager should assess themselves regularly, just as they do with their employees. My name is Jane Doe, and I currently manage a team of highly intelligent computer programmers at a rural telecommunications company. I assess myself and my team in the interest of providing the best service to my company and team. One assessment I used recently was the “Seven Habit’s Profile.” This profile measures the following areas: Emotional Bank Account, Life Balance, Be Proactive, Begin with the End in Mind, Put First Things First, Think Win-Win, Seek First to Understand, Synergize and Sharpen the Saw. The scoring landed me squarely in the “very good” range, but a couple areas that stood out to me were Seek First to Understand and Think Win-Win. These are areas that are indicative of my leadership style. The style I most closely represent is Transformational Leadership. The ability to understand others, supports the transformational leadership style by making a leader aware of others’ needs, something which is needed when inspiring change. “Thinking win-win”, also supports this style by finding areas where both parties benefit; making change easier and more productive. Taking the Seven Habits Profile highlighted some of my strengths and weaknesses in relation to the Transformational Leadership style. “Transformational leadership theory is about leadership that creates positive change in the followers...
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...2013 What are the goals in my life? As I got older I always set goal for myself. My number one Personal goal is to be a great Father to my son. Growing up I did not have the best role Models of what a good father was. A definition of a father to me was just a provider And that was it. I never got the love and nurture that I needed or any child deserved. But I was blessed And still blessed to have my brother in my life and even though he didn’t receive that love we Always tend to give that to each other. He was my role model and he was the definition of what a father Is and seeing how he is with his kids has showed and helped me to this day. My Professional goal is becoming a police officer and someday joining the FBI. I have Always wanted to become a person who’s willing to put his life on the line to help and Save others ever since I was young. When I was little I loved to play cops and robbers With my friends all day with our police toys it was my favorite thing to do after school. One of my biggest Reasons now to become a Police officer is mostly for my family and my community I want to be able to protect everyone as best as I can and give them a voice. There is so Much more I want to learn at Ashford so I can I apply it to my career as well as my goals. But to achieve that will be hard but if I keep my mind focus I know I will achieve it. By Reaching a GPA above 90 and Higher and maintaining it is my academic goal. The reason I make this my goal...
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...personal plan will help you get your class assignments done, as well as help you with your career path and goals. The reason being is you are using a SMART goals system and setting a schedule that is right for you to help with your classes and class assignments. To help with your career path and goals you can use a Career Interest Profiler as well as the SMART goals system. Having a personal plan will help gets assignments done by setting SMART goals, SMART goals are achievable realistic goals that you can complete. Here are a couple examples of SMART goals. In this first example this can be used for an educational goal in your classes. In the next couple weeks I will take a writing workshop to help with my writing skills. This next example can be used towards your career path or goals. In the next couple weeks I will start to fill out job applications that are in my field of study at university of phoenix. A career interest profiler is a program that asks you various questions about your thoughts on job related questions and then based on those answers gives you some ideas of multiple career interests that are right for you, for example some of mine are: based on my responses I got social, investigative, and conventional. Based off of these results I can see that I will be able to use my social and conventional skills to help me achieve my academic SMART goal stated...
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...professional goal using the SMART goal setting techniques you learned in Week Two. How did the results of the Career Interest Profiler and Career Plan Building Activity on Competencies contribute to your professional goal development? My professional goal is to stick with what I am going to school for and help out the children in my community to better themselves in any situation they are in. They helped me contribute to my professional goal by telling me that I am to work with children. This helped me because it made me want to help the kids in my community better themselves. I want to do this because when I needed help to better myself I did not have anyone to go to. 2. Describe how you will balance academic expectations and your personal and professional responsibilities. To balance my responsibilities start with my academic which I spend 5-6 hours daily on doing school work and my studies. My personal life takes up about 5 hours a day which I am doing my own personal things. I spend about 5 hours on my professional life, which I take care of children. It is a easily balanced life I manage my time based on what I do each day and what I have to do. 3. How can understanding the importance of SMART criteria and your career interests and competencies help you move toward your career and academic goals? Understanding the importance of SMART criteria and my career interests and competencies help me move toward my career and academic goals because it will...
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...SMART Goals Part A: Reflect on your results from the Career Interest Profiler Activity and the Career Plan Building Activity: Competencies. Building on your strengths and weaknesses, create five SMART goals to help you with your personal academic and career journey. Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Goal Setting Example: Take a writing workshop in the next 2 to 3 weeks to help me improve my writing skills in order to successfully communicate with others. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part B: Evaluate your SMART goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. Goal S Is the goal specific? M Is the goal measurable? A Is the goal attainable? R Is the goal realistic? T Is the goal timely? Example: Take a writing workshop in the next 2 to 3 weeks to help me improve my writing skills in order to successfully communicate with others. Yes I will take a workshop to improve my writing skills. Yes I will measure my goal by whether I complete the workshop. Yes Writing workshops are offered on a weekly basis by University of Phoenix. Yes I would have extra time to take the workshop. Yes Two to three weeks is enough time to complete a writing workshop. Goal 1: Get back into drawing to improve my drawing skills within the next 1 month. Yes I will be start looking up ideas so I can have something in mind to draw. Yes I will learn how to clear my mind and create things. Yes Drawing class is offered...
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...University of Phoenix Material Goal Setting Worksheet Review this week’s resources (for example SMART criteria, and the Career Plan Building Activities). Respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: 1. Describe one academic goal that you have created using the SMART criteria. How do SMART criteria contribute to your academic goals? One goal I have created using the SMART criteria is to have all my work in by Sunday afternoon. I can create a map each week on how to accomplish this goal. Although it is not a huge goal that is long term it is a very important one and not as easy for some people as it is for others. SMART criteria contribute to my academic goals by showing me how to properly achieve each step you have to take to achieve my goals. 2. Describe one professional/career goal you have created using the SMART criteria and Career Plan Building Activities results. How did the results of the Career Interest Profiler and Career Plan Building Activity on Competencies contribute to your professional goal development? One career goal I have created is to choose which firm I want to work for when I get my degree. Having this in mind will help me create my plan on how to get to the place I ultimately want to be. By knowing where I want to work I can better understand the requirements it takes to get there. The career interest profiler really didn’t help me too much because it came back with careers that I have no interest in being in...
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