Although it is hard to focus on next year while still trying to wrap up this year, it is vital to do so. Your company’s success in 2014 will be greatly dependent upon how well you have prepared for it in 2013. Do you have a list of everything you want to accomplish for your department in 2014? Is the list prioritized (i.e. ‘must do’, ‘should do’, ‘would like to do’)? Do you have target dates to accomplish milestones and goals? How will you track those action items and who is responsible for them?
Planning is actually the hardest part of accomplishing a goal. Once you have the planning complete, it is just a matter of following the plotted tasks through to completion (with minor adjustments along the way). Don’t put off the planning for after the holidays. You will be glad to start off the new year with a clear roadmap of where you are going.
The author, Marge Bonura, is the Director of Sales & Marketing for New England Machinery, Inc. (NEM). NEM is a leading packaging machinery manufacturer of bottle unscramblers, cappers, orienters, retorquers, lidders, pluggers, pump sorter/placers, scoop feeders, hopper elevators and much more. The company has been in business since 1974 selling to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical, household products, automotive and other industries. For more information on NEM, visit their website at www.neminc.com.
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