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Facilitating follow up

Facilitating follow up

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Facilitating follow up

- One of my biggest challenges when working independently is making sure I follow through on my goals. When working with someone else, they keep me on my toes. I've had to work on building that accountability when I'm left to my own devices. Without accountability, the chances that a goal actually gets accomplished goes way down. So, one of the things you have to have in your goal setting is a plan for followup. There are a few things you can set up in advance to help make sure everyone will follow through on reaching their goals. First, build in checkpoints. You should already have a timeline for when you want to have your goal accomplished, but you should also build in checkpoints. A checkpoint is a designated time to reflect on the progress made towards a goal. You can choose a particular metric to track your checkpoints to show how far you are along, such as percentage complete of your goal. This works when you're…

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