| The fourth quarter of the year can feel like a scramble, and there are many tasks to accomplish and only three months left in the year. On top of this, the holidays are right around the corner, and marketing teams are ramping up their campaigns. It can be easy to get lost at the end of year hustle and forget important tasks that must be completed by year’s end. Here is a list that will help you accomplish your goals – and provide a framework for your dash to December 31st. Five Tasks to AccomplishYou have priorities that you want to achieve by the end of the year, and we don’t need to add to your overall task list. Instead, the five tasks below are here to provide a framework for accomplishing your year-end business goals – and a path forward for the beginning of 2022. 1. Note down all your year-end goalsThe first step to accomplishing your goals, and ensuring they are realistic, is to write them down so you can see what you are hoping to do in the next three months. This will help you see which goals are priorities and which may need to be pushed to the new year. 2. Create a strategy for your year-end business goalsNow that your goals are written down, it’s time to map out how to accomplish them. Build a strategy around achieving your priorities. This will give you an idea of the timeline needed and may provide you with some wiggle room for accomplishing other, lower priority goals as well. 3. Collaborate with your teamBring your goals and proposed strategy to your team. They can help you make adjustments to the strategy. Once the whole team has agreed on the plan and is ready to implement it, you can get to work! 4. Monitor vital metricsTake time right now to determine which metrics will show whether or not your team is progressing toward the end of year goals. From here, you can monitor these essential statistics and catch any slip-ups or slowdowns immediately. Monitoring metrics will tell you when you need to hustle or keep things steady. 5. Map out next year’s planIf you have leftover goals from step one that wouldn’t fit into this year’s overall strategy, you don’t have to forget about them. Simply fold them into next year’s planning. This is another place where collaboration is key because some of your team members may have been looking forward to accomplishing lower-priority tasks that will not fit into this year’s planning. Take advantage of that enthusiasm and ask them to work with you in planning for 2022. These “five tasks” don’t need to take much time. You and your team can accomplish them in a morning as you prepare for the end-of-year rush. With that in mind, we hope you take a few hours to get organized so that you can accomplish your 2020 goals! Is one of your goals to systematize your business? Get in touch with the experts here at Business Success Consulting Group! |
