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Competitive Knowledge for Manufacturing People 
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March 8, 2006

Hi [[firstname]],

I'm often asked, "What is the most important personal 
attribute that one should master in the pursuit of 
personal success?" 

Since there are several crucial skills and practices 
associated with successful people, the most important 
is really dependant on the business environment and a 
person's persona. That said, I believe that one's 
ability to make positive things happen in difficult 
working environments is most important.

All of the successful people I have known had the 
ability to plan and execute successfully in difficult 
situations. They were successful by mastering the 
process of identifying, pursuing and achieving stretch 
goals. 

If you're interested in improving your ability to make 
positive things happen in a difficult work environment, 
don't miss reading this weeks article, "Make Success 
Measurable with SMART."

Have a nice day, and stay connected.

Bill Gaw
bg@bbasicsllc.com
760-945-5596

P.S. Don't miss the special MBBP subscribers offer for 
my new World Class Manufacturing Certificate Program... 
a brief summary appears below this week's article. 

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MANUFACTURING BASICS & BEST PRACTICES BULLETIN

Now serving over 11,426 subscribers

Competitive Knowledge for Manufacturing People 
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MAKE SUCCESS MEASURABLE WITH SMART

Douglas Smith in his book, "Make Success Measurable" 
gives us some good advice on how setting specific 
goals allows actions to become meaningful in many ways. 
He suggests that we apply the acronym SMART in 
establishing performance goals.

* S is for Specific. The more tightly you can define 
your goal, the more directed and focused your actions 
will be. Consider the goal of "reducing the time to 
market of new products by half while doubling the hit 
rate." It uses specific measures, double and half, to 
tell everyone how much the company seeks to improve. 

* M is for Measurable. Goals must be measurable if 
you hope to benefit from the tracking and corrective 
action that are so critical to performance. Even if 
the metrics are subjective, you should be able to 
assess how much progress you're making.

* A is for Aggressive. Setting lofty goals is 
inspiring: the higher we aim, the more we achieve. But 
A is also for Achievable. Set stretch goals, but don't 
put them too far out of reach.

* R is for Relevant. The goals should pertain directly 
to the performance challenge. It's almost a reflex to 
pick lagging indicators such as revenues and profits. 
But if Sears wishes to increase the number of customers 
who purchase from more than one department on each 
store visit, the most direct and relevant goal is 
"multiple department purchases per customer per visit."

* T is for Time. Ask yourself: When will we reach this 
goal? Then set a time. Without a deadline, a goal is 
meaningless. Be careful to make the time frame relevant 
to the task. Don't select it just because it matches 
the corporate calendar.

Setting goals, achieving them, and then setting new 
goals is a cycle that should never end. To do this 
effectively, set SMART outcome-based-goals, as just 
discussed. Next, exert the effort required to progress 
and learn; don't think the goals will achieve 
themselves. Ask what worked and what didn't.

Be sure to pursue goals in real time, not organization 
time. That is, work on achieving your SMART goals 
between meetings, not just during them. And then go 
through the cycle a second time, a third time, and so 
on, each time setting and reaching more interesting 
and challenging goals.

High performance companies don't wait until annual 
performance evaluations to acknowledge achieved goals. 
They acknowledge and celebrate in real-time as goals 
are achieved, and people possessing the ability to 
make positive things happen in difficult working 
environments set the bar higher and reinitiate their 
pursuit of the new goal.

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* and the World Class Manufacturing Certificate 
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6. Bill Gaw reviews and approves all white papers. If 
rewrite is required, guidance and suggestions are 
provided by Bill Gaw. 
7. The next training module is sent upon approval of 
prior training module white paper acceptance. 
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white paper is accepted. 
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