Having a direction – in life and work, is an important part of being fulfilled and content.
di·rec·tion
noun
1. a course along which someone or something moves.
"…she set off in the opposite direction"
2. the management or guidance of someone or something.
"…under his direction, the college has developed an international reputation"
With the advent of GPS, we’ve all grown far more proficient at following a course along which we move. Think how much clearer the management or guidance of employees would be if there were a GPS equivalent at work. Interestingly, objectives and goals are a close approximation of a workplace GPS. When leaders meet with employees to discuss and decide upon objectives, it creates an excellent roadmap for them to follow. Imagine how much easier it would be to focus on what’s expected rather than to subjectively review how an employee performed his or her tasks. For an employee and his or her supervisor to agree on what’s expected, and by when, is an idea that many companies are adopting. Because work takes on new meaning when people feel they are pointed in the right direction. Stop trying to micromanage how trained employees perform their tasks and pivot to coaching them to achieve their goals. Become a results-focused leader today.
Timothy Donald Cook (1960): American business executive who has been the chief executive officer of Apple Inc. since 2011.
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