PGRD Goals For Life Program Session II

OBJECTIVES Understand a structure for integrating and achieving personal and professional goals Engage in a unique learning experience for thinking about your future Build an ongoing and supportive environment for feedback and accountability Build a personal Action Plan that will facilitate implementation of goal strategies Get guidance and insight about personal and professional growth Follow-up on progress in each of the segments in the program series

AGENDA Welcome Success Pattern Insights 90 Day Goal Review Strategic Synchronicities The Breakthrough Barriers Process Your Ideal Life 90 Day Plan of Action Next Session Assignment

The Goal Achievers Use goal setting as a way of life Are creative and life-long learners Take ownership of their future Surround themselves with the best people Know their difference that makes the difference Leave a legacy of contribution

The Goal Achievers Success Review 90 Day Progress: Results and Benefits What Are Your Goals Teaching You?

Strategic Synchronicities Based on the definition of “coincidence” as defined by C. G. Jung: “An unusual sequence of events which occur in close proximity to each other and which by chance are related to each other They are “strategic” because they result in progress to overall goal achievement and personal success Do not discount strategic synchronicities as “luck” or less significant than primary goal achievement The more powerful and ambitious your goals are, the more likely you will have significan “by-product” results

Strategic Synchronicities “There Are NO Coincidences” Goal Cultivators are “Lucky” Commit to embracing surprises and unexpected discoveries By-products may be more valuable than intended results e.g., The Viagra Factor Big Goals Create Big By-Products Be on The Look-Out For Strategic By-Products Celebrate when you find one!

What are the Barriers to The Goal Achiever Process We Are Scared to Want It/ Try It Can’t Break Through Others’ Noise Goals Aren’t Compelling Don’t Acquire/Practice Goal Achiever Habits (e.g. 21 Days): Calendar Time Allocation Prioritization Visualization/Mental Rehearsal Asking For/Getting Help Small Step Actions Progress Celebration

Lynda C. McDermott CSP is President of EquiPro International, Ltd., a New York City based international management consulting firm which specializes in the strategic development of organizations and their employees. Her experience involves over 30 years of line management, and internal and external consulting. McDermott began her career as line manager, and then an internal consultant with Ohio Bell Telephone Company, AT&T and Ernst & Whinney. She began her external consulting career with E&W as Manager-in-Charge of Human Resources Consulting, and later served as a Director for a national Human Resources and Organizational Consulting Practice for KMG Main Hurdman. Over the last twenty years her firm has provided consulting services in strategic planning, leadership, team development and executive coaching performance management, 360° assessment, business development, change management and organization effectiveness in a wide variety of industries. Her client list includes such companies as Pfizer, Hearst Magazines, Biogen Idec, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Standard & Poor’s, Sanofi Aventis, DuPont Women Lawyers’ Network, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher. She has served on the National Board of Directors of the American Society for Training and Development and has been their Torch Award Winner. Her firm has received two ASTD “Excellence in Practice” Citations for their ground-breaking work with global teams in over twenty-five countries and for their innovative “Build Our Business” program. She has also served on the Board of Directors of Girls Incorporated (Formerly Girls Clubs of America). Ms. McDermott is a frequent speaker and is co-author of the best-selling book World Class Teams (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) and author of the best-selling book titled Caught In The Middle: How To Survive and Thrive In Today's Management Squeeze (©Prentice-Hall). She is a Certified Speaking Professional with the National Speakers Association and has appeared on CNBC, Wall Street Journal Radio, National Public Radio and in numerous business publications. McDermott serves on the adjunct faculty of INSEAD in Fountainbleu, France and for Stony Brook University’s EMBA for Law Firm Management. Ms. McDermott is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Miami University and has a Masters of Science in Organization Development from Bowling Green State University. EquiPro International, Ltd. 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1712 New York, New York 10170 (212) 573-9046 / lmcdermott@equiproint.com