Productivity & Personal Effectiveness

Goal Setting: A 28-Day Plan

Build successful goal-management habits for work and everyday life.

Turn your goals into lasting achievements. This practical 12-hour course helps participants develop a 28-day success habit plan, strengthen their goal-management skills, and create positive changes in both their professional and personal lives.

12-Hour Instructor-Led Training Program
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About This Course

Setting goals is an important part of becoming a more effective manager, but achieving those goals requires more than good intentions. Success depends on knowing how to plan, manage, measure and follow through.

This practical course introduces participants to goal management as a structured process. Through self-assessment, planning activities and reflection, participants learn to identify barriers, reduce time wasters and develop strategies for reaching their goals.

A central feature of the course is the creation of a personal 28-day success habit plan. Participants explore how to apply goal-management techniques to both their working and personal lives, using principles of measurement, continuous improvement and communication to support lasting progress.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to help participants:

  1. Manage your goals with the same care and attention you would give to a business.
  2. Design practical plans for your goals, recognizing that managed goals have a higher chance of success.
  3. Identify and eliminate barriers that prevent you from reaching your goals.
  4. Apply Total Quality Management (TQM) principles of measurement, improvement and communication to your goals.

Topics Covered

  • Self-assessment of strengths and weaknesses as a manager of goals
  • Understanding goal management
  • Identifying time wasters and managing stress
  • Defining your personal and professional goals
  • Managing goals towards success
  • Planning and prioritizing your goals
  • Measuring progress and developing new habits
  • Combining work and exercise for a balanced lifestyle
  • Strengthening your goal-management skills

Supporting Training Resources

The existing course includes practical activities, self-assessment exercises and supplementary resources designed to help participants turn their goals into achievable action plans.

  • Wheel of Life Self-Assessment
  • Goal-Setting Worksheets - Everything You Want to Be, Do or Have
  • Creating a Personal Mission Statement and Identifying Values
  • Murder Mystery Activity
  • Review Materials
  • Examination with Answer Key

These activities encourage participants to reflect on their priorities, identify what matters most, and develop a structured approach to achieving personal and professional goals.

Final contents of the Training-to-Go package are currently being reviewed.