Short
-
Term
Leadership
Goals
1
Meet
individually
with
every
direct
report
within
your
first
two
weeks
.
Understand
each
person
’
s
role
,
strengths
,
aspirations
and
current
blockers
.
Ask
how
you
can
best
support
them
and
what
they
want
more
or
less
of
from
their
leader
.
2
Define
your
30-, 60-
and
90-
day
priorities
.
Clarify
what
the
team
will
accomplish
during
this
period
,
communicate
the
plan
with
your
team
,
and
review
it
weekly
so
priorities
stay
visible
and
aligned
.
3
Establish
a
predictable
rhythm
of
team
communication
.
Implement
a
weekly
team
meeting
,
a
recurring
1:1
cadence
and
a
simple
channel
for
asynchronous
updates
.
Consistent
communication
builds
trust
and
reduces
ambiguity
.
4
Identify
and
deliver
one
meaningful
“
quick
win
”
with
the
team
.
Find
one
process
bottleneck
,
recurring
pain
point
or
low
-
effort
improvement
that
you
can
fix
quickly
.
Show
momentum
while
building
credibility
with
the
team
.
5
Set
clear
expectations
for
roles
,
decision
-
making
and
ownership
.
Document
who
owns
each
major
workstream
and
how
decisions
will
be
made
.
Clear
accountability
reduces
confusion
and
empowers
people
to
act
.
6
Delegate
one
high
-
impact
responsibility
with
full
ownership
.
Select
an
important
task
or
project
to
hand
off
,
with
clear
outcomes
and
authority
.
Delegation
strengthens
the
team
and
frees
you
to
focus
on
strategic
leadership
.
7
Establish
a
continuous
feedback
loop
.
Give
prompt
,
specific
and
constructive
feedback
—
and
invite
it
in
return
.
Make
feedback
an
expected
part
of
everyday
work
,
not
just
a
formal
review
event
.
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8
Strengthen
relationships
with
key
stakeholders
.
Schedule
introductory
or
alignment
conversations
with
your
peers
,
partners
and
internal
clients
.
Understand
their
priorities
and
how
your
team
can
support
them
.
9
Review
key
performance
data
to
identify
what
is
really
driving
results
.
Spend
time
understanding
your
team
’
s
most
important
metrics
,
dashboards
and
recent
outcomes
before
making
changes
or
setting
new
direction
.
10
Create
a
leadership
development
plan
for
yourself
.
Identify
the
one
or
two
leadership
skills
that
matter
most
in
your
current
role
.
Commit
to
specific
practices
,
reading
,
coaching
or
development
conversations
that
will
build
them
.
Focus
tip
:
Short
-
term
leadership
goals
are
most
effective
when
they
are
specific
,
observable
and
reviewed
regularly
.
At
the
end
of
90
days
,
revisit
each
goal
,
note
what
changed
,
and
set
the
next
set
of
goals
with
your
team
.
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