{"id":3332,"date":"2012-04-09T06:03:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T06:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2022-09-18T19:38:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T19:38:26","slug":"list-your-action-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/list-your-action-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"List Your Action Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The L in GOALS = Listed<\/p>\n<p>The reason <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coach training<\/a> programs cover recognizing individual preferences and different approaches is because each person is unique and supporting success is tailored to the individual.\u00a0 In the previous blog post from this series, the big-picture approach with built-in flexibility for \u2018to do\u2019 items was described.\u00a0 Now dive in to discover what is behind powerful action steps in a procedural, detailed approach.<\/p>\n<p>When a \u2018\u2018to do\u2019\u2019 item or action step is specific and measurable, it is easily understood and completed.\u00a0 For example, rather than planning to communicate with a colleague, get specific: how will you communicate with them?\u00a0 Get measurable: when will you communicate with them?\u00a0 Hence instead of listing \u2018communicate with colleague\u2019 the action step becomes to call them on Tuesday at 10 AM.<\/p>\n<p>Recognize whether each action step is realistic.\u00a0 For example, if you are scheduled to be in a meeting on Tuesday at 10 AM then the above action step is unlikely.\u00a0 Of course this goes beyond basic scheduling \u2013 realistic also means it is doable, that you have the resources and knowledge, and where others are involved that they are available, willing, and able too.<\/p>\n<p>For many people, a general timeline or \u2018to do\u2019 list works and for others, defining the specific date and time is more effective.\u00a0 Whichever works best for you, whether with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findacertifiedcoach.com\/\">coach<\/a> or individually, schedule time to create your checklist and\/or calendar specific, measurable, realistic action steps.<\/p>\n<p>Follow this blog for the next posts on strategized goals and read what business, life, and executive coaches know supports powerful goal setting for results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The L in GOALS = Listed The reason coach training programs cover recognizing individual preferences and different approaches is because each person is unique and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[91,48,85,88,51,89,102,84,103,87],"class_list":["post-3332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-business-coach","tag-coach","tag-coach-training","tag-effective-coaching","tag-excellence","tag-executive-coach","tag-goal-setting","tag-goals","tag-opportunities","tag-professional-coach","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3332"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11074,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3332\/revisions\/11074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}