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Identify strategies for achieving your goals

Review your goals and list the factors you think are creating your current circumstances. Think about what strategy you could use to improve the situation.
Depending on the goals you're trying to meet, you may want to think about using the services of a business professional, such as a professional trainer, a contractor or a business adviser.
Think realistically about what you can do yourself and where you may benefit from some support.

Develop a plan for implementing your strategies

To achieve your goals, you need to work out how to implement your strategies. Strategies often include several specific actions or tasks. It's a good idea to develop a plan for how you will do this.
Write your plan in a format that suits you. It should include:

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  a time frame - how long a task will take to complete as well as start and finish dates
  
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  actions - state the individual actions as precisely as you can
  
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  responsibilities - assign accountability for each action so everyone knows precisely what you expect of them and who is responsible for ensuring the work is done
  
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  resources - list budget, staff or supplies needed to complete each action
  
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  a desired outcome - state how you will know that the action has been completed.
  

When you've developed your plan, you might want to also update your overall business plan.

Measure the results

Establishing how you will measure the results that you want to achieve may be as simple as checking you've completed an activity.
With larger goals, you may have to establish a more complex measurement process, like increasing profit by a set percentage, or gaining a particular number of new clients. With these types of goals, it can also be useful to set points to measure their success as you're working on them. This will help you keep your plan on track.
Consider how often you want to measure your business achievements. This can also help you set new goals regularly.
Learn more about measuring the success of your innovation.

Also consider...

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  Find out how business mentoring can help you develop your business skills.
  
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  Learn how you can become an innovative business.
  
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  Use our free business planning tools to help plan, run and grow your business.
  
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  Watch a recorded webinar for tips to help you improve your business performance.
  
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  Find out your competitive advantage.
  
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  Learn how sales targets can motivate your sales team.