{"id":18174,"date":"2018-03-18T16:14:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T21:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lern.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=11692"},"modified":"2021-08-02T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T17:24:00","slug":"top-ideas-for-achieving-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/top-ideas-for-achieving-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ideas for Achieving Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top ideas for achieving goals in 2018, as chosen by your LERN Leaders.<a href=\"https:\/\/lern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Beach-Two.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11693\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11693\" src=\"https:\/\/lern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Beach-Two-300x142.jpg\" alt=\"Beach Two\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#5 Encourage and allow staff to dedicate time to professional development. <em>Suggested by Scott River, Olympia, WA.<\/em><br \/>\n#4 Create manuals for core processes so everyone knows how key tasks are completed, such as registration, cancellations, refunds, hiring, etc. <em>Suggested by Michael Seppi, Ellisville, MO.<\/em><br \/>\n#3 Check in frequently with your team. Explain the \u2018Why\u2019 to your team. <em>Suggested by Christina Swets, Glencoe, IL.<\/em><br \/>\n#2 Take small steps towards bigger goals. You\u2019ll be amazed how a little momentum goes a long way! <em>Suggested by Scott River, Olympia, WA<\/em><br \/>\n#1 Remember to keep your \u201cwhy\u201d or your end goal in sight. It helps cut through unnecessary layers that can sidetrack you from results.\u00a0 <em>Suggested by Beth Pinargote, Glencoe, IL<\/em><br \/>\nFrom a list of the top 40 ideas from the last big LERN conference, a panel of 15 LERN Leaders voted on the top five.\u00a0 All five, interestingly, had to do with team building and accomplishing goals.<br \/>\n<em>Photo taken by LERN Staff, El Combate Beach, Puerto Rico, January 31, 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top ideas for achieving goals in 2018, as chosen by your LERN Leaders. #5 Encourage and allow staff to dedicate time to professional development. Suggested by Scott River, Olympia, WA. #4 Create manuals for core processes so everyone knows how key tasks are completed, such as registration, cancellations, refunds, hiring, etc. Suggested by Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19230,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18174\/revisions\/19230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lerntest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}