Employees can empower themselves further in 2010 by supporting company performance goals through the creation of personal learning goals. Understanding the learning and personal development that will be involved in order to meet future company goals is a way of discovering hidden perks. Draft ways to blend the demands of your current work goals with any longer-term interests. “Drafting” allows you to bring 100% of your passion and interests to work. Additionally, learning goals can provide a different view of your role and added meaning. For example, a UPS driver with a daily scheduled delivery route “drafted” a mission to connect with customers more and learned effective communication techniques to personalize every encounter and delight customers. An account executive “drafted” a sales quota as a mission in order to become a better salesperson and committed to learning sales techniques from three of the top leaders in the department. 21st Century workplaces recognize performance goals and the commitment to improvement but even if your company doesn’t acknowledge improved skills, your learning plan will enable you to be a better professional for life.
