Before we jump into today’s blog, we wanted to let you know about an event were throwing next Thursday, February 4th at noon CST.
The first AQR Academy will be a Zoom workshop dedicated to making social media work for you, including Creating Content to Sell and How to Get Your Social Media Moving.
Still not convinced to join? We forgot to mention the workshop will feature internationally sought out content strategist Kristy Honsvick and social media strategist, consultant, and trainer Hollie Clere.
Feel like you’re missing out? You can still purchase the recordings and digital recap from 2020 Academy events.
Now, on to those goals.
Goals, goals, goals
We’re already one month into 2021, which means it’s the perfect time to check in on how your goals are doing.
What was your focus for this year? Reducing expenses? Increasing efficiencies? Improving customer experiences? Whatever it is, know that if you don’t have a metric to measure progress, you’re going to want to find a way how.
As we know, data can be extremely helpful, but don’t get bogged down in having too much of it. Similarly, some employees can be extremely motivated by data. Find a way to publicly post metrics. Of course, you don’t want to make anyone feel bad about their performance, so encourage each employee to hit the same goal each week. If you have a weekly training, schedule time for questions so they can talk to each other about what works (or doesn’t).
Then, check in on the status. If you’re not on track to reach your goal, consider changing your performance (or even altering the goal itself).
Good luck from us friends at AQR! We know you can do it.
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