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The Importance of a Mid-Year Review







 Eldred Brown, DTM - District 7 Director








         and striving for a later completion date. You        plan to use our next leadership team meeting
         may even consider moving your goal to your           to guide our team through a mid-year review.
         backlog of things for some indefinite time in        I know we’re behind schedule on a few of our

         the future. Now is a good time to review the         goals and ahead of schedule on a few others.
         goal you gave up, assess what went wrong,            We’ve even achieved a couple of goals. A
         and what lessons you learned from the                mid-year assessment of where we are, where
         experience.                                          we want to be at this time of the year, where
         Goals You Achieved                                   we want to be at the end of the year, and

             Congratulations! Celebrate your                  what course corrections we need to make to
         achievement! What did you learn from the             get there will help us refocus our efforts to
         experience? What went right to enable you            finish the year strong. I invite you to follow

         to achieve your goal? What mistakes did              our lead and conduct your own mid-year
         you make along the way? What obstacles did           review. Will you join us?
         you have to overcome to reach your goal?
         Include this analysis in your review. Maybe

         the achievement of your goal has set you up
         to reach another goal. Identify that. You may
         have learned time management skills that
         will help you achieve your next goal. Take

         note of those skills and look for ways to use
         them in the pursuit of your next goal.


         Conclusion

             Your District 7 leadership team
         has also set goals for the program
         year. Knowing how important a
         mid-year review is to our success, I




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