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Episode Synopsis
Manage This, the podcast by project managers for project managers.
Table of Contents
00:50 … Meet Tricia Molloy
01:59 … Our need for goals.
03:00 … How to identify goals?
05:04 … Obstacles/Distractions to goal setting.
09:30 … Stress – good or bad?
12:50 … Energy management.
15:15 … Vision Boards and RAS.
16:53 … Creating and using Vision Boards.
25:25 … Vision Board for a Project team.
28:28 … Wrap Up
TRICIA MOLLOY: We live in a world where there’s so many distractions. And in order for us to focus, it really makes sense to think about what goals are most important to us in order to get that done. So, I’m a big believer in thinking about what goals are important, and writing those goals down, and having a plan.
ANDY CROWE: Welcome to Manage This, the podcast by project managers for project managers. Normally you’d be hearing the voice of Nick Walker right now; but Nick also has a job chasing storms, and Nick is involved right now in some weather activity. And so this is Andy Crowe. And I am playing kind of host here, along with Bill Yates. We have a very special guest in the studio today. Bill, tell us about our guest.
Meet Tricia Molloy
BILL YATES: Yes, we do. Our guest today is Tricia Molloy. Tricia’s an author and speaker who presents programs on reducing stress, achieving goals, and improving work-life balance, all things that we can improve on, for sure. Tricia consults with a number of organizations, for example, Marriott, Kellogg, The Home Depot, Deloitte, and the Network of Executive Women. She facilitates vision board workshops. We’ll have a lot more to say about that. And she’s worked with employees at the CDC, Verizon, and Ernst & Young. Tricia, welcome to Manage This.
TRICIA MOLLOY: Thank you.
ANDY CROWE: Tricia, one of the things that we’re very excited to talk to you about are these vision boards. But I feel like we need to set the stage first and talk a bit about goals.
TRICIA MOLLOY: Yes.
Our Need for Goals.
ANDY CROWE: So thinking about goals – and this is certainly something that project managers have to focus on a lot; right? We have a lot of goals. But why do we have goals in work and in other aspects of life? We have to set goals to get things done personally. What is it about us? What is our need for goals?
TRICIA MOLLOY: Yeah, we live in a world where there’s so many distractions. And in order for us to focus, it really makes sense to think about what goals are most important to us in order to get that done. So I’m a big believer in thinking about what goals are important and writing those goals down and having a plan.
ANDY CROWE: I like that. You know, Stephen Covey in his “7 Habits for Highly Successful People” book talked about beginning with the end in mind.
BILL YATES: Right.
ANDY CROWE: And so a lot of times it’s useful to kind of envision an outcome. And it doesn’t always turn out the way we plan, I guess, but it’s a useful exercise, huh.
How to Identify Goals
BILL YATES: That’s for sure. Now, Tricia, I know you’ve worked with a number of organizations and with individuals who struggle in this area, and you have the chance to really coach them and help them identify goals. Let’s say you’re meeting with me, and you’re talking through my need for goals, and you’ve kind of sold me on the idea. How do you help me identify goals?
TRICIA MOLLOY: Oh, that’s a great question. Sometimes you think first about what you don’t want in your life.
BILL YATES: Okay.
TRICIA MOLLOY: And then those goals just naturally evolve from there. So that’s one way to do it. Another way is to think about what you want the final outcome to be. And then of course there are steps before that. And each of those steps inevitably becomes a goal.
BILL YATES: Okay. That’s good.
ANDY CROWE: Is this intuitive to most people? Do they know how to set goals? Do they walk in with misconceptions? What do you think?
TRICIA MOLLOY: Huh.
Table of Contents
00:50 … Meet Tricia Molloy
01:59 … Our need for goals.
03:00 … How to identify goals?
05:04 … Obstacles/Distractions to goal setting.
09:30 … Stress – good or bad?
12:50 … Energy management.
15:15 … Vision Boards and RAS.
16:53 … Creating and using Vision Boards.
25:25 … Vision Board for a Project team.
28:28 … Wrap Up
TRICIA MOLLOY: We live in a world where there’s so many distractions. And in order for us to focus, it really makes sense to think about what goals are most important to us in order to get that done. So, I’m a big believer in thinking about what goals are important, and writing those goals down, and having a plan.
ANDY CROWE: Welcome to Manage This, the podcast by project managers for project managers. Normally you’d be hearing the voice of Nick Walker right now; but Nick also has a job chasing storms, and Nick is involved right now in some weather activity. And so this is Andy Crowe. And I am playing kind of host here, along with Bill Yates. We have a very special guest in the studio today. Bill, tell us about our guest.
Meet Tricia Molloy
BILL YATES: Yes, we do. Our guest today is Tricia Molloy. Tricia’s an author and speaker who presents programs on reducing stress, achieving goals, and improving work-life balance, all things that we can improve on, for sure. Tricia consults with a number of organizations, for example, Marriott, Kellogg, The Home Depot, Deloitte, and the Network of Executive Women. She facilitates vision board workshops. We’ll have a lot more to say about that. And she’s worked with employees at the CDC, Verizon, and Ernst & Young. Tricia, welcome to Manage This.
TRICIA MOLLOY: Thank you.
ANDY CROWE: Tricia, one of the things that we’re very excited to talk to you about are these vision boards. But I feel like we need to set the stage first and talk a bit about goals.
TRICIA MOLLOY: Yes.
Our Need for Goals.
ANDY CROWE: So thinking about goals – and this is certainly something that project managers have to focus on a lot; right? We have a lot of goals. But why do we have goals in work and in other aspects of life? We have to set goals to get things done personally. What is it about us? What is our need for goals?
TRICIA MOLLOY: Yeah, we live in a world where there’s so many distractions. And in order for us to focus, it really makes sense to think about what goals are most important to us in order to get that done. So I’m a big believer in thinking about what goals are important and writing those goals down and having a plan.
ANDY CROWE: I like that. You know, Stephen Covey in his “7 Habits for Highly Successful People” book talked about beginning with the end in mind.
BILL YATES: Right.
ANDY CROWE: And so a lot of times it’s useful to kind of envision an outcome. And it doesn’t always turn out the way we plan, I guess, but it’s a useful exercise, huh.
How to Identify Goals
BILL YATES: That’s for sure. Now, Tricia, I know you’ve worked with a number of organizations and with individuals who struggle in this area, and you have the chance to really coach them and help them identify goals. Let’s say you’re meeting with me, and you’re talking through my need for goals, and you’ve kind of sold me on the idea. How do you help me identify goals?
TRICIA MOLLOY: Oh, that’s a great question. Sometimes you think first about what you don’t want in your life.
BILL YATES: Okay.
TRICIA MOLLOY: And then those goals just naturally evolve from there. So that’s one way to do it. Another way is to think about what you want the final outcome to be. And then of course there are steps before that. And each of those steps inevitably becomes a goal.
BILL YATES: Okay. That’s good.
ANDY CROWE: Is this intuitive to most people? Do they know how to set goals? Do they walk in with misconceptions? What do you think?
TRICIA MOLLOY: Huh.
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