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Being a leader you must recognize that in order to lead effectively you need to give your followers success. Some leaders are concerned that if they reveal their goals to their subordinates there is the possibility that they might miss the goals. The leaders are concerned that they might lose credibility if this happens. While this is certainly a possibility, the risks of not presenting any goals to an organization are likely to be more detrimental that missing a goal occasionally.

We know that communicating goals doesn’t guarantee that your employees will be motivated and love what they do, but if you don’t convey goals to your employees at all you can certainly guarantee that they won’t be motivated because they won’t know where they are going.

Communication is a very important skill for a leader to develop. Without good communication, it is unlikely that they will success. The thoughtful leader is constantly taking the pulse of his organization and looking at how what he said was received – constantly measuring how well people understood what he said and how well they are taking his words and converting them into appropriate action. Good communication doesn’t happen on accident. It has to be developed and constantly refined. You have to constantly measure how effective your communication was and make sure it is achieving the desired results.

When it comes to communicating goals, it is important to gauge whether or not the goals you have set are achieving the desired results. Sometimes your goals will need refined to make sure people are heading in an appropriate direction and following your intent not just what you said.