Still time to save the year?

It is a month before the end of the year and, as a leader, you are probably thinking that everything that had to be done, has probably already been done. And that because we are near the end, there is no more time to reverse some complex situation that has happened or some error that occurred along the way and that it was not possible to reverse it. However, can not do anything at all?

It is normal to be tired, because when this time of year comes, we really want it to end, so we can start all over again, in a new way, as if it were a blank page. But it is not as simple as it seems, especially when there are processes that have already been opened and that need a conclusion, so that you can follow with others.

The truth is that from the moment we believe that we can do nothing else, we end up stagnating and push with the belly some issues for next year, which is not good. If you do not solve this problem today, it will be like a ghost, because it will not disappear next year in a magic pass. Worse, it may have even increased in size and its resolution have become even more difficult.

You may be thinking, as I address? The OKRs (Key Objectives and Key Results) - OKRs can be useful, after all, one of their premises is to bring the team to help, so that a team work is done that, most likely, will be better to address the topic. The manager can sit with his employees and start slicing the ox to eat it in steaks, making a list of pains and thus setting the degree of priority.

From this, everyone can think about what you can still solve this year, not dragging so many problems for 2025. Thus, the tool helps you bring clarity and focus, which will help in this process of choosing what should be looked at first and also how adjustments can be made, which in a management by OKRs, can be performed steadily based on results, which allows you to recalculate the route more quickly.

However, it is very important to keep in mind that it is not feasible to arrange all the points in the 45 minutes of the second half. In order to work, the team needs to be well sized to address what is possible to arrange now, and create one backlog of the other demands that will take longer or do not deserve to be attacked now. It is no use despair wanting to mess with everything, to then have twice the work and fix again. It will end up being worse and giving more headache.

For this reason, it is essential that the manager uses the tools that are available in his favor and count on the support of employees, so that he can close 2024 with a positive balance and without many pending issues. Still time to save the year, you just need to organize better, setting long, medium and especially short-term goals, never forgetting to work for results. This makes all the difference!