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Goal setting for those who fail in the PDCA cycle, which is essential for business improvement
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"I set a business goal for this year at the beginning of the year, but I'm already frustrated..." "It's hard to set a numerical goal for my job..." “PDCA” is recommended for such people, says Takuro Okamura, a consultant who works to shorten working hours and improve work efficiency. I've heard of "PDCA", but what was it after all?
Daily "visualization" is the key to achieving goals
── I hear the phrase "turning PDCA" to achieve goals, but I don't really understand PDCA in the first place. . Mr. Okamura: PDCA is to make a plan (Plan), execute based on the plan (Do), evaluate the results and gain awareness (Check), and implement improvement measures (Action) repeatedly. It is a cycle of continuous business improvement. Goals are goals because they are difficult to achieve. Therefore, it is necessary to act while doing trial and error on the premise that "achieving goals is highly difficult". This PDCA is necessary for that purpose. I think that there are many people who already "know" it as a skill, but there may be few people who have actually "turned the PDCA". The reason is that there is no one to teach you how to turn the PDCA cycle. Even if you make a plan and put it into action, how can you validate it and lead to the next action? ── Why is the PDCA cycle effective for achieving goals? Mr. Okamura: The reason why PDCA is effective in achieving goals is that it "visualizes" the process of achieving goals. There are people who often say, "I will do my best with numbers in mind!" to achieve their goals, but it is difficult to change behavior only with "awareness". “Visualization” is important. For that reason, I recommend using one notebook to manage the PDCA cycle. For example, when planning the PDCA cycle for the day today, first write down the schedule for the day in a notebook, and also include goals such as ``Today, we will conclude two business negotiations and proceed smoothly with one meeting.'' And at the end of the day, write down today's achievements and observations, consider improvement measures, and that's it. If your work is difficult to plan on a daily basis, you can go through the PDCA cycle once a week. Plans made, actions based on those plans, verification of the results of the actions, and the next action. By visualizing these PDCA cycles, you can check the path to achieving your goals on a daily basis and continue to do so without relying on your consciousness.
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