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People focused on performance hitting their potential. That has been Jon’s life work. As many have introduced him, Jon is the quintessential thought leader, trainer, speaker and consultant on all aspects of Human Capital, Talent Management and Performance Management. After a 14-year career in the Supply Chain Technology, Jon realized the strong demand for talent and for companies who could deliver high performing talent. He then purchased a Management Recruiters International franchise in November of 1998 and away he went. Jon achieved industry-leading success as one of an elite group of executive recruiters who billed over $1 million annually while building a multi-million dollar top 10 Office. In a 10year period (1999–2009), he cashed in over $10 million in personal production and established JSI as a top 10% executive search and staffing firm winning 17 international awards in the MRINetwork. Today Jon still works a desk. As of today, he has billed over 24 million in personal production since 1999. Jon sold his recruiting firm in 2012 to a large healthcare consulting firm. After a three-year stint as President and CEO, in 2015 – he started a new firm, focused on mutually committed search and contract staffing - Global Performance Search. After growing it to 7 offices in 5 different countries, focusing on Warehouse Automation and Renewable Energies, Jon merged GPS with SearchPath Global in 2020 and is currently their President and Managing Director of the fastest growing Franchise System in the world today. Today SearchPath Global has 45 offices in 8 different countries – growing at over 100% per year. In 2008 Jon founded the industries lead performance analytics tool - Revenue Performance Management. The RPM Dashboard is an Analytics and Developmental tool that focuses on taking staffing and recruiting professionals on a path to achieving their Performance Potential. Period. Currently the RPM Dashboard is used by over 500 companies worldwide to help them achieve. www.rpm-usa.com. Jon has personally coached over 500 business owners and executive leaders to help them achieve their personal and business vision. Jon can be reached at 513-515-1267 or jbartos@searchpath.com. Visit https://www.searchpath.com

Want to make a substantial positive impact on your life? Start goal setting!

  By Jon Bartos  |    Thursday November 30, 2018



For most people, goal setting takes place at the end of the calendar year. It’s not only a good time to reflect on what we’ve accomplished in our personal and professional lives, but it also allows us the chance to think about starting the next year with a clean slate full of fresh and exciting possibilities. 

When looking back on the results of the previous year, you will likely note that while you had the best intentions to make large strides or accomplish certain goals, when you take stock of where you are today versus a year ago, your life has not really changed measurably. You may have a little more or a little less money, you may have gained or lost a little bit of weight, but all in all, even with visions of grandeur, your life stayed relatively the same. 

Don’t feel badly. Most people are in the same boat. The reason? Most do not understand the true commitment and process required to attain goals and make life-impacting changes. So how DO people really make massive shifts in their lives to ensure they reach their desired state of professional and personal success? 

First, let’s take a look at what the research says about goal attainment. 

In Building a Practically Useful Theory of Goals Setting and Task Motivation, Gary Latham (University of Toronto) and Edwin Locke (University of Maryland) summarize a 35-year-long empirical research study on goal setting theory. Most of their research focused on goal setting in business, in hopes of determining what truly works for business professionals and what does not. 

Here is what they found: 

• The highest levels of goal attainment were found with moderately-difficult to difficult goals 

• The most difficult goals produced the highest levels of effort, but did not necessarily correlate to the highest levels of goal attainment. 

• Self-efficacy (the belief that one can accomplish a goal) was critical in goal attainment. 

• Feedback on progress was critical to success.

• The more specific the goal, the higher the level of successful goal attainment.

• The level of importance of the goal affected the outcome 

These important points mean that goal attainment has several components that can be clearly defined and used to develop a process that will increase our chances of achieving our goals. 

A word of caution, however: change can be hard. If it were simple, everyone would be living the life of their dreams. Success takes personal sacrifice, the ability to overcome adversity, and a high level of personal discipline...yes, that’s right, discipline. Success doesn’t care if you were hugged enough as a child or if you grew up on the right street. Success and goal attainment are about taking full ownership of where you currently stand in life and having confidence in your own ability to make the necessary changes to produce the desired results. If you are willing to put your personal baggage and self-doubt on the back burner, read on—you may find the opportunity for REAL change and the true potential for living your dream.   

Send EMinfo an email with subject: Jon Barto’s - 10 Steps to Achieving Your Dreams Workbook and we will email you his ebook/workbook to set your goals for 2019.  Go ahead…. Take that first STEP!!  Email info@eminfo.com

 


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