What has a beginning and an end but no middle?

Colleagues,

Answer to my riddle: growth goals!
 
When I worked in higher education:

• I developed yearly growth goals for myself in an annual plan.
• I reflected on my growth goals in my annual evaluation.
• I rarely received support for meeting my goals unless I asked for it.
• There was no system to support my progress, or lack thereof.

 
The third-to-worst thing about this is that I never really noticed this as being a problem.
 
The second-to-worst thing was that there were critical areas in which I needed to grow but didn’t.
 
The worst thing was that I did not actively work to help the people around me to grow.
 
How about you?

• Do you have your own growth goals?
• Are there structures and systems that help you make progress towards your goals?
• Are there structures and systems that help you help others make progress on their goals?

 
Cheers!
 
Frederick