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Goal Setting vs. Goal Sitting

Chris Brady

Perhaps the best course of action (and I can hardly believe I'm writing the words) is to line up with everyone else and set some 2011 goals for ourselves. So how can we set goals that won't disappear faster than a politician's promise? Goals must be specific 2. Goals must be written down 3. So far so good.

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QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management.

QAspire

Sure, goals are important and attaining them is even more important. My point is – if we constantly keep our goal in perspective (and get overwhelmed by it), we become less efficient. It is easy to get overwhelmed by the enormity of our goals - but we need to remember that an elephant can only be eaten one piece at a time!

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Dealing with Conflict | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand.

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Social Media Responsibility | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. " My goal is to use the tools to help people engage their world, not disengage. I want to help us check in, and be more productive when we do.

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How a Sales Manager Can Think Like a Leader

Strategy Driven

Almost every sales manager was, at one point in their career, a peak-performing sales professional, top dog on the team. This presents a problem because managing and leading a sales team requires a completely different mindset from selling. But sales managers are not put in the job to keep selling. Not so fast.

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Who's In Charge?

N2Growth Blog

The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. I’m always amazed at the number of organizations that charge sub-par leaders with mission critical tasks and then wonder why they failed to meet their objectives. is who they are going to put in charge?

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Five championship strategies

Lead on Purpose

What struck me the first time I listened to this podcast is how beautifully these principles apply to product management, to leadership and to life in general. We need to look ahead and have goals for future success, and make choices right now that take us in that direction. Larry spells ‘win’ as an acronym, W.I.N.,

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