The Practical Leader

MAY 12, 2021

” Bourla provides an excellent example of the growing body of research showing high-performing organizations are leading on purpose. ” Set Stretch Goals — “moon-shot challenges that align with the right purpose are galvanizing…encourage the out-of-the-box thinking required to achieve it.”

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 6, 2012

While moving leadership performance from good to great is much more attainable than an Olympic medal, it does involve setting stretch goals. A Zenger Folkman whitepaper entitled, “From BHAGs to SMART Goals: What Makes a Stretch Goal” provides practical tips and techniques in a three step process.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2018

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 11, 2017

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 6, 2012

While moving leadership performance from good to great is much more attainable than an Olympic medal, it does involve setting stretch goals. A Zenger Folkman whitepaper entitled, “From BHAGs to SMART Goals: What Makes a Stretch Goal” provides practical tips and techniques in a three step process.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 29, 2017

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 14, 2015

We’ve seen it time and again as armies and organizations have used the battle cry to bring their teams together. So why should you and your organization have a battle cry? Creating a battle cry for your organization can give your team something to rally around. Battle cries in organizations are important.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 22, 2017

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 15, 2013

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 23, 2016

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 26, 2016

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 30, 2016

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 27, 2022

” That’s a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) I’ve pursued most of my career! Deep purpose leaders grasp more acutely the mechanisms by which purpose galvanizes organizations and generates outsized performance.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Creating world-class products and services is a discipline that some organizations seem to master, and others struggle to achieve. She currently advises organizations on building radical products that create a fundamental change instead of optimizing the status quo. . In the last decade, we’ve learned to over-rely on iteration.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 25, 2015

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 31, 2015

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 29, 2015

Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees? Are my values driving the behavior I want in my organization? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Am I creating a culture that increases employee engagement?

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Experience to Lead

AUGUST 26, 2021

Sandeep Khanna, Managing Director, APAC, brings over three decades of professional experience across advertising, marketing and learning to our team from leading organizations like Grab and Facebook. They are proactive, set BHAG goals and get things done. This is what separates the great from the good.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

I had achieved my goal of getting them to the door with their teeth brushed in record time. We all know how important it is to have goals, right? And not just any goals, but stretch goals. And not just any goals, but stretch goals. It's not that goals, by their nature, are bad. Compelling, right?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 25, 2012

Front Line Heroes : Battling the business Tsunami by developing high performance organizations (Volume 1) by Bruce Hodes. It is possible to develop and grow powerful organizations in challenging times-it just takes courage, determination, and actionable techniques that work. Katzenbach and Douglas K. What is a Raving Fan Customer?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2012

Front Line Heroes : Battling the business Tsunami by developing high performance organizations (Volume 1) by Bruce Hodes. It is possible to develop and grow powerful organizations in challenging times-it just takes courage, determination, and actionable techniques that work. Seven essential rules for effective strategic planning.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2011

That includes individual development goals. In a business context, individual development goals should be closely aligned with your short and long term job responsibilities. No, these are the big, hairy, audacious, goals (BHAGs). No one should take on any more than 2-3 of these each year. A complete career change.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It can be hugely costly to organizations. W hen a manager and their team members negotiate a goal between themselves, they can easily lose sight of their shared objectives. The manager, knowing the team member is seeking a lower goal but will likely achieve the level they agree upon, seeks to raise the target.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 18, 2012

The group needs to understand the best way to organize itself for performance. Front Line Heroes : Battling the business Tsunami by developing high performance organizations (Volume 1) by Bruce Hodes. In 2008, we expanded our organization by one. This is quite different than how most of the work world is organized.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 11, 2017

Fuelling top performance is the goal for most leaders and managers. When people understand why their work matters and how it contributes to some greater good, they will be more motivated, more likely to go above and beyond to achieve the goals of the team and the organization as a whole. Optimism is contagious. Ask for advice.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) A 21st century version of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave In his comments in the “Editor’s Note” section that precedes the Introduction, Warren Bennis acknowledges that he was fascinated (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 4, 2011

Labarre Harper Paperbacks (2008) How an organization can prosper in a “hypercompetitive marketplace” As William C. Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win William C. Taylor and Polly G.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 17, 2016

Ideas are the lifeblood of any organization, and how they are generated, harvested, and turned into action is critical to continuous improvement. If your mind is closed off to new ideas, or different ways of thinking, the rest of the organization will take your lead. How can a leader build an effective idea factory?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

For many organizations, a mediocre data scientist may be worse than none at all. Chances are slim that your organization would even be able take full advantage of their talent. Limited ambition did a better job attracting credibility and support than BHAGs. What to do? My immediate advice: Give up.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

Ending extreme poverty by 2030 is the BHAG – the big, hairy audacious goal – of our generation. While skepticism abounds, momentum is on our side, with poverty rates falling in every region of world.

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