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There’s More To Goal Setting Than Making Them SMART

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When I talk to clients about effective goal setting someone invariably mentions that good goals are SMART goals – specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. I agree these are critically important to strengthening goals. They don’t tell you how an individual or team arrived at the goal.

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A Lesson On How Successful People Achieve Their Goals

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For many of us, the month of September presents the perfect opportunity to look back on the goals we set out for ourselves earlier this year and to assess how well we are doing in achieving those goals and more specifically, what should we be doing from this point forward to ensure that we successfully attain them.

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4 Secrets To Making Time For Leadership

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The E stands for Energy, and the three C’s are Capture, Calendar, and Concentrate. Energy The first step—the most important part of my E-3C system—is “E” for Energy. You can’t make more time, but you can increase your productivity by increasing your energy, focus and attention. How do you maximize energy?

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A Springtime Leadership Lesson From The Birds

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Naturally, this means that the birds in the front expend the most energy flying and consequently, experience fatigue before the other birds do. Like the Canada geese, this will help your team to become more fluid and capable of responding to whatever challenges or opportunities they might come across in their pursuit of their shared goals.

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3 Valuable Insights Leaders Can Learn From Neuroscience

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Elliot Berkman of the University of Oregon, one of the leading researchers into the neuroscience of goal setting and habit formation, has proposed another reason why explanations of this sort are powerful motivators. The employee’s goal is tightly connected with the purpose of the job.

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Is Your Team Promotion Or Prevention-Focused? Here’s Why It Matters To Leaders

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There are two ways to look at the goals we pursue at work (and in life). Let’s start with a goal many of us share: “doing my job well.” If you are (or your employee is) someone who sees goals this way, you have what’s called a promotion focus. Confidence heightens their energy and intensity.

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How We Can Develop A Culture Of Learning

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Both have a quest for knowledge; they can talk with you all day about habitats, inertia, paleontologists, and, as Tucker calls it, ‘gestion,’ the art of turning the food one eats into energy. business communication culture Guest Posts leadership Recent Posts challenges failure goals inquisitiveness learning objectives perception'