Lead on Purpose
AUGUST 10, 2013
Smart goals and data-driven assessment help employees and managers map career advancement – Guest post by Danielle M. Setting SMART goals. Here’s what the acronym means: Specific: When an individual or team needs to tackle a large general goal, such as “Increase productivity,” it often helps to specify the desired action.
Lead on Purpose
JUNE 15, 2013
Forbes.com defines leadership as “a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal.” By encouraging others to lead, you can more easily achieve company goals and create a nurturing, supportive work environment.
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Lead on Purpose
JUNE 22, 2013
Authors Chip Heath and Dan Heath wrote the book Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work with the following goals: “We want to make you a bit better at making good decisions, and we want to help you make your good decisions a bit more decisively. Find ways to bring real-world experience into your decision-making process.
Lead on Purpose
DECEMBER 23, 2011
That doesn’t have to be the scenario if employees understand the change, the strategies that will be used, and their role in accomplishing the goals. A successful leader who leads by example and keeps his promises will gain the trust and loyalty of his employees. Basic economics: Supply and Demand. Communication is key.
Lead on Purpose
AUGUST 31, 2012
But if your end goal is to build a more robust talent pipeline (and it should be), performance can’t be the only point of entry. By working with leadership, however, managers can profile the skills that ensure success in key roles—and be on the lookout for examples of both high performers and high potentials from day one.
Lead on Purpose
FEBRUARY 23, 2013
Nobody listening to you makes it difficult, or even impossible, to achieve your shared goal. If you are going to be rewarding your employees with tangible items, set up a system where the reward is limited and certain goals need to be met to achieve them. It can be applied to the respect and rewards that are directed to employees.
Lead on Purpose
MAY 31, 2010
What also helps is, before you plan for the coming week, is to reflect on the week just past to evaluate if you’ve achieved the goals you’ve set for yourself. In addition to planning new goals, you can also improve the process in which you achieve them.
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