“It was so much easier this year to set our team goals, now that we have a shared vision,” Chris remarked, reflecting on the visioning process they had recently completed. Are team members dependent on each other in order to accomplish certain goals? Do any of the goals depend on a team effort? Was he right? MORE >>

Posted in Self Leadership Do your goals dictate your character or does your character dictate your goals? Self Leadership Character Character-based Leadership compromise goals integrity visionIntegrity may just be the point at which your character dictates your behavior. Often I’m [.]. MORE >>

Jim Parker, former CEO of Southwest Airlines told me, “Don’t set artificial goals for yourself. Don’t set goals about the job you want or the amount of money you want to make.” Goals Personal Growth Leadership DevelopmentWe forget the expected and remember the unusual. You [.]. MORE >>

To help illustrate some of the lessons we can learn from the experiences of these top chefs, let’s take a look at the following four questions to help you evaluate the approach you take in leading your team and organization towards attaining your shared goals. Do you adapt to changing conditions or insist on sticking to what you know? MORE >>

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. Why not every day? MORE >>