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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. Focus is the key.

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How to Have an Impact without Electricity and the Internet

Mills Scofield

This is a guest post by Kona Shen , Founder of GOALS Haiti , mentioned here. I began traveling to Haiti as a volunteer in 2007 and moved here in 2010 to launch an organization called GOALS. GOALS uses soccer to engage youth in public service and education that improve quality of life and develop new leadership. In the U.S.,

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How to be Remarkable

Rajesh Setty

Your goal is not to just move the needle but move the needle using your core skills. Think about the old adage – “if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Think about the old adage – “if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

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Is There a CEO Afterlife? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Bottom line, I love a challenge and I’m every bit as goal-oriented as I was thirty years ago. Former CEO of sports apparel maker Russell Corporation, Jack Ward puts his time and money into helping inner-city kids. Warren Staley (Cargill) supports Habitat for Humanity with a hammer, a saw and a wallet.

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Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations and Targets

Deming Institute

I achieved my goal by not my aim. That happens a lot, we honestly translate aims to goals. And then we do stupid things in the name of the goal get it the way of the aim. We forget the aim sometimes and put the goal in its place. Mike Tveite, Achieving goals but failing to achieve the aim.

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How to Coach, According to 5 Great Sports Coaches

Harvard Business Review

Business is not a sport. Instead, “set small goals and hit them.” ” “When you set small, visible goals, and people achieve them, they start to get it into their heads that they can succeed. Set clear goals and milestones, and celebrate when you hit them. Believe in your team. Coaching'

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When One Person’s High Performance Creates Resentment in Your Team

Harvard Business Review

As the Japanese proverb warns : “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” Organizational citizenship behaviors like helping others, making constructive suggestions, and being a good sport also matter in business , helping to lubricate the social machine of the organization.

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