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The Big Picture of Business – Cut the Weeds: Focus on Priorities and Strategy, Avoid the Time Zappers

Strategy Driven

What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? Are there networking situations which are beneficial for all parties? If so, analyze and align with those situations, rather than with the fruitless ones. Analyze them by category, to see patterns.

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What to Do If Your Boss Gets Distracted by Every New Thing

Harvard Business Review

No matter what the strategic plan says, many of us are more attracted to something new that’s glittering on the horizon than we are to the goals that have languished on our to-do list for months. Will I still need to deliver on all my other goals too? nico piotto/Getty Images.

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Which leads me to this conclusion; one of the healthiest habits you can operate in is healthy thinking! I have found that with self-awareness comes clarity about my goals and vision for my life. They can focus on the goals they have set before themselves and not get distracted by the noise of the world. What is that!?”

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Calculate How Much Your Company Should Invest in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless. Setting the growth target. Tallying new growth investments.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

Strategy Driven

There is no converting them to your more enlightened way of thinking and operating. What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? Some people simply don’t know or care where you’re coming from. They are self-serving networkers and offer nothing for you. Spot them and avoid them.