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Goal Setting: Crash Test Dummy Edition

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But too often these goals fall by the wayside before the snow has had a chance to melt. With all the writing I’ve been doing recently on goals, I thought it might be fun to put my money where my mouth is, set a New Year’s goal of my own in a public way, and see if I can stick to it. Define Success. Make small sub-goals.

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How to be a Great Boss: 9 Ways to Get a 5-Star Rating From Your Team

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But with this boss, his goal was to honestly find out how to help. He his goal was to learn how to leverage the resources under his control to help me do even better. He saw my success as his success, and this mindset made us feel like we were on the same team. Leadership: Where their success is your success.

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Is Your Team Due for a Spring Cleaning?

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Imagine someone from a major business magazine is coming to write about your leadership “secrets” and what makes your team so successful. • Why not take advantage of their “new eyes” to take a fresh look at how you operate. Model someone else’s success. You may already be pretty successful as a team. Click To Tweet.

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6 Steps You Should Take Immediately as a New Manager

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Whatever you did to become a new manager is probably not enough to help you be successful there. Start with questions about them, their goals, skills, and recent successes on the job. There’s nothing like an early success to set some positive momentum for your tenure as a new manager. They made you a new manager.

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Independence Day: 7 Ways to Defuse Conflict and Assert Your Freedom

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Stephen Covey points this out in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. Covey coaches that instead of being reactive, successful people are pro-active. They identify actions that align with their values and further their goals. Build in some operating space. Pro-Action: Fighting for Independence.

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