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Guaranteed Bull’s-Eye: How to Put Goal Achievement on Automatic

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How can we be sure our efforts will lead to goal achievement? Here’s a unique way one person answered this question, and what we can learn about how to make sure our own efforts result in the goal achievement we hope for.

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Leading Spaghetti – Using Your Noodle to Get Your Pasta to Cooperate

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If noodles are a metaphor for people as Bill probably intended, it makes sense – both can be fun, but also hard to keep organized. So how about we decide it’s lunch time at Mama Rosa’s Pasta Palace, and the short term goal is getting that spaghetti into your mouth to satisfy your vision of “ Keeping my tummy happy.”

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Grandma’s Law: How to Put the Power of Incentive to Work for You

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There’s a simple law you can apply to your goal setting that will definitely help improve the amount of things you’re able to get done. So Lorgan made a deal with his team – they would set a weekly production goal for the department. But at other times, they met their goal on Thursday, and had all of Friday to do the fun stuff.

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Mind the Gap: 8 Ways to Close the Trust Gap on Your Team

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Following that metaphor, establishing trust in an organization can be a lot like boarding a train to the coast. Confirm the destination by talking about the team’s vision and near-term goals. Keep your teammates aware and involved in how things are going – what the next goals are and how well they are doing in getting there.

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5 Simple Steps to Lead Successfully

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Getting Organized. The trick is now to simplify and organize that list. I asked him, “How can you organize so that all that work gets done?” He thought that assigning specific people to do the tasks in each of the three areas would be good. Simplify and Organize. Great leaders are great simplifiers Click To Tweet.

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Space to Think: 8 Ways to Find Quiet in a Noisy World

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Whether you are trying to solve world hunger, resolve an issue at the office, or setting goals for the next 90 days, here are some ideas to help you make space to think. Use the morning commute to organize for the coming day, or the evening drive to line up priorities for tomorrow. Carving Out Some Space. Block it out.

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New Leader Checklist: 4 Questions to Ask if You Want to Lead Effectively

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Leadership is influencing others to get something done, so it’s crucial to understand what the long term vision of your organization is, and the short term goals you need to meet to get there. Even if you already know the organization and each other, do this anyway.