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Using smart goals and data-driven assessment

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Smart goals and data-driven assessment help employees and managers map career advancement – Guest post by Danielle M. Setting SMART goals. The SMART system works quite well for setting objectives and measuring performance. Breaking down the job into smaller, more specific goals can also help.

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Six Principles of Persuasion for Leaders

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Nobody listening to you makes it difficult, or even impossible, to achieve your shared goal. If you are going to be rewarding your employees with tangible items, set up a system where the reward is limited and certain goals need to be met to achieve them. Another application of scarcity is through communication.

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Guest Post: Confidence in management

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The politics of the workplace, the lack of willingness for employees to give an honest assessment of their management style or business behaviors means that many organizations are left with ineffective managers in place. With proper training and support, this system has a positive aspect in management performance.

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Guest Post: Begging For Leadership Won’t Get You A Pocket Full of Change

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That doesn’t have to be the scenario if employees understand the change, the strategies that will be used, and their role in accomplishing the goals. Equally important is that employees are instilled with the mind-set that they are capable of successfully executing the change strategies for themselves and their organization.

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