Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2016

How do you create meaningful goals that will command the thoughts, energy, and commitment of others? I have had some BHAG (big hairy audacious goals) personally and professionally—for both myself and others—in my life. This is not just about you.

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CO2

AUGUST 16, 2012

In doing so, they sabotage us and prevent us from achieving (or even trying to achieve) a big, hairy, audacious goal (a BHAG as it is sometimes called). Asking them questions tends to quiet the negative voices and gets them to focus on how best to stay safe while committing to a new and potentially risky goal. They limit us.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Often we set OKRs or business goals and find ourselves committed to metrics that aren’t the right ones to measure after all. For years, we had learned that a good vision is a BHAG (a Big Hairy Audacious Goal) and that it should be a short, memorable slogan. What is Radical Product Thinking (RPT)? What are some of the elements of it?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2012

With humor, real-world examples, and step-by-step guides, the book explains: How to make mission, values, and BHAGS relevant to daily organizational life. In order to move to Stage 3, the team must hammer out the performance standards and commitment to achieving them. Seven essential rules for effective strategic planning.

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Team BHAG Hammer Customer Loyalty 59

Strategy Driven

JULY 25, 2012

With humor, real-world examples, and step-by-step guides, the book explains: How to make mission, values, and BHAGS relevant to daily organizational life. In Front Line Heroes , Bruce Hodes offers executives and business leaders advice culled from 30 years of coaching privately held companies ranging from $5 million to $100 million in size.

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Team BHAG Blanchard Airlines 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Second, were he to deliver the full improvement that year he would be giving up $17 million “for free” that could otherwise be reserved for achieving future years’ budget commitments. The other target is the minimum level of performance the manager needs to justify their commitment to the employee’s endeavor.

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BHAG Budgeting Cost Goal 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 18, 2012

With humor, real-world examples, and step-by-step guides, the book explains: How to make mission, values, and BHAGS relevant to daily organizational life. Commitment needs to be generated to work through the issues. Seven essential rules for effective strategic planning. How to transform groups into high-performance teams.

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Team Sports BHAG Customer Loyalty 53