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Finding Your Bigness Balance: Seven Ways to Properly Set the Size.

Kevin Eikenberry

One point of a goal is to help you think creatively about reaching your destination. These goals have been labeled by Jim Collins (and others) as a BHAG – a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. Once the answer to this question is yes, consider if it moves you far enough, fast enough. How much does this goal stretch my thinking?

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Why Two Financial Targets Can Be Better than One

Harvard Business Review

As consultants, we once helped a manufacturing plant director discover how we could save $20 million from his costs in the coming year. If you’ve worked in business long enough, you’ve probably encountered this type of provincial thinking from both managers and team members. His response? So why not set both goals?

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