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The Secret to Maximum Impact

Lead Change Blog

Your year just started and you’re probably already behind on your “you think we’re good now, but soon we’ll be great” BHAG ( thank you, Jim Collins, for introducing the world to Big Hairy Audacious Goals ). You promised yourself and your team that this would be “the year” and now you have to deliver. Marginal Adjustments.

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Dream Adjusters: Why Company Leaders Also Have To Be Chief Calibration Officers

Terry Starbucker

And who should be the one sorting it all out for an organization and/or team pushing for greatness? When is a dream too big? When is it not big enough? When should the dream change? YOU, the leader. . There is no other person that can do it most effectively, or with the most impact.

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The Infinite Game

Leading Blog

Sinek notes, “It’s easy to mistake a BHAG (big, hairy audacious goal) for a Just Cause because they can indeed be incredibly inspiring and can often take many years to achieve. Build Trusting Teams. Trusting teams are characterized by the team member’s ability to feel free to express themselves—to be vulnerable.

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12 Ways Leaders Can Build a Winning Culture

Terry Starbucker

Set the “BHAG” – Teammates want to be a part of something bigger then just “profit”, find a “big, hairy, audacious goal” and run for it. Stay Human - Care, empathize, laugh, roll up your sleeves, and love the journey (and your team). Yep, that’s about right.

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7 Leadership Questions That Will Move Your Needle in 2016

The Empowered Buisness

Have you ever experienced in a meeting where a seasoned leader listened intently and then, with exquisite timing, asked one question that shifted the direction, focus and thinking of the entire team? QUESTION 1: What is your BHAG? The best definition that I seen is that a BHAG is a statement of strategic intent.

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3 Ways to Create Meaningful Goals to Increase Engagement and Trust

Lead Change Blog

Have a shared vision and shared goals that create alignment between individuals, the team, and the company. Don’t just establish the link between individual performance and team goals as well as organizational goals/success; have metrics for progress toward them and then plow achievements into new collaborations and innovations.

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Leadership Lessons from Pfizer-BioNTech’s Vaccine Development

The Practical Leader

“ Collaboration and Teamwork — “first and most important, success is a team effort…the need to embrace cooperation — especially in a crisis.” ” Depending how they’re used, BHAGs (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals) can enervate or elevate. .” ” This is classic servant leadership.