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Goldilocks, The Three Bears, And Effective Goal Setting

Terry Starbucker

Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Goldilocks…… I’ve done a lot of budgeting, planning, and goal setting over the course of my career. I started as a CPA back in 1982, and was always pretty handy around a spreadsheet (even when they were just 12-column green pads). And that brings us back to Goldilocks.

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Improving Your Company Starts with You

Strategy Driven

And while this can work in a relatively stable organization without any significant leadership issues, it’s the wrong approach if you’ve never put any thought into your own leadership capabilities, as well as those of other people in important positions. Advanced Leadership Methodologies. Leading a Growing Organization.

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? These 3 areas of health are critical to your success and I’m glad to see a recurring theme among the answers. Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders. Photo by Element5 Digital.

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The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals

Harvard Business Review

As an idea, strategic intent is about setting a bold and ambitious goal, out of all proportion to a firm's current resources and capabilities. By developing very different capabilities than Xerox's, Canon created a new recipe for success, and in the process short-circuited Xerox's ability to retaliate quickly.

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Can You Afford to Change Your Career?

Harvard Business Review

Those who know these three individuals would likely have characterized their careers as successful. Celebrate your successes. He considers himself risk-averse, so when he made the move from nonprofit leadership to starting his own business, he did so with caution. Leadership and Managing People Book. Take Brandon.

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