Mike Cardus

MARCH 14, 2021

How do you determine your personal-professional development goals? . As a manager , do you ask the people on your teams to identify personal-professional development goals? . Does your performance appraisal ask you to list some personal-professional development goals? . From Indicators to documentation and follow-up.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

Here are ten ideas for rearranging your brain to achieve “big goals in turbulent environments where conventional thinking often fails.” Fast-paced business environments swing between ups and downs, with many stressful interactions. If I can just figure out how to solve this problem, I’ll be much closer to my goal.’” We tried it.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 26, 2013

Follow-up is a mantra amongst Team, Management and Leadership Development everywhere…While we all talk about how important it is, many of us don’t do it. We confuse following-up with negative terms of management – Micro-Managing ; NOT trusting people ; Causing people to be Other-Directed ; Dis-Engagement ….

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 30, 2013

This post first appeared in SmartBlog on Leadership : It’s that time of year when many of us, with the best of intentions will write a leadership development plan , or establish goals for the upcoming year. Unfortunately, most of us will fail to achieve those goals. Well I did – I haven’t given up – and I’m loving the results!

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HR Digest

APRIL 21, 2022

Prioritizing your efforts becomes simpler and more purposeful when you have clear, quantifiable, and realistic goals – not an easy feat when you are unclear on how to achieve goals at work. Setting goals and taking the right steps to achieve them is one of the most important ways to be productive and focused in the workplace.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 12, 2012

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. Add into the mix, the approaching season of resolutions and goal-setting, and suddenly 3, 6 & 9—all divisors of 12 and standard monthly intervals—popped into my head. From there it was an instantaneous leap to thinking about business goals for the coming year.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 14, 2013

The following is a guest post by Doug Sundheim. When I talk to clients about effective goal setting someone invariably mentions that good goals are SMART goals – specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. I agree these are critically important to strengthening goals. I followed up. “I

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

His goal was not to make Microsoft the most innovative company but the most successful in its field. Innovation had become the goal, and that wasn’t enough. In 2022, he upped the ante, investing $10 billion in OpenAI to acquire just short of a majority stake. Innovation powerhouses don’t leave innovation up to chance.

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RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 5, 2017

What happens when you set a goal and fail to achieve it? In January of this year I set a personal goal. Does goal failure make me a failure? The goal was to complete the Mile Run Trail Challenge Half Marathon on April 1 st in under two and a half hours. Set weekly and daily sub-goals. Doing Everything Right.

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 29, 2023

To develop your value proposition, consider the following: What problem does your business solve for your clients? Before attending any event or engaging in networking opportunities, create a plan outlining your goals and the steps to achieve them. What unique products or services do you offer?

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Home / Core Values / Coach Bill Snyder’s 16 Goals for Success. Coach Bill Snyder’s 16 Goals for Success. I think the reason is that athletics provides one of the greatest leadership development opportunities out there because players learn to work as a team toward a common goal in a competitive environment.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Yet, on the other hand, the data shows that following through on this conviction can be elusive. Seventy percent of corporate “change programs” fail to achieve their stated goals. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up.

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Leading Blog

MAY 11, 2023

If you think you’re inherently bad (I am a failure), rather than a normal person who makes mistakes or bad decisions (I occasionally fail), you’ve essentially given up before even trying. Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

What middle managers do is actually much more complex than what either executives or frontline workers do: They manage both up and down, and serve as translators in both directions. The people in the middle were the only ones who could connect the big goals at the top with the details at the bottom, and do so quickly.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Setting goals is an important step in achieving any kind of progress or achievement. But many of us find it difficult to follow through on long-term goals, or even short-term. I have come up with one word that can inspire me, drive me and get me to accomplish the things I have put off. The word is NOW!

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

People don’t have to follow you, don’t have to show up, and don’t have to bring their creativity or initiative. Even your direct reports don’t have to follow your leadership. How they will show up. In our rush to the next goal, it’s easy to forget gratitude for the outcomes. 3) Mix Up Silence and Growth.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 3, 2017

It’s easy to set a goal. NOTE: This video and transcript are excerpted from the “ Building Habits that Stick” lesson in my on-line course entitled Goal-Getting: How to Build Your Framework for Success. Establishing good habits can be a very powerful way to keep you on track towards your goal.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Lean shares the ups and downs of his journey in The House that Cheese Built. Take Satisfaction in Achieving Small Steps Toward Your Goal. Thinking too far in advance can cause you to stumble and give up because it makes your goals seem impossible to reach. It is a heartfelt, interesting story. Develop an Exit Strategy.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 16, 2013

Given the nature of succession planning cycles, most of them ended up scrambling to create individual development plans (IDPs) at the last minute all at the same time, and it was my job to help them. When the going gets tough, people can give up, throw up their hands, and tell themselves and others “that’s just the way I am”.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Don’t be so focused on the goal that you’re unwilling to see the possibilities in front of you: Searcher had joined his father in searching for a path over the mountain peaks surrounding their town. That was the goal. The goal changed for Searcher when he discovered a plant that would be called Pando.

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Leading Blog

JULY 14, 2015

It’s about how you can achieve your goals more fully and faster by expanding your limited view of reality. They’re really just excuses prettied up says Roth. He was chronically late until he decided to stop coming up with reasons and deal with the real issue. And opens up the conversation. Reasons Are Excuses.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

This isn't just about achieving goals; it's about embarking on a journey that is deeply meaningful and uniquely personal. Goal (No Deadline) = Wish/Dream At the very inception of any journey is the dream. Goal + Deadline = Objective Introducing a deadline to a goal transforms it from a nebulous dream into a tangible objective.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 8, 2024

She emphasizes the importance of following a purpose rather than a person, relying on context instead of control, being a cultivator rather than a collector, and building a community rather than a crowd. This concept is key to developing a better team environment, where power is utilized collaboratively towards achieving shared goals. [08:21]

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Any goal worth achieving, whether it’s a personal goal, a professional aspiration, or building a great workplace culture, requires a delicate balance of tenacity and extraordinary patience.” Take a bottom-up approach. Culture needs to be top-down directed but then bottom-up created.” Nothing makes up for poor leadership.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

When an empathic leader, for example, sees a team member faltering, they don’t crank up the pressure to perform or use criticism to motivate. Then, in a caring tone, they address any difficulties they are encountering and explore strategies together to reach their goal. Learn more at drjudithorloff.com.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 18, 2023

Being dependable and following through on your commitments is essential to building trust and credibility in your personal and professional life. Hold yourself accountable: Take responsibility for your actions and hold yourself responsible for following through on your commitments. This will help to manage expectations and build trust.

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Lead from Within

MAY 20, 2014

When they met back up, he asked, “How was it that you did not follow me across?”. But,” said the boy who swam across couldn’t you see that it was just as hard to turn back to safety as it was to continue swimming to your goal?”. One of the biggest obstacles to reaching our goals is fear.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 11, 2023

Follow up — Follow up with the person to see if they are progressing and offer additional support or feedback if needed. Remember, the goal of constructive criticism is to help the person improve, not to tear them down or make them feel bad.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 17, 2023

As a result, it can also be helpful to set some specific goals or objectives for the meeting. Make sure to clearly communicate expectations and follow up on any action items or goals discussed during the meeting. Make a list of any issues or concerns that you want to discuss.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

To Change Your Reputation Set Human-Centered Goals and Stick With It It can be super challenging to move beyond the stories of the past that affect your leadership reputation. Whatever your leadership reputation holds, you can change your reputation with clear goals and persistent effort. Leadership is never handled.

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CEO Blog

JULY 8, 2012

This is a guest post by Jessica Edmondson We’ve all been there – that moment when accomplishing a set of daily goals seems about as likely as winning the lottery while vacationing on the sunny shores of the French Riviera. Accomplishing any set of daily goals begins with understanding that you must have priorities.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2021

Who did something to clean it up? Reinforce the importance from the story of the time lost, opportunities missed, and how one individual or group can impact the change needed to accomplish a goal (no pun intended.). People will not follow you if you have not taken control of valuing your own time, have a clear focus and purpose.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The following is a guest post by Dr. George H. Whatever the enterprise or its goals, the degree to which those key elements are integrated and work in concert will determine how quickly and successfully it will fulfill its primary purpose. First, identify strategic goals and the behaviours necessary to execute them.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

This is the time of the year when I spend a day with my C-suite clients to give them some space to get up on the balcony to consider what success will look like 12 months from now and what they and their teams need to focus on to make those outcomes more likely. Here’s the list: Looking back at last year, what are you proudest of?

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 29, 2024

To make these discussions a bit less painful, follow these strategic steps to effectively communicate with your team. Determine the Desired Outcome: Consider the goals you want to achieve by delivering the message. Outline specific actions and associated timing for employees to follow.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Therefore, you would need to be clear on your goals, intentions, and instructions to your workers. You can ensure professional discipline by keeping up with your business’s appointments, deadlines, and regulations. Set Achievable Goals. Goal-setting is a proven business strategy. Follow As You Lead.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 7, 2024

“It’s not how many times you have had to give up. In the first survey, they were asked, “How often have you given up on a career goal?” Then, they had to rate how much they regretted giving up on past career goals to follow their current one on a scale from 1 (definitely not) to 9 (definitely).

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