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Write SMART objectives & Goals

Rapid BI

SMARTER objectives form part of the MBO, Managing by objectives approach made popular by Drucker. SMART goal setting. The post Write SMART objectives & Goals appeared first on RapidBi. Specific Stimulating Measurable Motivating Achievable Appropriate Realistic Relevant Time Timed.

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Managing Remote Employees: Lessons Ancient Rome and Today

Great Leadership By Dan

Unfortunately, his ideas were ruined by management consultants who turned “MBO” into a bureaucratic mess. A shared purpose, goals, and value system. Every employee needs to be clear and aligned on the organizations purpose, goals, and shared values. Keep them connected. Learn from others.

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How Overfocusing on Goals Can Hold Us Back

Harvard Business Review

Then you would create a mechanism to reward the robot for moving toward that goal and to punish it for moving farther away, so that over time it finds its way out. And it won’t want to turn around because that would mean moving away from the goal and getting punished. Your robot would be stuck.

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How VC John Doerr Sets (and Achieves) Goals

Harvard Business Review

Many of them utilize a goal-setting system Doerr calls “OKR,” for “objectives” and “key results.” Doerr stopped by HBR to talk about his passion for setting and reaching goals. These goals are decoupled from compensation and promotion decisions. That makes some people very uncomfortable.

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Planning Doesn’t Have to Be the Enemy of Agile

Harvard Business Review

Management by Objectives (MBO) became the height of corporate fashion in the late 1950s. Later, MBO evolved into strategic planning. At this meeting one fundamental question is addressed: when we add up everything, does this contribute to our company’s strategic goals? The world appeared predictable.

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The Management Thinker We Should Never Have Forgotten

Harvard Business Review

Eliminate MBO. Avoid numerical goals. Eliminate exhortations for the work force; instead, focus on the system and morale. Eliminate work standard quotas for production. Substitute leadership methods for improvement. Alternatively, learn the capabilities of processes and how to improve them. Educate with self-improvement programs.

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