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Are You Operating on 90-day or Similar Goal Setting Cycles?
In my last article, I asked the question: Have we established 1-year goals and are they moving us closer to the long term goals? But what about the plan to get us closer to our 1-year goals? Given the busyness of life and work, it’s nearly impossible to stay on track...
Does Your Organization Have Long Term and 1-Year Goals? Are They Aligned?
Wanting to succeed is a natural and worthy desire; but success does not always require struggle and suffering. It can be relatively painless, and done in such a way that you are having fun even when you’re working extremely hard. The key to unlocking effortless...
Facilitate Change in Your Organization Today!
How do we best facilitate change within our organizations? Better yet, how do we initiate the right kind of change today? The answer is simple: Kaizen. Kaizen is a Japanese word made up of two distinct characters: One character means 'change' while the other...
Are You Using S.M.A.R.T Goals?
“A goal without a plan is just a wish” Antoine de Saint Exupéry If you have ever attended a personal growth seminar, chances are you’ve heard this quote, and for good reason. But what does it mean? Why is this quote so powerful? It’s simple really. It means without...
Do Leaders Have a “Flexibility of Mind”? Do They Plan For and Anticipate Change?
While serving in the military, I was both trained and executed military planning and decision making. And here is the most important takeaway.... Have you ever heard the phrase: “No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy"? Military officers make decisions...
Is Accountability Discussed and Communicated Throughout the Organization Regularly?
I once worked for a leader who led by fear. He used fear to control people around him instead of trusting them and inspiring them to do great things. The result was a culture where people hid the truth; because of fear of being called out in front of their peers in an...
Do Leaders and Members Share Accountability?
What is accountability? One dictionary definition says “the obligation of an individual or organization to account for its activities, accept responsibility for them, and disclose the results in a transparent manner.” Sounds easy right? Not really. To be accountable,...
Do Leaders Follow Through With Providing Proper Support To Team Members?
I want you to imagine for a moment you are a paid member of a professional soccer team. As a member of the team, you know the goal is to win games. The coaching staff also knows the goal is to win games. Now, take a minute and answer these questions: What do you think...
Are Team Members Given Clear Priorities, Expectations, and Support?
While serving in the United States Marines Corps, I was taught a very important lesson: We needed to be prepared to go anywhere. At anytime. And the only way this was going to be possible, was to be an agile force. A thinking force. Conditions can change quickly on...
Do You Focus On The Process And Not On Blaming People?
Not many people wake up in the morning and think to themselves, “I want to make some mistakes today.” There also aren't many people who come to work and say, "I'll sabotage the work today...I'll cause some real problems." Yet too often, blame can be placed on the...
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