Goal setting drives progress—but it can also drive burnout, blind spots, and bad decisions.
Before you chase the summit, ask: Are your goals worth the cost?
Discover 3 goal setting traps leaders make—and how to avoid them with clarity, integrity, and sustainable motivation.
Don’t die on the mountain.
Performance goals are useful, but learning goals transform. Learning goals emphasize development. Performance goals target achievement.
A leader told me he was learning a lot. I asked, “What are you learning?” He couldn’t name anything.
You aren’t learning if you don’t know what you’re learning.
How to set learning goals…
Failure is often the result of something undone.
Goal setting is imagination. Follow through is reality.
This post provides solutions for 4 common reasons goal setting conversations fail.
Are you having the same conversations over and over?
A big goal makes me feel powerful when it’s 364 days away. A goal for today slaps me to attention.
A year-long goal is a compass. Awareness of brevity sets the rudder.
Jim Collins explains the acronym BHAG – big harry audacious goal – in Built to Last. Big goals and weekend jeans have nothing in common. We say stupid things because everyone else says… Continue reading
Weak leaders struggle to gain power. Insecure leaders fear losing it. Power is good, it gets things done. Power is bad when it’s used to abuse and manipulate others for selfish ends. Essential:… Continue reading
