Posts Tagged ‘goal’
How to Avoid 4 Leadership Blindspots and Save Yourself from Yourself
We all have blind spots. These are things that others know about you, but about which you are completely clueless. They can be small things… A stain on your shirt that everyone sees – except you. A conversation that you arrive late to and say something out of place. Everyone knows the arc of the…
Read MoreA Great IDEA to Help Create Engagement
There is a strong likelihood that your organization has a process in place for individual contributors to establish annual performance goals. My experience suggests that there is an equally strong possibility that your process falls a bit short. – Sometimes we overcomplicate things leaving employees feeling compelled to complete the process regardless of its value.…
Read MoreA Tool to Help You Set and Accomplish Goals
Use this simple tool to help you as you set your goals, put steps in place to make them happen, find a partner to help you along the way, and ensure that you track your progress. [restrict] [/restrict] Patrick LeddinPatrick Leddin, PhD is a speaker, global leadership consultant, and The Wall Street Journal bestselling author…
Read MoreQueen shares why your early career needs a “free fall”
Guest Writer: Queen Stevenson This coming May, it will be two years since I graduated college. Wrapping my head around that is difficult, as I can just about remember what it was like to hammer through a last minute paper, or scramble to get to my dining center before it closed and I went hungry…
Read MoreIs it Time to Prune
To flourish we must let go of things that hinder us. This means that we sometimes have to let of good things too. Perhaps even friends, mindsets, fears, and how we spend our time, money, and other resources. Sometimes our lives need a bit of pruning. What do you need to cut back on in…
Read MoreHow a Young Infantry Platoon Leader Found Himself Up $#!^ Creek
Years ago, I was a young infantry platoon leader in the U.S. Army. At the age of 22, the vast majority of my team members were older – some by two decades – and more experienced than me. One day, my platoon was conducting a training exercise where we were patrolling in “enemy territory”. At…
Read MoreHow to Finish 2017 Stronger Than Ever
December is here and with it comes a flurry of activities. It’s easy to get swept up in the end-of-the-year frenzy. Frankly, left to my own devices, I’m likely to ring in the New Year with a twinge of disappointment, if I don’t accomplish a couple of goals. As I think about whether or not…
Read MoreA Strategic Framework – Easy as PIE
Take a moment to reflect on your grand strategy for your team or organization. Seriously, take just a moment to sit back and focus on what you plan to accomplish. Arguably, that exercise has likely revealed that you are in one of three groups: Group #1: You found this to be a fairly simple exercise…
Read MoreUnderstanding Another’s Perspective
Imagine two people are sitting at opposite sides of the same table. Between them sits a beautiful bouquet – in a simple glass vase. The assortment of flowers and greenery is simply amazing. Each person is asked to write a description of the flowers. Later the descriptions are compared. They appear to be very different…
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