So many people give up on their New Year Resolutions that January 9 has been officially established as Quitters Day – the day by which most have given up. Here is a way that you can reboot your work-related Resolutions and move your career forward. The following three-step exercise was taken from an article in Harvard Business Review. The Press Pause, Play It Back, and … [Read more...] about Reboot Your New Year Resolutions
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Savor 2025, then Launch 2026
Let’s Go! The new year is around the corner and you are figuring out how to get your team fired up for the new year. That’s great. But before you dive into new year planning, take some time to look back and savor your accomplishments from 2025. You can do this in just a few hours. Look through your calendars. Come up with the top three accomplishments your team had … [Read more...] about Savor 2025, then Launch 2026
Use Productive Failure for Team Growth
Every leader loves it when their team performance is humming along nicely. But, if this is always the case, you may be losing out on a great learning opportunity through “productive failure.” There are many goals that you really do not want a person or team to fail at – such as processing payroll on time or submitting a required report to a government agency. And many … [Read more...] about Use Productive Failure for Team Growth
If It Was Impossible to Fail
What Goal would you set? If the proverbial Genie told you that you could set one personal Goal for 2025 and you were guaranteed to be successful, what Goal would you set? Take your time. This is an auspicious moment. And we are not used to thinking this way. We are used to setting incremental goals based on where we are right now. But now you can be … [Read more...] about If It Was Impossible to Fail
Big, Stupid Goals vs Big, Inspiring Goals
There is an epidemic among senior leaders these days in all kinds of organizations: Setting Big, Stupid Goals. That sounds kind of harsh, so allow me to explain. It is true that research shows that higher goals generally lead to higher levels of performance. Unfortunately, this is as far as some leaders have read in their “how to be a boss” book. The “higher goals” … [Read more...] about Big, Stupid Goals vs Big, Inspiring Goals