Goals and Measurement: Is This Metric Necessary? In the kitchen, my mother and grandmothers would often carefully measure ingredients, but sometimes they would not measure at all. They understood what seems to escape some business leaders –measurement doesn’t always have to be complex. Many years ago when I was introduced to goal setting, …
Tag Archive: Goals
Dec 28 2011
New Year’s Resolutions or Goals
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New Year’s Resolutions or Goals Every year I advise people to forgo the usual New Year’s resolution process. Few people ever actually stick to their resolutions even though I often hear something like “I’m really going to do it this year.” I heard that last year though, and the year before. Here’s a …
Feb 01 2011
Leadership and Strategic Planning: Who’s in Charge of Strategy
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What’s your company’s strategy? Is there someone in charge of that? If so, who? There’s often a disconnect between real strategy and what many leaders think is strategy. I’ve seen too many senior leaders who seem to think strategy is something like a marketing plan. To be truly successful, leaders must see strategy for what it is; the overarching plan for success.
Aug 17 2010
Is it Time to Review Your Strategic Plan?
During my seminars on strategic planning, I mention that in most cases, strategic planning should be a revolving 1-year process. That means that every year the senior leadership should accomplish the planning process and adjust as necessary. The exception is organizations in which senior leaders find themselves in a position where emergency actions …
