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Got a Goal? Get Focused!
Yogi Berra grins: If you don’t set goals, you can’t regret not reaching them. Novelist Rosalyn McMillan advises: When you want something in life, you have to focus. Both good points. But what happens when something blocks our progress? Do we focus on the goal and ignore the obstacle? Or, do we focus on removing…
Read MoreDifferent conversations, different outcomes
Scenario: An employee who doesn’t report to you asks that you keep the following in confidence. His performance review is overdue by 4 months. He anticipates a pay raise which is needed due to his spouse’s working hours reduced due to forced furloughs. The employee also wants to know if he is doing OK or…
Read MoreAre you measuring the past or the future?
What you have your attention on gets attended to. Peter Drucker reminds us: “People think they measure what they get. In fact, they get what they measure.” What are your measures getting you? Are the numbers numbing your staff or inspiring innovation? Do the measures maintain a comfortable zone or create the possibility for the…
Read MoreHow to drink the future from a fire hose: Don’t defend. Open wide.
I admit it. I am a “people-r-great” geek. Most everything I read, hear and watch filters through my coaching lens: How can this help someone be a strong, creative leader in uncertain times? How will this have someone see she has a choice and that there’s an alternative to feeling victimized? How can this shed…
Read MoreGet Good at Change: Things To Do (and un-do)
Regardless of what business you are in, in today’s economic whirlwind, if you aren’t good at change and adapting, you are probably having a tougher time than those people who are. It’s time to get good at change. Here are some beginning steps: 1. Make a declaration. Say what you are committed to accomplishing. Don’t…
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