Accountability Hacks – 12 Ways to Check the Troops, and Why You Should
Having a goal, a plan, and asking teammates to do things is only the start for you as a leader. Making sure everyone does his job to make the plan happen is a critical part of leading the team to success. One word for this idea is Accountability. Leaders who check and make sure things […]
SMART Goals: How to be SMART about Goal-Setting
“What’s so smart about SMART Goals?” Would you play a football game without any end zones? I’m not even sure what the field would look like…round? Where would you line up? Where would you try to go? Like the endzones in a game of football, good goals give structure to what you are doing […]
Positive Feedback – Catch them Doing Something Right
Giving feedback to your people is critical to getting the job done, but a typical mistake many new (and not so new) leaders make is to focus on the negative, to catch people doing something wrong, and then correcting them. In this post, we’ll take a look at the power of giving frequent, positive feedback and […]
Taking Charge 4: Set the Vision
This video is part four in the five part series that details five simple steps a new leader can take to assert himself, earn the trust of his teammates, and begin to lead effectively. Here we discuss the importance setting a clear vision and focusing on a few specific goals as a way of asserting […]
3 Ways to Make Your Goal a Reality
Now that you have your SMART goal figured out, what do you do? This video lays out three things that you can do immediately to start moving towards your goal. Goals without action are just dreams, so this video breaks down the steps you can take to convert your dream into reality.
How to set SMART Goals
This video introduces the acronym SMART as a tool to help you take your vision or idea and turn it into a goal that is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Taking the time to establish clear goals is the critical first step in making them become real. By using SMART Goals you can be […]