Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The bad news – one piece of the goal setting puzzle many of these systems don’t tackle, or do so inadequately, is the issue of goal size. Too often this important component is relegated to one simple comment like “make them realistic&# or “believable&# or “a stretch&#.

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Optimum Associates

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In this blog post, we will take a comprehensive look at both the hurdles and amplifiers to developing executive presence in order to lay out a helpful foundation. It’s difficult to feel motivated if you believe that strong executive presence is not a realistic goal for you.

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Get Lighthouse

JULY 6, 2023

3) Goals should be a conversation, not a dictatorship One of the most disappointing stats is just how few employees feel involved in their goal setting process: "30% of employees strongly agree that their manager involves them in setting their goals at work." As leaders, these goals conversations should be easy.

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BetterUp

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In part two of this blog series, we’ll look at the second stage of individual transformation—Doing—and why it is critical to driving people and organizational change in the workplace today. Here are a few ways that coaching helps individuals as they work on new skills and behaviors: Setting goals. Stage Two: Doing.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Align Teams Around Goals to Better Execute Strategies According to research by IBM, 9 out of 10 business plans fail to achieve strategic goals. When leaders do not align teams around goals, our own organizational alignment research found that business strategies are 50% less clear to employees than to leaders.

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Walk Me

MAY 1, 2023

Servant Leadership and Trust Leaders are a “crucial element of success” for building trust, as a 2022 Harvard Business blog explained. How do servant leaders achieve these goals? Organizational commitment helps to get the best out of staff without stretching them beyond their limits.

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LSA Global

JUNE 7, 2019

Effective Stretch Assignments. And one of the very best ways to continuously develop yourself – or your team —is through effective stretch assignments that increasingly take you out of your comfort zone. The Benefits of Effective Stretch Assignments. An effective stretch assignment will play to their strengths and passions.

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Get Lighthouse

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Goals and Aspirations : Discussing what your mentee hopes to achieve with you and in general in their career helps you maximize your impact and manage their expectations. Your goal is to learn what it will take for you both to thrive in the relationship. Often, this will also make them more open to your requests, too.

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LSA Global

JULY 20, 2017

Some leaders think they must set goals for a high performance culture that are impossible (or almost impossible) to reach in order to motivate their teams to provide maximum effort and peak performance. To set goals for a high performance culture, they must be “just right.” Impossible to Reach Goals. Sandbagged Goals.

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BetterUp

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In part two of this blog series, we’ll look at the second stage of individual transformation—Doing—and why it is critical to driving people and organizational change in the workplace today. Here are a few ways that coaching helps individuals as they work on new skills and behaviors: Setting goals. Stage Two: Doing.

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Energy Organizational Change Accounts 40

Asana

JUNE 14, 2022

size of team, type of work, skillset and growth goals for individuals), and part of a manager’s role is setting expectations for what their TL (and other ICs) focus on and what help they need from their own manager. Determine staffing the team needs to achieve their short- and long-term goals. Staffing (People Management).

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Optimum Associates

MAY 5, 2023

There were times early in my career, when I was so focused on immediate goals, that I did not create enough “slack” to understand the bigger picture. This is the practice of COMBINING two or more tasks and/or accomplishing two or more goals with ONE activity. Unfortunately, I have learned this the hard way.

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LSA Global

MAY 10, 2023

Successful Succession Plans The goal of an effective succession plan is to be primed to put the right people in the right place at the right time to achieve your strategic goals – both now and in the future. Which positions make good rotational or stretch assignments ?

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 31, 2023

In this blog, we will dive deep into the business core values of 10 well-known companies and understand how they have transformed their values into reality. They believe in setting and achieving aggressive goals. They call for people who desire to challenge and stretch themself to unlock their full potential.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Manager Job #1 – Make Goals and Accountabilities Clear to Your Team. Unfortunately, too many people managers unknowingly confuse their teams because they do not make goals and accountabilities clear enough to their team. Goals and Accountabilities Matter. What Happens When Goals and Accountabilities Are Unclear ?

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Asana

APRIL 27, 2022

Within the Clarity Pillar, the Align area focuses on helping cross-functional teams move in the same direction in service of common goals. We strike a balance by finding opportunities for them to stretch into the uncomfortable zone while still being achievable. We use synchronous meetings for creative or complex decision-making work.

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LSA Global

JUNE 24, 2023

They create psychological team safety and do not consider themselves “holier than thou” but as part of a team that works together toward a common goal. They provide meaningful opportunities to learn and grow are able to engage their followers to do their best while taking on new and challenging stretch assignments.

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LSA Global

MAY 23, 2022

You will know you are on the right track when goals, roles, success metrics, team norms , and interdependencies are clear, meaningful, and doable. Allow for Mistakes Know that there will always be occasional mistakes as people learn, try, and stretch themselves. When it comes to team empowerment, ambiguity is your enemy.

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LSA Global

MAY 1, 2019

Corporate strategies without a meaningful purpose to pursue can lead to goals that are temporary and unfulfilling. A meaningful purpose balances an ideal goal with a company’s realistic capabilities, a company’s dream with a company’s actual resources, and a commitment to long-term goals with the necessity to flex as situations change.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Mentees should be committed to the process, clear about their goals and type of mentor they prefer, open to learning, able to accept and incorporate feedback, and willing to be held accountable. The critical mentor-to-mentee matching process is challenging enough when goals, expectations, ground rules, and processes are clear.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Bold strategies require bold leaders who operate at many levels, deliver on challenging goals and inspire the best from their colleagues. The goal is to put the right leaders in the right positions at the right time to maximize your optimizing strategies – the critical few big bets matter most.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe A Halloween Leadership Challenge by Kevin Eikenberry on October 29, 2010 in Leadership , Learning In the next couple of days you will see people of all ages dressed in costumes. She seems to be driven by her goals.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Goal Setting Psychology. There is a fine line between setting goals that stretch sales reps’ capabilities within the realm of possibility and goals that are virtually impossible to reach. When sales goals are realistic for your unique sales strategy and sales culture, you can expect 60-75% of your team to reach them.

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15Five

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Manager can have a deeply positive impact by: • Creating a welcoming atmosphere for employees • Providing direction, resources, and common goals to their entire team • Modeling the way employees should act • Enacting initiatives that show a genuine personal interest in employees and helping them achieve their individual goals.

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Insurance Employee Engagement Benefits Manager 55

LSA Global

AUGUST 10, 2017

Settle or stretch…that may be the dilemma you face as you begin the critical strategic planning process. While you need to be somewhat realistic in your ambitions, step up to the challenge of stretch goals. If growth is the goal, be bold. Strategic focus can make or break a company when the stakes are high.

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Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Read our blog on: Employee Motivation- A Comprehensive Guide. Take a short walk, stretch at your desk, or indulge in your favorite treat: coffee, chocolate, or some delicious takeout! Read our blog on: 6 Easy Ways to Foster a Culture of Accountability in the Workplace. The goal is to spread the word! Treating yourself.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 24, 2017

How to Increase the Odds of Reaching Your Goals. While challenging for many teams, setting clear goals is the easy part when compared to the hard and ever-changing work of actually achieving them. How Often Do You and Your Team Reach Their Goals? This holds true for both professional and personal goals.

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LSA Global

JUNE 22, 2017

Leaders can stimulate higher performance if they make SMART Goals SMARTER. SMART goals have been around since managers in the 1980’s discussed the importance of objectives and the difficulty of setting them effectively. Measurable – goals where progress can be tracked so it is clear where you stand.

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Liquid Planner Productivity

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Next, list the secondary tasks that you would like to accomplish and finally a list of ‘stretch goals’. This last point is important as completing lists of unimportant tasks may feel good initially, but will not advance work or personal goals meaningfully. Which leads us to the next key item, understanding the #1 priority. .

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Peter Winick

MARCH 6, 2023

Spencer lays out the three phases of thought leadership he has seen from company blogs in the early days of the internet, to more sophisticated uses blending owned content with earned, paid, and social media. Companies began experimenting with blogs and starting to tell their own stories. Transcript Bill Sherman Generative A.I.

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Get Lighthouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With each T he Score Takes Care of Itself Quote in this blog, we're including an actionable tip you can apply to your team, as well as a further reading section with resources on how to get even better in those areas. That came by setting a great example , and making sure he had the right people on the team to reach their goals.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Stretch out of your comfort zone and ask your team to do the same if you want to achieve higher levels of performance. Set and Deliver on Goals. It’s one thing to be able to establish clear and compelling goals. Sure, there are times to relax and celebrate progress toward the team goals. Overcome the Fear of Taking Risks.

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15Five

AUGUST 30, 2017

Annie facilitates the work of their leadership team to ensure that they achieve their company goals and priorities. SM: What are the events and decisions that led NationBuilder to adopt OKRs as a methodology, and what were you doing beforehand to manage your goals and priorities? Try 15Five Objectives!

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LSA Global

MAY 9, 2017

Here are three tips on how to manage change from the old to the new more effectively: Set stretch goals. One way to achieve the new behaviors more quickly is to add an element of anxiety by setting goals that seem out of reach…say you want 90% of your first-week customer calls to show satisfaction with the way you handled them.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Kevin Eikenberry on September 13, 2010 in Communication , Leadership , Leadership Communication Whitfield and Strong wrote it. Marvin Gaye sang it (and made it famous).

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LSA Global

JULY 19, 2017

As you sort out what works, see if you, too, can practice new manager training skills around effective communication, setting goals, gaining agreement, giving feedback, making decisions, prioritizing for the activities that really matter, and following up. Your focus needs to be on team effectiveness and the accomplishment of common goals.

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LSA Global

MARCH 12, 2019

Create and foster clear goals and roles? You can learn much from stretch goals but beware of the risks. Step up when there are difficult problems to solve? Handle stress well? Take a bigger picture view of issues? Give credit to others when or where it is due? Enjoy informing others about developments that may affect them?

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