4 reasons to not announce your goals

In the middle of a meeting with an executive leadership team, the COO yells, “we need to state our company’s goals clearly; only then can the staff have the motivation to complete their work.”  This is true and not true at the same time. Much of the leadership development and planning literature states goal setting as … Continued

Utopian or idealized planning in organizations does not work

Image Credit “If a terrible simplificateur is someone who sees no problem where there is one, his philosophical antipode is the utopian who see a solution where there is none… [Upotian] extremism in solving human problems seems to occur most frequently as a result of the belief that one has found (or even can find) … Continued

Goal Setting in a changing environment

Goal Setting and achieving goals is impossible in an environment where the goal changes, moves as you make progress, you have little to no control over other people, who are required, to achieve the goal external forces (government regulations, laws) that change their focus are an intricate partner in controlling the goals or in completing … Continued

Solution Focused to create a shared goal

It has proven very useful to invest enough time for the definition of the goal. The more you talk about it, the clearer and more relevant it becomes. It is important to be very concrete when it comes to team goals and future actions.