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The not-so-surprising answer is keeping our New Year’s resolutions. Year after year, studies show that 80% of people give up on their New Year’s resolutions by the second week in February, and only 8% of people are able to keep their resolutions for an entire year. If you’d like this year to be the year…
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As we step into the new year, it’s the perfect time to look back at past goals and make new goals for the months ahead. Whether you want to call them New Year’s Resolutions or personal targets, setting achievable goals can be a great way to get yourself out of your comfort zone, push for…
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A new year is upon us (can you believe how quickly the last year flew by!) and with it comes the tradition of goal setting. Many of you have likely set personal resolutions for yourself, and perhaps a few for your business as well. The tradition of setting goals at the New Year is a…
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Last month we discussed Jim Collins’ four steps toward positive change. Those steps are: Lead with questions, not answers Engage in dialogue and debate, not coercion Conduct autopsies without blame Build in “red flag” mechanisms Today, I’d like to focus in on steps two and three, both of which have to do with opening up…
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It’s a situation we’ve all experienced: You go above and beyond, creating a presentation or delivering on a project, and once all is said and done, you’re thrilled with what you’ve accomplished. Then you take your work to your boss and get a, “Fine. Now I want you to do this…” Few work experiences are…
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Here at Level Up Leadership we have a formula we like to use to represent the process for setting professional goals. It looks like this: Attitude(Knowledge x Skills) + Goals = Positive Behavior Change = Improved Results Or put more simply: A(KS) + G = PBC = IR Let’s break this down piece by piece.…
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At Level Up Leadership, we are big believers in the importance of goal setting. The word goal gets thrown around quite a bit, and usually when people use it they’re not actually talking about goals. They’re talking about wishful thinking. Saying you want to lose five pounds is a wish statement. Losing five pounds becomes…
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Setting goals is easy. Sticking to your goals isn’t. Effective goal planning takes dedication, motivation, patience, and perseverance. If your approach to goal planning is simply to think about something you’d like to achieve and then hope that it happens, you’re in for a rough ride. People who regularly achieve their goals are people who…
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If you made any New Year’s resolutions this year, you probably forgot about them a few months ago. Achieve with Maggie shared a great infographic back in January about resolutions and goal setting. According to the article, about 8 in 10 people feel like their life lacks an overall goal. Of the people who do…
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