Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This could be as simple as reminding yourself and others to literally take a couple of steps back, take three deep breaths and then ask, What do we think were dealing with and what are the most important things we need to focus on in the short run? Creating space gives you the opportunity to calm yourself and focus your efforts.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

JANUARY 21, 2025

Do you focus on the process or the goal? While short-term gains may seem minimal, consistent effort will yield substantial long-term results. But what if I suggested starting with a short run and adding a bit more distance each day? Imagine applying this formula to all your goals. You have your own matches.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Modern leaders must be adept at balancing strategic initiatives with operational needs, fostering a culture of innovation, and executing business plans that align with the company’s broader goals. Therefore, an effective COO search requires a nuanced understanding of the company’s vision, culture, and future goals.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Even before the global pandemic struck, many organizations and their leaders were limiting themselves to a short-term view at the expense of achieving any of their long-term goals. So how do leaders move past the current and persistent short-termism that’s often driven by a fear-based mindset, and instead embrace a.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Most of us have seen fear drive short-term results, but it does so at the cost of high employee burnout and turnover. 09:27 – Why fear works in the short term. Winning organizations know how to reframe fear into opportunities for learning and growth. They create resilient cultures of unfear.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Setting the right targets and goals over the short and long terms is a fine art that requires a delicate blend of unbridled optimism and cold-eyed realism, sometimes bordering on schizophrenia. (I’ve Unrealistic budgets and operational goals are morale (and job) killers. our means). Every time.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 19, 2014

Failure to identify a galvanizing goal – Teams need to know that THEY can make a difference based on their actions. Short-Term Focus - It’s always urgent, and there’s never time for the long-term investment in people and processes that will impact the business.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

This requires a goal-oriented approach. A leader must identify long-term goals for the team and the short-term steps the organization needs to take to achieve those goals. Marine leaders know that while getting the job done is essential, the wellbeing of troops is also vital to long-term success.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 20, 2025

How to Recognize Youre Doing Better Than You Think Have you ever felt stuck or convinced youre falling short of your goals? You might be more goal-oriented than you think. When your personal values and goals align, decisions on how to spend your time become far more straightforward. If so, youre not alone.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 17, 2014

It’s almost always easier to say yes than no–in the short run. Misplaced yeses sabotage relationships, goals, and well-being. Say “no” to stupid work that doesn’t propel your mission and goals. Say yes to achieving your goals. Yes, it’s okay for you to treat me that way. ” -W.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

When he took over, Honeywell was plagued by short-termism. The problem was that he had to deliver something in the short-term to the investors for survival but had to set the company up for tomorrow too. Short- and long-term goals were more tightly intertwined than they appeared. He did both.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 8, 2020

I’ve observed companies panicking and doing anything they can to manage short-term cash—and destroying hard-earned relationships at lightning speed. They are letting short-term financial objectives become the North Star in an effort to keep the lights on. If you don’t have a forever promise, you’re sunk.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 29, 2024

17:11-18:46: The discussion turns to setting ambitious goals for leaders, aiming to make your organization the best place employees have ever worked. They are focusing on long-term growth rather than short-term productivity. 25:32-29:12: AI’s impact on the workplace is also scrutinized.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Key Trends and Considerations In the last three years, there has been a noticeable shift towards shorter, more performance-driven executive terms. This trend is evident in the increasing use of performance-based incentives in executive compensation packages, which tie a significant portion of executive pay to specific, measurable goals.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

While their ego-driven ambition may be effective in generating short-term gains, attaining goals is different from achieving growth. Collins advises leaders to “channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company.”.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2024

Interim executives are highly skilled and experienced individuals brought in at short notice to lead organizations during times of crisis, management transitions, or to spearhead major strategic initiatives. Ensure their goals align with the company’s core strategy to maximize the organization’s return on investment.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

Sam regularly floated inspiring ideas, strategic goals, and creative plans by his boss and colleagues. While he expected to have a short leadership leash when he first started, it blew his mind that he never once heard, “That’s great! Talk about the difference between “No, but” and “Yes, and” with new hires and longer-term staffers.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

The manager needs to make sure that the company’s short and long-term objectives are always in the front of everyone’s mind, as well as make sure that every individual clearly understands what is expected of them on a day-to-day basis. What’s the overarching goal? “ Fc” is Focus.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

In short, executive leadership team coaching is not just a luxury but a strategic imperative for organizations striving for excellence. First and foremost, a comprehensive needs assessment is critical to understand the leadership team’s specific challenges and goals.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

From orchestrating integrated sales and marketing strategies to nurturing high-value customer relationships, this role extends well beyond traditional oversight of revenue goals. A well-executed commercial plan fosters robust alignment between day-to-day operations and long-term corporate objectives.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2020

These are things in your control, like how you set goals, behave, develop, network, present yourself, and manage your sleep. The 8 steps to high performance are: Step One: Set Big Goals. You can’t deliver big results if you don’t have big goals. And those goals should align with what matters most to the organization.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 9, 2017

Importance of HR for Business Productivity and Leadership Development As HR professionals, you’re uniquely qualified to help leaders develop the skills, systems and processes required for achieving their own objectives as well as organizational goals.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

Making these types of connections helps you take the data one step further, determining if it’s going to have a short-term or long-term impact, if it’s suggesting the end of a trend or the beginning of a new one.” It is a mistake to allocate and measure time only in economic terms or numeric ways. Give it context.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2019

As a coach, my goal is always to see my client succeed. I want them to have experiences that will lead them to achieve their goals: increased sales, better performance, healthy growth, stronger culture and ultimately a better organization. There are some amazing leadership development assessments to help you accomplish this goal.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

It means creating a dynamic team excited to drive the organization forward, energized by new challenges, and aligned with the company’s long-term vision. By preparing for potential leadership transitions, succession planning helps avoid disruptions and keeps the organization on course toward its strategic goals.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 10, 2020

Leaders who are more people centric and who recognize that business is a long term game that can only be “won” if we have the right team in place to serve all our stakeholders. They acknowledge that if business is to thrive, decisions need to be made that consider the longer term aspects, rather than short term profits.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At a Stanford Director’s College in 2016, Roger Dunbar, chair of the Silicon Valley Bank, told Venkataraman that “when he hears company executives or board members responding to short-term noise with outsize reactions, he likes to pretend he is lost. He’ll ask CEOs at board meetings, ‘ What was our long-term strategy again? ’

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

Paul Zak on how fear-based leadership undermines our goals and dumbs us down: “The science shows that fear-based management is a losing proposition because people acclimate to fear quickly. Fear is a fine short-term motivator but a poor long-term one.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

You may gain a strategic insight, a longer-term focus than you had. To ask questions, understand the goals, and help your leaders understand the realities confronting your team. You might phrase it in terms of a current choice. Those assumptions are often at the core of our failure to communicate well with one another.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

These leaders have a clear sense of purpose, aligning every decision and action with the organization’s core values and long-term goals. Their focus isn’t just on short-term wins but on creating long-lasting change that reflects the nonprofit’s mission.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A candidate who shares your values, goals, and work ethos is likely to adapt quickly and drive impactful changes, advancing your company’s strategic objectives. Think about how their experience and skills align with your organization’s needs and strategic goals. It’s essential to approach this choice with thoughtful consideration.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

For example, if you need help with productivity, one exercise is prioritizing daily achievable goals along with stretch goals.” “The Authenticity can do a lot of the heaving lifting for you in terms of building trust and confidence. Vanderbloemen : The short answer is “all of them.” Humility is essential.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Long Game : How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark. Your personal goals need a long-term strategy. Just as CEOs who optimize for quarterly profits often fail to make the strategic investments necessary for long-term growth, the same is true in our own personal and professional lives.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

Researcher Bethany Teachman says, “People with phobias want to avoid panic attacks, but that’s not the right goal to start with. The first goal is to stop caring whether or not you have a panic attack. They interpret one setback as a fatal mistake and imagine it, leading to the worst possible outcome. It’s a false alarm—a fear of fear.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

Her moonshot goal is achieving what the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan Hotel in Japan has done. Professor Makoto Kanda from Meiji Gakuin University studied the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan Hotel and other long-term operating businesses to understand their longevity. The long-term is sacrificed for the short-term. Impressive.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The first two skills are about your goal— what you are trying to do. Make your goal big. When our ambitions are that sweeping, we need to give our audience something more lasting than short-term directions; we need to give them a Golden Rule—a guideline for what to do in any—in every—situation. Get Delusional.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 13, 2019

Avoidance is the best short-term strategy to escape conflict, and the best long-term strategy to ensure suffering.” — Brendon Burchard . Conflicting leadership styles — If leaders have different leadership styles, then there will be conflicts when they have to work on common organization goals. Conflict Avoiders.

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