Goal setting
Chris Warner PodCast on Growing Boulder: Conquering Kilimanjaro with Livestrong
Listen to a recent podcast on Growing Bolder. I climbed Kilimanjaro with Mark Middleton, one of the folks who interviews me on this talk show. We talk about how great teams are created. To learn more about the Survivor Summit team as they summit Kilimanjaro, check out this tear jerking video:
Read MoreDo you Lead a High Performance Team?
What is a High Performance Team? There are so many definitions out there, but we all agree that HPT’s outperform their peers, even if they have fewer resources. Where the definitions differ is over semantics: do team members share the organization’s goals or will they still be successful when they disagree with them? Is leadership…
Read MoreDoes Your Team Know Where it is Going?
Too many leaders struggle to craft and communicate a vision for their team. This is a very expensive problem. If your team doesn’t know where it’s headed, don’t act surprised when they end up at the wrong place. Even if you get to your destination, it is likely that it took too long. In this…
Read MoreDying to Reach a Goal
We learned that the first person was dead when we were baking the cake. By the time I blew the candles out, the second person was dying. This was my fourth birthday celebrated in Pakistan, and like all the others it was more painful than fun. Karl Unterkircher, of the Italian team, was a great…
Read MoreAre your goals bringing out the worst in your team?
I’ve never met a group that didn’t see the connection between goals and behaviors. Ask too little of people and they become lazy. Ask too much and they become quitters. The trick is finding goals that are improbable, not impossible. There is great goal setting research out there. And most of the findings are common…
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