I don’t know about you but I find SMART goals to be so dull. Don’t get me wrong, SMART goals are certainly effective, but that doesn’t mean they’re exciting. Having a clear, compelling goal mobilizes ...

Here’s the gist: Goal-setting restructures your brain to make it more effective. A key article in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews explains: First, emotional significance is evaluated ...

Why do some employees do better than others? According to goal-setting theory, one reason is that they have better, clearer goals. These goals guide their behavior towards better workplace output.

Fresh off our New Year’s celebrations, many of us chart a course for our personal and professional improvement. We reflect on where we have been and where we want to go. Change is a part of the ...

During Google’s first year, investor John Doerr pitched the idea of using an organizational system called Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for goal setting. He presented it as an effective way to ...