Goals
Effective leaders set intentional goals and follow through with clarity, strategy, and purpose. These resources are designed to help you move beyond checklists and benchmarks toward clarity, focus, and purpose-driven progress. Whether you’re shaping team priorities, rethinking personal ambitions, or navigating seasons of change, this collection provides tools to support intentional and sustainable growth.
Explore topics like putting intentions into practice, designing a balanced calendar, and tips for finishing unfinished business. Find articles that blend practical strategies with reflective insights to help you lead with purpose and pursue goals that truly matter. Start here to reconnect with what drives you — and where you want to go.
Why a rhythm-based approach to the new year can lead to more sustainable, intentional leadership. Try these seven micro-practices to create values-aligned leadership rhythms.
As another year draws to a close, take a moment to reflect on the highs, lows, and everything in between. Follow the reflective exercise and journaling prompts in this article to look back and look ahead – to ensure you begin 2023 with a lot of intention.
Self-awareness is the foundation for growing as a leader. Building a self-reflection plan is one way to not only develop greater self-awareness, but also to help you focus on the aspects of your leadership you need to grow, based on your unique goals. Keep reading to learn about a framework and example plan for routine reflection.
We all have the same 24 hours in each day. You must use your time wisely – in a way that meets your strategic initiatives at work and your personal goals simultaneously. Creating and communicating strategic boundaries is the best way to focus your time and resources on the high-impact, mission-critical efforts and activities that matter to you most.
How would it feel to create discipline in your life that enables your time and attention to be fiercely loyal to what’s most important to you? Let’s explore screen/life balance, focusing on long-term over short-term goals, setting boundaries, winning against temptation, and other ways to be more intentional with your attention.
From dings, pings, and beeps to pop-ups, ads, and meeting invites, it is hard to know where to look or focus. Do you know how much time you have in your work and life that is distraction-free? Gain some insight so you can gain some control.
It can feel daunting to attempt to break a bad habit that’s been a part of you for years. Try this seven-step plan to nip it in the bud – once and for all.
The incomplete tasks on your to-do list follow you around, yell at you, and stress you out. Follow these seven steps to cross off those items and find relief from the shackles of your to-do list.
What is the cost of being so busy? If you find yourself drowning in a packed calendar and want to break the habit, follow these steps to tune into what matters most and design your time accordingly.
In this three-minute TED talk, Derek Sivers gives you a window into the research that suggests you keep your goals to yourself if you want to make any progress.
There’s no better time than the beginning of the year to assess how things are going, reset your intentions, and find focus. Take some time to consider these important questions to make sure you’re participating in the direction of your life.
The first thing you do when you wake up will set the tone for your entire day. Follow this guide to design a morning routine that’ll set you up for success.
An intention is a guiding principle for how you want to show up in the world, and a way to bring heart and mind into alignment.
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