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Ep 251: Maria Smith on the Science and Benefits of Goal-Setting

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Maria Smith worked as a sales leader for Fortune 500 companies across three different industries, and now she helps leaders, employees, and organizations understand the science and benefits of goal-setting. Growing up as the daughter of an immigrant parent, goal-setting has always been a way of life for Maria.

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The Magic of Intrapreneurship Within Organizations

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Company goals are no longer just about meeting revenue targets. Years ago, Google implemented the 20% rule for its employees, an idea that workers should spend at least 20% of their time exploring new ideas and projects that could potentially reap massive benefits. Those advances include AdSense, Google News and Gmail.

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Discover the Formula for Happy Employees

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Entertainment perks and employee-friendly campuses take center stage when Google and SAS claim top spots on “Best Places to Work” lists. Google brings the same intellectual prowess and zeal to its workplace programs that it uses to create computer eyeglasses. Clearly communicate your company’s reason for being and its cultural goals.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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But he made diversity in the workplace a strategic initiative , laid down goals and linked those goals to manager pay. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces. Krzanich didn’t pretend to have a can’t-miss plan.

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VA Industry Leaders: a conversation

Loosely Speaking

How did you get such amazing page rank on Google?! I left the corporate world late 1993 and began my homebased secretarial business in March 1994 with the goal of just taking in typing and being home for my 5 daughters. They are a part of Google. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Loose Ends.

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Master the Art of Re-purposing Your Work and You'll Save Multiple Hours - 50 Ideas To Get You Started

Stephanie LH Calahan

As my business continues to grow from it's inception in 2004, I've added a lot more to my agenda, including blogging on my website, guest blogging, writing articles for e-zines and in print for local magazines, creating a monthly newsletter and doing public speaking. Make SMART Goals: Post - This is where I started.