How Do I Set the Right Pace to Meet Our Strategic Goals? | Coaching Real Leaders

5 Jul 2023

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She loves the work she does and has effectively managed her career to gain increased responsibility over time. She’s recently started managing managers for the first time and is struggling to find the right pace to help her organization reach long-term strategic goals, amid some short-term uncertainty. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through setting goals and timelines for the long term. Further reading: - How to Manage Managers: https://hbr.org/2016/08/how-to-manage-managers - Get Your Team to Do What It Says It’s Going to Do: https://hbr.org/2014/05/get-your-team-to-do-what-it-says-its-going-to-do - - How to Make Progress on Your Long-Term Career Goals: https://hbr.org/2022/03/how-to-make-progress-on-your-long-term-career-goals This episode originally aired on Coaching Real Leaders on June 5, 2023. Listen to more episodes of Coaching Real Leaders on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzAU8TPKsJua_hcLjT7aFzWcoqMnrp-z7 You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/06/how-do-i-set-the-right-pace-to-meet-our-strategic-goals - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-do-i-set-the-right-pace-to-meet-our-strategic-goals/id1545444200?i=1000615716707 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ooM1PzAIf6kra1RJxjZpc?si=09d7ff5474f9490e - Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/coaching-real-leaders/episode/how-do-i-set-the-right-pace-to-meet-our-strategic-goals-304113476 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmhhcnZhcmRidXNpbmVzcy5vcmcvaGFydmFyZGJ1c2luZXNzL2NvYWNoaW5nLXJlYWwtbGVhZGVycw/episode/dGFnOmF1ZGlvLmhici5vcmcsMjAyMC0xMi0xNzpjb2FjaGluZy1yZWFsLWxlYWRlcnMuczUuMDAwNQ?sa=X&ved=0CAgQuIEEahcKEwjw7OHitOv_AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQOg Series Description: We all want to get to the next level of our career, but so many of us get stuck. Longtime leadership coach Muriel Wilkins takes you inside real-life leadership coaching sessions with high performers working to overcome professional challenges and grow as leaders. Listen in on real conversations and leave with new insights and practical guidance for your own career. The views expressed on this podcast are those of its hosts, guests, and callers, and not those of Harvard Business Review. About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Learn more at www.hbr.org. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 3:17 – Reverse Engineering Your Goals 10:02 – Strategic Planning Amid Ambiguity 19:38 – Prioritizing Planning Conversations 36:58 – Being an Optimistic Realist 52:40 – Outro Follow Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harv... https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_bus... Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #leadershipcoaching #leadership Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved.

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