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Here’s the recipe for a great New Year for your business
Strategic planning Lee Crumbaugh Strategic planning Lee Crumbaugh

Here’s the recipe for a great New Year for your business

The New Year is almost upon us and for most of us serves as a bright line between what we have been doing and what we will do. It’s undeniable that now is a great time to take stock before plunging in to make positive change for your business.

The recipe: Strategic focus to specific action. As a cook, especially in the holiday season I think a lot about what I am going to cook and bake for holiday events. Let’s translate that to business and see what you can cook up for a better future for your business.

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Why New Year’s resolutions fail: The problem of implementation
Strategic planning Lee Crumbaugh Strategic planning Lee Crumbaugh

Why New Year’s resolutions fail: The problem of implementation

Yesterday, New Year’s resolutions came to mind as I was writing year-end reports to my coaching clients.

A blog post on goal-setting and achievement that I wrote earlier this year, Don’t waste your time planning, unless…, cited research showing that 92% of people who make New Year’s resolutions never actually achieve them. While I recognize that what we resolve to achieve in the New Year can be a casual goal without a lot of commitment behind it, to me it seems silly to put a marker out there and then ignore it or only half-heartedly go after it.

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