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21Dec/090

Accountability

Sometimes freelancers and small business owners find the lack of their own accountability to be a problem in keeping their business moving forward.

Amber Riviere, my colleague over at Web Worker Daily wrote a great piece yesterday on how an Accountability Partner can help keep you focused an on task.

An accountability partner is someone who can help you stay on track toward reaching your goals and creating a life and business by design rather than default.

via Your Best Business Asset: An Accountability Partner.

10Dec/090

Have You Communicated Your Organization’s 2010 Goals?

In this last week's SBBUZZ Twitter Chat, we talked a lot about business goals for the upcoming year.  We all agreed that not only is it important to clearly state, understand and review your goals, but to also share those goals with your team.

The excellent Six Disciplines® Blog has more information on why this is such a critical step for success in 2010, and how to go about making sure it gets done.

If leaders don't explain where the business is going and what it's seeking to achieve, how can people be motivated or know what they're meant to contribute? Clear goals are a key ingredient for achieving performance and productivity...

via Be Excellent® - The Official Six Disciplines® Blog: Communicate Your Organization's Goals - Or Else!.

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