How to set goals you can achieve

The leaders who make real progress don’t start the year by “waiting to see what happens." They pick a destination, then build a simple map and walk it every day. ​ After 40 years, this CEO’s playbook is ruthlessly straightforward. A one-year plan and a three-year plan, each with no more than three specific, measurable, stretch goals that are revisited midyear and adjusted instead of abandoned. ​ Everyone gets involved in choosing what matters, and every big goal is tied to a handful of lead measures. The daily and weekly actions that actually move the number become essential. Growth becomes the result of consistent behavior, not end-of-year wishful thinking.