by Lea Strickland | Jul 22, 2025 | Business Articles, Execution, Leadership, Results
Setting and pursuing goals can be intimidating. We’ve all heard about SMART goals, but we still set goals and often fail to reach them. In my book 10-Minute Success: Goals!, I shared tips on breaking goals into manageable 10-minute sessions to help you find the...
by Lea Strickland | Nov 27, 2015 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Resources, Small Business, Strategy
Setting Personalized Business Goals Why Goals Must Be Tailored to Your Organization Goals, particularly sales targets, must align with your organization’s current results, capabilities, resources, and long-term vision. Generic goals fail to account for unique...
by Lea Strickland | Nov 18, 2015 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Change Management, Small Business, Strategy
A goal properly set is halfway reached. Zig Ziglar A good goal is like a strenuous exercise—it makes you stretch. Mary Kay Ash As you set your goals, it’s essential to keep them SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely. Of these elements, I...
by Lea Strickland | Feb 3, 2014 | Focus on Business Radio Show
[su_audio url=”http://www.ibiblio.org/wcom/podcast/mp3s/FocusOnBusiness/FOB01142014014.mp3″] Host Lea Strickland talks with Guests Ann Close and Molly Leavitt about their real world stories of starting and growing a small business. Ann Close is the...
