by Jeffrey Keefer | Aug 1, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Goals, Organizational & Workplace Learning, Reflective Practice |
Many of us have the experience of creating SMART goals, especially during that once-a-year time when organizations tend to focus upon them. You know, we set our goals for the next year, and while they are often organizationally-focused and based on the context we know... 
by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 31, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Goals, Organizational & Workplace Learning, Reflective Practice |
Continuing our exploration of challenges to the notion and practice of SMART Goals, after the one I recently wrote related to the goals being more for my organization than for me, we come to the ever-present conflict that all project managers face.How do we build... 
by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 30, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Goals, Organizational & Workplace Learning, Reflective Practice |
Yesterday I invited us to consider if anything seems somehow distancing or not quite right about how we perceive SMART Goals. One way of considering this involves being aware of when our eyes sometimes glaze over or we have an immediate reaction when we hear them used... 
by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 29, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Goals, Organizational & Workplace Learning, Reflective Practice |
I spent 5 days last week exploring SMART Goals, those that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound, and how they can be applied to individual professional development needs. While SMART is not the only goal-setting framework available, it is... 
by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 19, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Discussions, Goals, Reflective Practice |
Profound or apparent, you learned something this week. Celebrate it.That’s right, you learned. Something new that you did not have on Monday. Or Tuesday, or even yesterday. You now have more, enhanced, complex, or even clearer knowledge, skills, or beliefs than you... 
by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 18, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Discussions, Goals, Reflective Practice |
If at first you don’t succeed, learn something from it!Here on Day 4 of our Summer Learn-a-thon, it may be the perfect time to check in and see if our personal learning goals have turned into something . . . perhaps . . . different than what we expected.Counter to...
