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No single factor – not sales, marketing, finance, strategy or operations – has more influence over the ultimate success of an organization than its culture.

Here are 9 signs your company has a culture problem:

1. Success is defined by the people at the top, the people doing the work do not get to set their own goals or decide how best to do their jobs. There is no expectation of or discussion about creativity, coloring outside the lines or taking risks.
2. Culturally, your organization resembles a strict boarding school or a minimum-security correctional institution more than a community of creative collaborators. Your organization has a policy and procedure for everything, and everyone in the place is a

Chances are you and your management team have already set goals for 2021. But, is your management team laser focused on them using the SMART goal-setting approach? 

The effort taken upfront to set SMART goals helps your team stay consistent and achieve results. The five criteria below dramatically increases their chances for success and promotes strategic alignment and motivation across the company. 

1. Specific: What exactly do you want to achieve?
2. Measurable: What is the end zone that lets you know you achieved your goal?
3. Attainable: While your goals should stretch and challenge you, they shouldn’t’t be impossible. Set goals you are ab