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Closing the Year with Clarity: How Reflection Fuels Growth and Renewal 0
- Goals
- December 10, 2025
In today’s dynamic manufacturing landscape, few leaders embody resilience and adaptability quite like Nashay Naeve, President of the Engineered Plastic Components Business Unit at Tsubaki-Nakashima. As one of the few women leading three global plants—located in Michigan, Italy, and the UK—Nashay oversees international operations from her home in Georgia. Her journey from mechanical engineer to global
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3 Leadership Tips from Executive Coach Michael King to Start the New Year Strong 0
- Goals, Leadership
- December 3, 2025
As we prepare to turn the page into a new year, leaders everywhere are reflecting on how to create clarity, build stronger teams, and drive meaningful progress. Executive coach Michael King—founder of TEAMS. Coach and host of The Level Up Leader podcast—offers powerful guidance that pairs naturally with Lean leadership principles. His message: leadership success in the
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Solving Procrastination 0
- Goals, Productivity
- July 9, 2025
Procrastination in the workplace is real. Workplace procrastination is a common phenomenon, which affects people at all seniority levels, from junior employees to senior executives, who are working in various jobs, like sales, service, design, research, teaching, and management. This is unsurprising, since procrastination is common in general, with around 20% of adults procrastinating chronically.
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How to Set Team Goals that Drive Success 0
- Goals, Teamwork
- May 5, 2025
Most managers know how important it is to set goals for themselves and their teams. Without some form of direction, teams will meander and just deal with the urgent things that crop up every day. As leaders, the crucial task of team goal setting falls on your shoulders — it’s your responsibility to establish what
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Achieve More with WHYSMART Goals 0
- Goals
- January 13, 2025
Many people are effective at setting goals but not as many people are effective at accomplishing their goals. It’s important to set goals, but the step that many may miss is the ability to develop the detailed plan needed to achieve the goal. Goals, whether personal or professional, need to be written, harmonious, yours, specific,
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7 Steps to Realize Your New Year’s Resolutions in 2025 0
- Goals
- January 8, 2025
Every year, millions of people make New Year’s resolutions, hoping to spark positive change. The recurring themes each year include a more active approach to health and fitness, improved finances, and learning new things for personal and professional development. Making resolutions, or goal setting, is like having your own personal cheerleader, rooting for you to
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