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Want to learn more? Take a deep dive…

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workplace. Career Path 360.

Job assignments
• Lead a team in launching a new product or service with a large potential impact on the business.
Involve them in thinking through how to maximize benefit to the business.
• Manage the successful installation of a new process or system under a tight deadline. Secure the right
support and build a strong sense of commitment to making it a success.
• Lead a stalled project to successful completion within the next few weeks. Identify the issues and
generate solutions to move it forward.
• Develop an actionable time line to improve performance in a group that has lost momentum. Dig deep
for the reasons and take action to get them back on track.
• Create, champion, and track a fundraising campaign with a clear financial goal. Get creative about how
it can be exceeded.

Take time to reflect…
If the goal ahead seems unattainable…

…then make it your mission to get others on board. Securing the commitment of the team is
critical. Clarify the goal. Sell the vision. Share the plan. Define roles. Turn them loose.

If you’ve been pushing hard and don’t see an end in sight…
…then remember the goal you are striving toward. Celebrate what you’ve achieved so far.
Regroup. Plunge back in with renewed vigor.

If you can’t face those last few steps of the task…
…then ask yourself what’s holding you back. Inspiration and aspiration are just the start. Action is
what will take you across the finish line. Craft a plan. Carve out the time. Focus on the goal in
sight.

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