Setting more goals for your team means they will get more done, right? Wrong.

Research has shown that communicating fewer priorities will actually make you more productive. Being laser-focused and consistent on just a few key goals or messages will inspire your team to achieve something big, rather than being diffused by many priorities and achieving none of them.

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For help in focusing your message, use the Big-Little Outcome Scope. You can learn about the Big-Little Outcome Scope on the Engaging Leader podcast episode 27, as well as in my free e-book, 8 Communication Tools for Leaders.


Letter from Larry Page – 2012 Update from CEO