Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Murphy covers leadership, hiring and employee engagement. SMART goals aren’t making your employees better—they’re making them ...

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As a professional, in order to grow, you have to set goals to help you move from one point in your career to the next. However, setting goals isn’t always easy. In many cases, you might know what you ...

Long-term success in goal achievement involves intrinsic motivation and seeing goals as identity changes, not just arbitrary targets. The SHAPING goal-setting system offers a framework focusing on ...

Just a month into the new year and a new semester, there is still time to reflect on the past year, specifically the goals you may have set and reached. There is also time to determine what changes ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...

We’ve known for a while that legal operations teams are a strategic partner to the wider business, but thanks to research from organizations like McKinsey & Company, the legal ops function has gained ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. If you have big ...