Engagement is essential to an employee's commitment and a company's ability to retain that employee. A company can foster employee commitment by helping employees to set work-related goals that ...

When it comes to our most important long-term goals in life, it is not uncommon to face obstacles that may lead us to doubt ...

Why do some employees do better than others? According to goal-setting theory, one reason is that they have better, clearer goals. These goals guide their behavior towards better workplace output.

Any personal change you would like to make will be a process…a journey. And, as the Chinese philosopher Laozi said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Without that first step, ...

The sounds of Fall approaching. It is early August and the Texas weather is still unbearably hot. But, the sounds of Fall are starting. In particular, the high school marching bands are starting to ...

According to a recent study appearing in the August issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology, researchers found after conducting four unique individual studies across a variety of contexts that ...

After you set your goals, the next question is whether you should share them with your friends, colleagues, and others. Common thinking says that once you make your goals public, you’ll feel motivated ...