Leadership | Coach David J. Greer

Vision, Goals, and Actions

Post author:David Greer
Post published:June 7, 2011
Post category:Leadership Performance Strategy
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Jesse Lyn Stoner’s blog posting 6 Tips to Set Goals That Will Get You Where You Want to Go got me thinking about how I help companies create a vision, set goals, and measure actions. I’ve learned that the best practice involves looking at your business the opposite way that most people do. Rather than look at the next quarter or the next year, you start with your core values that will survive forever, look forward fifteen or twenty years, and then work backwards from there.

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Change the Environment, Change the Experience

Post author:David Greer
Post published:June 2, 2011
Post category:Leadership Performance
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My friend and coach extraordinaire Kevin Lawrence likes to remind me:

“Change the environment, change the experience.”

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Connecting People

David Watching Team Canada at the World Junior Frisbee Championships

Post author:David Greer
Post published:May 26, 2011
Post category:Community Leadership
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I like to connect with people and help them connect with others. Whether as a spouse, parent, leader, or cheer leader. As a Canadian, I often look outside our borders to find global leaders who drive change in both business and life. In this post I wanted to introduce some of those that I have met on Twitter.

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A Sense of Community

Post author:David Greer
Post published:May 17, 2011
Post category:Business Leadership
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This human castle, called a castell, was created in Barcelona by a group of visiting youth from the Balearic Islands. Our family had been watching these groups prepare, dance, and…

Coming Together

Post author:David Greer
Post published:May 12, 2011
Post category:Business Community Leadership
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I volunteer at Dragonboat Regattas in Vancouver’s False Creek. Dragonboat racing is a popular sport in Vancouver with thousands of participants. This weekend I was driving race referees around the race course all afternoon. There was one other referee and boat driver and between the four of us we had no extra people on the water. Which meant that we spent the entire afternoon out on the water helping to run race after race.

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