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At work, we have a new team as a result of a recent reorg and we have our team launch meeting next week.

One of the potential agenda items for the meeting is to establish a Big Hairy Audacious Goal for our team.

If you have an interest in business and/or leadership, you might recognize that term from Jim Collins’ book, Built to Last.

This is what Collins says about BHAGs……..

All companies have goals. But there is a difference between merely “having a goal” and becoming committed to a huge, daunting challenge-like climbing a big mountain. A true BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) is clear and compelling and serves as a unifying focal point of effort and acts as a catalyst for team spirit. It has a clear finish line, so the organization can know when it has achieved the goal; people like to shoot for finish lines. A BHAG engages people-it reaches out and grabs them in the gut. It is tangible, energizing, highly focused. People “get it” right away; it takes little or no explanation.

Some good info from Collins at a time of year when lots of goal setting is going on.

Does your team/organization/company have a goal that meets the BHAG criteria?