{"podcast":{"title":"Leadership Today - Practical Tips For Leaders","slug":"leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049","podcast_index_feed_id":572049,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/129287/destinations/781896.xml","website_url":"https://leadership.today/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/6/7/8/a678d18a0f990d2388c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Practical_tips_for_leaders.jpg","author":"Andrew Beveridge","episode_count":305,"summary":"Practical tips for leaders. Hosted by psychologist and founder of Leadership Today - Andrew Beveridge. Leadership Today is a weekly leadership podcast for managers, team leaders and executives who want practical, evidence-based leadership advice. Hosted by psychologist Andrew Beveridge, each episode translates the latest leadership and organisational psychology research into simple strategies you can use immediately. Discover practical tips on leadership, management, coaching, emotional intelligence, difficult conversations, delegation, employee motivation, psychological safety, team effectiveness, change leadership and workplace performance. Go to www.leadership.today for episodes and more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T08:18:51.819028+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 222 - The Leader's Mindset - Part Two - Goal Orientation","slug":"episode-222-the-leader-s-mindset-part-two-goal-orientation","published_at":"2024-09-06T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049/episode-222-the-leader-s-mindset-part-two-goal-orientation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049","url":"https://leadershiptoday.libsyn.com/episode-222-the-leaders-mindset-part-two-goal-orientation","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/traffic.libsyn.com/clean/secure/leadershiptoday/Leadership_Today_-_Episode_222.mp3?dest-id=781896","summary":"Summary We each have mindsets that we bring to our leadership. In this second of a five part series, we explore Goal Orientation and the role it plays in The Leader's Mindset. Transcript Hello and welcome to episode 222 of the Leadership Today podcast where each week we share practical tips to improve your leadership. In this second of a five part series, we explore Goal Orientation and the role it plays in The Leader's Mindset. In the last episode we introduced The Leader's Mindset which has four elements: Goal Orientation, Optimistic Outlook, Options Thinking and Drive for Growth. I encourage you to listen to that episode first and also take the time to complete our free Mindset to Action assessment. This provides detailed feedback on all four areas along with development suggestions. Just go to https://leadership.today/mta Snyder's hope theory, which the Leader's Mindset is partly based on, indicates that setting and pursuing meaningful goals is a core element of satisfaction, well-being and general health. Yet we're typically not great at setting and achieving goals. Research reveals that of the roughly 50% of people that set a New Year resolution, only 8% achieve the goal they set. Research from Strava, the fitness tracking company, reveals that of those who set a clear fitness goal for the new year, a full 80% have given up within two weeks. That's people who are motivated to make a change and encouraged to set a structured goal. So what goes wrong? Setting a goal is a rewarding activity, but working toward a goal requires effort. This shift from reward to effort is where many people give up. We also know that development and growth is uncomfortable. It's typically more comfortable to just let the goal go and stay where we are. We also often express our goals as…","meta_description":"Summary We each have mindsets that we bring to our leadership. In this second of a five part series, we explore Goal Orientation and the role it plays in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":379,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049/episodes/episode-222-the-leader-s-mindset-part-two-goal-orientation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leadership-today-practical-tips-for-leaders-572049/episode-222-the-leader-s-mindset-part-two-goal-orientation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}