Setting Goals for Your Team When the Path Isn’t Clear artwork
HBR On Leadership

Setting Goals for Your Team When the Path Isn’t Clear

Dec 10, 2025 · 58 min

In this Coaching Real Leaders session, a leader who has worked in the higher education sector for decades seeks guidance on how to set direction and maintain momentum for her team when so much of their long-term work depends on shifting priorities and partners outside her control. As she steps into her first role managing managers, she’s unsure how fast to push, how to divide her time, and how to…