Channel Eye has joined forces with Royston Guest, leading Business Growth Coach and CEO/Founder of Pathways Global, in our series, ‘Ask the Business Coach’.
As a business leader in 2026, the most important question you can ask is what’s going to be different this year? The pace of change has outpaced prediction cycles, and relevance, your currency of success, is earned only by those who stay ahead of shifting customer expectations, market dynamics and competitive behaviours. Leaders who actively question what will be different are the ones who will shape the agenda, not chase it.
Three key takeaways
- Goals get micro
- Feedback is fuel
- Motivation fades, habits scale
Episode timestamps
- [0.55] It’s great to have ambition and BHAG (Big, Hairy, Audacious) Goals for 2026, but what will be different in 2026? You must think critically, not just about what you want to achieve, but also about how you will achieve it, and most importantly, what you will do differently.
- [2.51] Rule #1: Goals Get Micro – set weekly and daily goals that contribute to monthly and quarterly plans. What is the one thing that will move the needle today?
- [3.27] Rule #2: Feedback is Fuel. If you’re not measuring, you’re guessing. How do you stay on top of the measures that matter and the scores that count?
- [3.45] Rule #3: Motivation Fades, Habit Scale. What are the daily disciplines that will keep you on track, that will keep you on the front foot? Winners don’t constantly chase shiny objects.
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