Harold Yoh is chair and chief executive officer of Day & Zimmermann (dayzim.com), a leader in construction & engineering, staffing and defense solutions for leading corporations and goverment agencies around the world. He is the third generation of the Yoh family to lead Day & Zimmermann - a family-owned business and former recipient of the U.S National Family Business of the Year Award.

Ask a room of leaders why they set goals and most will say accountability. That answer creates the problem. Goals exist for alignment. The company needs to reach a number, so this group does this, that group does that, and together the math works. Everyone is pointed in the same direction. Focus comes second. A good goal tells you what to say no to.