If you’ve ever been driving in the United States on an interstate, every so often, you’ll see a sign that has a number on it, a mile marker.

You’re probably familiar with those. They didn’t originate in the U.S. and in modern times, but rather during Roman times.

Marking progress on the journey with milestones makes sense, right?

Well, today we use milestones much more often in things like project management to help us plan out our projects and see how we’re doing against plan. That’s how we typically think about milestones, but I think that there are really five ways that we can look at milestones and five ways that milestones can help us.

  1. Milestones are a planning tool.
  2. Milestones are goals.
  3. Milestones drive momentum.
  4. Milestones create perspective.
  5. Milestones are a chance to celebrate.

In the video below, we’ll dive deeper into these five ways that milestones can help you be a better leader and a better human.



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Kevin Eikenberry is a recognized world expert on leadership development and learning and is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He has spent over 30 years helping organizations across North America, and leaders from around the world, on leadership, learning, teams and teamwork, communication and more.

Twice he has been named by Inc.com as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts in the World and 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference. The American Management Association named him a “Leaders to Watch” and he has been twice named as one of the World's Top 30 Leadership Professionals by Global Gurus. Top Sales World has named him a Top Sales & Marketing Influencer several times, and his blog has been named on many “best of” lists. LeadersHum has named him one of the 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership in 2023.

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