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Not sure I follow or just have contradicting experiences. Executive's personal bottom lines are usually tied to the Company's.

The company's goals are usually a derivative of customer goals. Why are Customers not considered?

Any ways, I like being individual focused, but we all work for this Company for a reason (interest?) and so we should probably just say something like; the company goals should be such that they can be reasonably accomplished with <100% of available resources, time and efforts. Leaving time for some independent individual development. Something like what Google theoretically did with their 80/20 policy. It's up to you to figure out what the right X/Y mix is.