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It's okay to miss goals-if you learn from it
Setting work goals
- Set goals at regular intervals and give yourself enough time.
- When you think you might not meet a goal, take a step back to asses the situation.
- Be transparent: let your manager and team know as soon as you've slid off-track. They're there to help.
- Be kind to yourself. If you fail, give yourself some grace.
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Goals should be aspirational
If you fail to meet them, you probably set difficult ones for yourself.
Goals should inspire you to stretch yourself. If you hit all of your goals every time, they might not be ambitious enough.
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SMART goal-setting framework
Set goals that are:
- Specific: It will be easier to see what you need to accomplish.
- Measurable: How will you know when you’ve achieved your goal?
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Locke and Latham’s 5 Principles of Goal-Setting
- Clarity: clear goals help with understanding the task at hand.
- Challenge: the goal should be challenging enough to prove motivating, but not impossible to achieve.
- Commitment: involve your team in the goal-setting process.
- Feedback: measure your progress and seek advice.
- Task complexity: be careful in adding too much complexity to your goals as it can impact morale, productivity, and motivation.
Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) framework for goal setting
- Objectives – This is what you hope to accomplish. Objectives usually take the form of broad goals that are not measurable (that’s what the Key Results section is for).
- Key Results – Based on objectives, the key results are almost always defined with a specific number.
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Make Your Personal OKRs Visible
- Put considered thought into crafting the best personal OKRs and you hold yourself accountable to them.
- Post the OKRs where you’ll see them very regularly.
- Add weekly calendar reminders to track your progress.