“To make your goals as balanced as possible, make sure your goals align with your values.” - Pam Molyneux

As a manager, you are expected to set goals and regularly review with your team their goals (also known as objectives, KPI's).

But what do you want to achieve this year?

Don't forget about yourself!

If you have gone through this process yourself, you will be in a far better place to support your team.

So, what are some of the benefits of goal setting?

They allow to you track your progress as a team and individually

Seeing such progress can in turn help to boost yours and your teams motivation and focus

Which in turn can help to reduce yours and your teams stress levels

And overall, can help to achieve those bigger goals

Our Goal Setting Top Tips

No1: to make your goals as balanced as possible, make sure your goals align with your values

The more aligned, the more motivated and passionate you will feel about them.
Just imagine how that will feel - excited, energised, invigorated
Wow, how powerful will that be for you, for your team, for your customers, for your company!

No2: to make your goals as balanced as possible, have a mix of short and long term goals i.e. 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
A good mix, allows you to achieve and feel that reward - as you cross one off your list, why not add another!

No3: to make your goals as balanced as possible, have them set across multiple life areas - career, work, relationships, home

This can provide you with a wider sense of achievement in more than just your work and career and allows you to not lose sight of other things that are important in your life!

No4: to make your goals as impactful as possible, include the date the goal is achieved i.e. when it will happen
An example could be, it is Monday 27 March 2023...

No5: to make your goals as impactful as possible, write it personally i.e. I or me
It is Monday 27 March 2023 and I am ...

No6: to make your goals as impactful as possible, write in the present tense
I.e. as if you are achieving it
It is Monday 27 March 2023 and I am opening the white envelope that has just dropped through the door ...

No7: to make your goals as impactful as possible, make sure they are clearly defined
It is Monday 27 March 2023 and I am opening the white envelope that has just dropped through the door and I pull out my certificate of achievement for the masters degree I have just completed!

Whoa! How powerful is that!

No8: to make your goals as impactful as possible, describe how you feel to achieve the goal
It is Monday 27 March 2023 and I am opening the white envelope that has just dropped through the door and I pull out my certificate of achievement for the masters degree I have just completed and I feel a wave of excitement.

No matter how big or small, the celebration is so important and powerful for your motivation.

That takes us on a journey!

What are your goals this year?

If you want to talk more about goal setting for you and your team in 2023, please do get in contact.  We have our bi-weekly HR Surgery, Solve and Thrive – come and join us and discuss your people management issue, find a solution to navigate your way forward and collaborate with other people managers to thrive even more.  You can also join our monthly management training sessions; January is about goal setting and managing investigations.