{"id":45266,"date":"2023-10-20T15:42:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/should-i-set-shorter-timeframe-goals-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:42:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:42:15","slug":"should-i-set-shorter-timeframe-goals-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/should-i-set-shorter-timeframe-goals-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I set shorter timeframe goals? – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article first appeared January 16th, 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I set annual goals for my staff last year but found that I lost track of them within a month or two. The focus seemed to just go. Should I set shorter timeframe goals this year around?<\/b><\/p>\n

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The first problem is the fact that you set the goals. Therefore they are your goals not your team\u2019s. It smacks of an edict, really.<\/p>\n

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If you can have your team have a go at setting their own goals, you are more likely to achieve \u201cbuy-in\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Allow them some opportunity to initially set goals, no more than four or five at a time. They can have a 12 month time stamp.<\/p>\n

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Have them submit the first draft and then you can edit them. Authorship builds ownership.<\/p>\n

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This immediately creates a dialogue and will give you a window into what they are thinking. In my experience everyone can have a set of goals, no matter what the role.<\/p>\n

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Your role is then to review, amend, edit and set in place a set of measures (where you will look to see if the goal is on track).<\/p>\n

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You can call these Key Performance Indicators (KPI\u2019s) but measures will do.<\/p>\n

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Then you set in place a monthly one-on-one and guess what you use as the agenda items? The measures!<\/p>\n

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In this way you are achieving the following:<\/p>\n