Setting employee and team performance goals is an essential responsibility for business owners and managers. However, measuring and improving an employee’s performance can be complex and daunting, ...

Many employees aspire to advance in their careers. While leaders must encourage employees to pursue their professional objectives, it is also important to align their development goals with the ...

Amid the current economic turbulence impacting business growth and backdrop of the ongoing Great Resignation, it is becoming increasingly valuable for employers to pause and evaluate how their ...

The prevailing business leadership advice has always assumed that goal setting is a top-down process. During my time at consulting firm Bain & Co., and later as vice president at the large auto-parts ...

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I love New Years. It isn’t watching the ball drop or sipping champagne that I look forward to – it’s the goal setting. Every year, on New Years Eve I set out three ...

Goal setting is the cornerstone of organizational productivity, performance and success. So, it's paramount to do it properly. However, a common pitfall with goal setting is that it's the same process ...

Almost half (45%) of UK businesses have reported feeling confused about what goals to prioritise during the pandemic, impacting motivation levels and teamwork. Respondents to a survey by software ...

Sometimes people's goals are too vague or distant. Participants lack commitment or get demotivated because their goals appear too difficult to reach. Setting SMART goals can make that goal seem – and ...

A long-term goal is what you would like to achieve by the end of your development plan. It could involve using your baseline result to set a realistic goal. Alternatively, the long-term goal could ...