*GOAL SETTING* Flashcards
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Goal Setting/Alignment
3 Levels of Goals
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1. Individual goals:
- member of team
2. Unit goals:
- operating unit levels
3. Strategy goals:
- enterprise level
Real power of these 3 cascading goals lies in their alignment with objectives of the company alignment: everybody is involved in goals and understands benefits of it! Can only be realized by sharing information
2
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Smart Formel/Smart Goals
A goal should be:
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- Specific: Goals should be specific, clear
- Measurable
- Attaining
- Flexible
- Relevant
- Time-bound: set realistic deadlines to achieve goals
3
Q
How to maximize Goal Success?
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Establishing a sense of ownership!
- Team members have to see that given goals are important/worthy to reach
- Look for commitment:
- Involve followers in setting goals
- ask for constructive critics and listen carefully ->
- become the owner of a goal
4
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5 Principles of Goal Setting
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Clarity:
- Goal is clear! What is task for each member
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Challenging:
- Goal is not too easy! Compare development level to find right degree of challenge (situational approach)
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Commitment:
- Involvement of all team members in process
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Feedback:
- Where is deficit? Should be constructive and critical!
- > necessary to remove obstacles
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Task complexity:
- Increasing complexity means reducing motivation
- right degree
- Increasing complexity means reducing motivation
5
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4 effects of Goals on Performance (Lock)
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Directive function:
- Goals bring effort in direction of relevant activities
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Energizing function:
- High goals lead to greater efforts
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Persistence:
- Tight deadlines lead to more rapid work than lose deadlines (goal should be time-bound)
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Actions:
- Developing a strategy to gain right knowledge and collect the knowledge necessary to achieve the goal.
6
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GROW Model
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1. Goal: What do you want?
2. Reality: Where are you now?
4. Opportunity: What could you do?
5. Way forward: What will you do?
