How to write SMART goals and objectives
You sit down with your boss for a scheduled meeting and she begins with…
āLook itās that time of year again. I donāt know why the company makes us do this. You know what you have to do and I know what I have to do.Ā But we have to get on with it otherwise Iāll get harassed by HR for weeks. So hereās your objectives for the next year.ā
That start has got you motivated in the same way a three toed sloth gets motivated to do a few laps of the forest. Itās theĀ opposite, demotivating!
You may not have to imagine this scenario, something similar has possibly happened to you in a past job. A lot of people haveĀ experienced something like this.
You reluctantly sit down and start to read through the first objective, āProvide good service to all customersā. You agree with this statement, but immediately start to think ābut I do that nowā. This is the sort of thing that leaves the performance management process stalled at the starting gate.
So how do we solve this?