SMART Goals
BNET has a brief video on how managers should set SMART goals and be explicit in connecting the dots between employee’s goals and how they serve the big picture.
Smart stands for:
- S pecific
- M easurable
- A ction-oriented
- R ealistic
- T ime-bound
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Matt, there is a problem with this goal-setting approach is if it’s divorced from moral compass or a powerful strategic vision. I could make perfectly acceptable SMART goals for
* robbing a bank
* swindling my employer
* committing adultery
etc.
I do agree that objectives should be sufficiently concrete to be measurable, and time-bound.
That’s good. So, in addition: in line with the organization’s values and a sound moral compass.
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