5. Setting Effective Goals
Positive Statements
Be Precise
Set Priorities
Write Goals down
Keep Operational Goals small.
Break down goals into smaller goals
and tasks that can be easily
accomplished.
6. General Principals .
Set performance goals, not outcome
goals
Create goals that you can control
Set specific goals
Set realistic goals
7. Why are goals set too
high?
Others set goals for you
Insufficient information
Base a goal on your best
performance
Lack of respect for self
8. Why goals are set too
low?
Fear of failure
Taking it easy
9. Thinking a goal through
What skills do I need to achieve this?
What information and knowledge to I need?
What help, assistance, or collaboration do I
need?
What resources do I need?
What difficulties do I need to be prepared to
face?
Am I making any assumptions?
Is there a better way of doing things?
10. Why we can fail?
Goals are set too high
Goals are not a challenge
Goals are too vague
Goal setting is done in an
unsystematic, sporadic, disorganized
manner
Too many non prioritized goals
11. Feedback and
Reflection
Key to the success of this endeavor
Need to be willing to fail, to take
chances
Need to be willing to talk about the
failures
12. Successful Feedback
Was the goal too easy?
What did you learn ?
What skills could I develop to make
this project easier?
13. Failure Feedback
Was the goal too difficult?
Was the Goal unrealistic?
Faulty logic
Improper technique, skills, or
knowledge
Did we put enough effort into the
project?
14. Achieving your goals
Goal setting is your servant not your
master.
Take time to celebrate.
If I had three hours to cut down a tree,
I would spend two hours sharpening
the axe!
– Abe Lincoln
