Appropriate goal setting will drive challenge and performance … don’t push the limits though !

Fair goals and appropriate challenge drive performance !

To make sure your goals are meaningful and reachable, make them SMART … in other words, each goal or target should be:

• Specific (simple, sensible, significant).
• Measurable (meaningful, motivating).
• Achievable (agreed, attainable).
• Relevant (reasonable, realistic and resourced, results-based).
• Time bound (time-based, time limited, time-sensitive).

Many companies push challenges too far, digging way too much into those “crucial” details, but what happens at the end ?

Excessive challenge demotivates your workforce and consumes too much of your key talents skills and energy.

Think about this … what is really important to your customer ?