Goal setting

Goal Setting Overview

Goal setting is a very powerful technique that can yield strong returns for the individual and for the team.

Whatever your background, whatever your age, whatever your circumstances, if you make the effort and invest time your goals will happen.

90% of successful people set goals - 90% of people who feel they have failed did not set goals.

At its simplest level the process of setting goals and targets allows you to choose where you want the team to go. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know what you have to concentrate on and improve, and what is merely a distraction. Goal setting gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation. It focuses your acquisition of knowledge and helps you to organize your resources.

By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals. You can see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind.

By setting goals you can:

« achieve more

« improve performance

« improve your self-confidence

« plan to eliminate attitudes that hold you back and cause unhappiness

Research has shown that people who use goal setting effectively:

« suffer less from stress and anxiety

« concentrate better

« show more self-confidence

« perform better

« are happier and more satisfied

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, participants will be able to: