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How do you set goals for your team!!

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Here are 7 steps to set goals for your team and ensure they're as effective as possible.
  1. Know what you want to achieve
  2. Set goals at the team level
  3. Let people develop their own goals
  4. Set deadlines
  5. Track progress on goals
  6. Help people meet their goals
  7. Learn from your mistake

 

Above all, the important thing is to remember why you're setting goals and how you can use them to do better work. Each team is different, so try various formats of goal setting until you find one that works for you.

Throughout the process, communication is key to ensure everyone is aligned and understands why goals are being set. And of course, team goals should always be aligned with the company ones, as well as the company vision.
 
Beyond project-related goals that drive results, don't forget to spend time on personal development goals with your team members.

Finally, try to maintain a project management software to grow the productivity of our business!!

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    Zoltan Palffy ·
    #1

    #3 may contradict #2#4 may

    #3 may contradict #2
    #4 may not fit into #3
    1. Know what you want to achieve
    2. Set goals at the team level
    3. Let people develop their own goals
    4. Set deadlines
    5. Track progress on goals
    6. Help people meet their goals
    7. Learn from your mistake
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    Praveen Malik ·
    #2

    Goals are not goals until tey

    Goals are not goals until tey are made objectives. Goals are just dreams or visions withount definite objectives.

    To define an objective, just follow the SMART model - Specific, Measurable, Agreed upon, Realistic, Time bound.

    BR

    Praveen

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    Stephen Devaux ·
    #3

    Praveen, I have only one

    Praveen, I have only one small issue with the SMART abbreviation: it leaves out "CORRECT"! And, unfortunately, the way projects are almost always managed, with emphasis on a "deadline" and a "budget", while ignoring what should be the prime metric of every project, ROI for the investor, often makes project management incompetent.

    There's an old Bajan saying:

    "Bad referee mek men play bad!"

    Fraternally in project management,

    Steve the Bajan

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