Goal Setting

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Goal Setting

• Presentation
• By
• A. V. Vedpuriswar

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Goal Setting

• This presentation will help you
• To set goals
• To be focused on meeting goals
• To convert goals into reality by breaking them
  into specific tasks and planning the execution.

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Approaches

• Top down
• - Management sets broad goals
• - Employees are assigned objectives aligned
  with these broad goals
• Bottom up
• - Employees develop their own goals
• - Management integrates them into larger goals
• Involvement of people is higher in the bottom up
  approach

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Attributes of well designed goals

• Clear and easy to understand
• Written down in specific terms
• Measurable and time specific
• Aligned with strategy
• Achievable but challenging
• Backed by suitable incentive system
• Within our control

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Achieving Goals

• Break the goals down into specific tasks
• Plan carefully the execution of these tasks
• Mobilize necessary resources
• Execute the plan carefully

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Pitfalls to avoid

• Believing that employees are doing their best
  and not stretch them sufficiently
• Focusing on procedures instead of results
• Framing ambitious goals in vague terms
• Not regularly monitoring the progress

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After-Action Review

• Ask the following questions
• What worked and what did not?
• By attaining the goal, has the necessary pay off
  been achieved?
• If the goals had to be achieved again, would this
  be done differently?
• What lessons can be carried forward to future
  tasks?

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Thank You