SupplementaryreadingmaterialsforthefirstsemesterTextOnePracticeeffectivegoalsettingmployeeshavemanygoals
Theystrivetoreachquotas,wincontests,pleaseothers,makeitthroughtheworkday,oroutperformtheirco-workers
Theirgoalsaresometimesdifficultandsometimeseasy,sometimesspecificandsometimesvague
Thenatureofemployeegoalsandhowtheyaresetarecritical
Goalsettingisasimpleandinexpensive,butverypowerful,toolintheleader’sarsenal
EWhyaregoalssoimportant
◆Goalsletemployeesknowwhatisexpectedofthem
◆Goalscanrelieveboredom
Considerhowboringmostgameswouldbeifyoudidn’tkeepscore
◆Whenpeoplereachtheirgoals,theyliketheirjobsmoreandaremoresatisfiedwiththeirperformance
◆Reachingagoalearnsrecognitionfrompeers,supervisors,andothers
◆Reachingagoalincreasesself-confidence,prideinachievement,andwillingnesstoacceptfuturech