“Translate idea into action by setting goals.” 

• Integrate Into or Create a Regular Process. Goal should be tracked on a regular and consistent basis. To do this, integrate goals into your regular processes like weekly management or department meetings. If these processes don’t exist, create one.Review your goals at least once a week or month to clarify your focus and use this information as a basis for goal performance discussions with your manager. You can use the opportunity to review the progress and adjust timelines or request additional resources if necessary or expand the goal once more information is gathered from other sources.
• Create a Dashboard Document or Source. Create a single document that houses all goals across the company. This one pager should show the goals and periodic progress and act as a dashboard for how the company is doing. Tracking your goals in a centralized location helps you stay on track in several ways:
  • Organize, manage and reassess your goals frequently
  • Create action plans with milestones for larger goals
  • Track your time to make sure your daily efforts are focused on meaningful tasks
  • Goals can be cascaded from the top down and made visible to all; everyone within the company is now fully armed with the information necessary when setting goals. They can create individual goals that support company goals and link to others if the success of their goal is dependent upon the actions of a co-worker or manager in another department or location.

Goal setting is not a nice to have – it is a fundamental behavior that has to drive your company behavior.