Why are goals critical to achieving success? What is a smart goal, anyway? How can you set employees up for success by helping them craft the right goals? How does goal-setting make the performance review process less burdensome?

In this book, we distill the wisdom of some of the best minds in the field of performance management to help you achieve more through goal-setting. The language is simple and the design colorful to make the information easy to grasp.

Quizzes help you assess your knowledge of goal-setting and goal management. Case files show how companies have succeeded by setting challenging goals. Sidebars give you a big-picture look at goal-setting and highlight innovative, out-of-the-box solutions worth considering. Quotes ...

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