Perfect Phrases for Setting Performance Goals, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

Using This Book to Write Better Performance Goals

Before we start you on the path to writing better performance goals, and before we explain how to use this book to help improve both individual work performance and overall performance of your work unit or company, we need to place performance goals within the business and management context and examine why it’s important to take the time to establish performance goals for employees.

No. Scratch that. Important isn’t the right word. Crucial, critical, and essential are better. If you want better employee performance, engaged staff, higher productivity, and, believe it or not, better morale, you MUST have employees who understand what constitutes their jobs, what they need to achieve, and the levels ...