How general or detailed should goals be? How do I structure realistic goals that leave room for challenges?
Goals should be realistic, i.e., practical and achievable. Realistic goals provide a “balance” between what is hard and what is easy to achieve. Goals should motivate people to improve and to reach for attainable ends. For a goal to be motivational, the person must feel that the goal can be achieved. Impossible goals demotivate and defeat the goal-setting process. Likewise, easy goals do not motivate any more than unattainable goals. You should review your goals on a quarterly or semi-annual basis to check your progress and to make any necessary adjustments. • How are goals and objectives used in the self-evaluation? Your self-evaluation should discuss your progress toward your goals and objectives during the past year. You should describe your successes and discuss why some goals (if any) were not achieved. • How are goals and objectives used by supervisors (and/or workleaders)? The supervisor (and/or workleader) should include, in their comments on the evaluation, an assessment of th
