The Eight Most Common Goal-Setting Blunders in the Workplace

<p>That’s what it feels like to work in a team with poorly set goals. If you don’t know the destination, how can you possibly figure out the directions?</p> <p>Having the right goals, however, set you up for success. I saw it as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, as a leader of a team of product managers at a tech scale-up, and in the Stanford MBA program.</p> <p>Luckily, you don’t need to be a manager to influence your team’s goals. Sometimes, all it takes is a well-placed question to improve your goals a notch.</p> <p>So whether you’re a manager or not — if you want to set winning goals, avoid these eight blunders.</p> <h1>Blunders to Avoid:</h1> <h2>1. Reaching too high</h2> <p>Tempting to aim for the stars, eh? I’ve fallen for this trap over and over.</p> <p>I thought that even if my team didn’t reach the goal, we’d still achieve more than if we had set a lower goal.</p> <p>But even if you’re trying to shoot a cannonball, you wouldn’t aim for the stars. You’d aim with an angle:</p> <p><a href="https://betterhumans.pub/the-eight-most-common-goal-setting-blunders-in-the-workplace-721888d11a8c"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>