TIME MANAGEMENT
during the season—the soccer team will achieve
their long-term goal of making the play-offs.
Reaching objectives moves you closer to achiev-
ing your long-term goals.
If you’re responsible for the performance of
others in your department or work area, you
need to be sure your employees understand the
long-term goals everyone is working toward.
Then explain how the objectives you’ve set for
each employee help to achieve those long-term
goals. Describing how these objectives fi t in the
larger picture will give meaning and purpose to
each employee’s work.
When monitoring the progress of your
employees’ objectives, don’t be too rigid. When
someone is meeting objectives like monthly
sales or production goals with aplomb, don’t
THE BASICS OF OBJECTIVES
Objectives are incremental steps on
the way to achieving a long-term goal.- Failing to reach objectives
jeopardizes the long-term goal. - Reaching objectives builds
confidence. - Completing objectives on time
keeps goal achievement on
schedule. - POWER POINTS •