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There are 3 modules in this course
To lead your team to success, you need to establish clear, motivating goals, plan how to achieve them, and follow up to learn from successes and failures. In this course, you'll learn how to set the right goals and establish processes to translate objectives into performance. You’ll find out how to measure performance effectively so you can gauge progress against goals, inspire your team to learn and improve, and steer clear of common pitfalls that occur with performance measurement. By developing these skills, you’ll be able to guide your team to meet and exceed expectations and deliver valuable results to your organization.
Goal setting is crucial to personal and professional success. By knowing how to set the right goals, you can boost both your team’s results and your own. Learn why goals matter, the different types of goals, and how to align your goals with your organization’s key objectives.
What's included
13 videos22 readings1 assignment
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13 videos•Total 35 minutes
Mentor Moment: The Importance of Setting Goals•2 minutes
How Successful People Reach Their Goals•4 minutes
Collaborative Goals•3 minutes
The Art of Stretch Targets•3 minutes
Setting Your Goals Without Jargon•3 minutes
Find Meaning at Work•3 minutes
Ambitious Goals Require a Shift in Mindset•3 minutes
Chop Goals Down to Size•2 minutes
Limit Your Goals•2 minutes
Three Reasons to Evaluate Your Goals•3 minutes
Five Ways to Measure Performance•3 minutes
Distinguish Good Failures from Bad Ones•2 minutes
Learn from Successes•2 minutes
22 readings•Total 220 minutes
Why Set Goals?•10 minutes
What is goal setting?•10 minutes
Why goals matter•10 minutes
Types of goals•10 minutes
Goal alignment•10 minutes
Set Goals•10 minutes
The goal-setting process•10 minutes
Characteristics of effective goals•10 minutes
Development goals•10 minutes
Accomplish Goals•10 minutes
Start with small, specific goals•10 minutes
Break goals into tasks•10 minutes
Overcome obstacles•10 minutes
Avoid common pitfalls •10 minutes
Maintain momentum•10 minutes
Raise the bar•10 minutes
Evaluate Goals•10 minutes
Monitor progress•10 minutes
Reassess your goals•10 minutes
Identify impact•10 minutes
Capture lessons•10 minutes
Sustain achievement in the longer term•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Goal Setting Assessment•30 minutes
Performance Measurement
Module 2•8 hours to complete
Module details
Performance measurement gives you a way to gauge progress against goals. Learn to set targets, collect and analyze data, and use measurement to better manage performance.
What's included
14 videos39 readings1 assignment
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14 videos•Total 40 minutes
Convince Executives to Measure Performance•3 minutes
How Vision Can Improve Customer Service•4 minutes
Mission and Objectives•3 minutes
Define Success Up Front•2 minutes
Five Ways to Measure Performance•3 minutes
Driven by a Purpose•3 minutes
Setting Your Goals Without Jargon•3 minutes
Simplify Customer Metrics•3 minutes
The Art of Stretch Targets•3 minutes
Business Analytics Defined•3 minutes
Make Measurement Public to Increase Buy-In•3 minutes
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