Aim of Performance and Development Objectives that Work

Do you wish you could help your team to set performance and development objectives that inspire and motivate them? 

Writing good objectives can seem like a daunting task for many people and it does not need to be!   This course simplifies the process and gives you top tips for making it an enjoyable and useful task. 

Objectives of Performance and Development Objectives that Work

Although writing good work objectives doesn’t always seem easy, it can be a very rewarding task if the objectives are meaningful and achieved. The purpose of this course is to help you feel confident and proficient in both writing meaningful performance and development objectives yourself and in coaching others to do so. 

This course will help you: 

• write clear performance and development objectives to pinpoint the potential of your people
• support your team members in writing their performance and development objectives
• help you to use “stretch” principles to get people performing at their peak and maximizing their development
• empower people to own their own performance and development going forward

What the course offers you: 

• An understanding of the difference between an aspiration, an aim, a goal and an objective 
• The ability to set meaningful and inspirational performance and development objectives which people want to achieve
• Techniques for helping your team members to write and own their own objectives 
• Ways of increasing people’s engagement with objectives so that they are prioritized and achieved 
• Making the technical stuff simple and easy e.g. how to ensure your objectives follow the acronym SMART (we will explain SMART on the course)

 Learning Journey for Performance and Development Objectives that Work:

• The performance cycle – objective setting in context
• What is an objective? Clarifying the difference between aspirations, aims, goals and objectives 
• Benefits and pitfalls of setting objectives 
• Roles and responsibilities in objective setting and development (how to encourage your team to take ownership)
• How to set objectives, where to start!
• Making objectives SMART, stretching and linked to your strategic plan
• Practice at setting SMART objectives and coaching others to set their own
• Development – exploration of how to truly develop people’s skills in a sustainable way
• Thinking beyond training courses – using development methods directly in your control and available to you on a daily basis
• Gaining engagement so that objectives are achieved!