2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals: Ready-to-Use Phrases That Really Get Results

As a manager, your success depends on your employees' success. Establishing compelling, actionable performance goals is the first and most important step in this process. This handbook provides ready-to-use performance goals organized by characteristics and core competencies commonly used in appraisals. Topics range from attendance and attitude to teamwork and time management, giving managers language to guide results. The book shows how to build on individuals' strengths rather than compensate for weaknesses, help employees feel engaged and self-motivated, develop an accomplishment mentality that encourages staff to reinvent themselves based on organizational needs, and encourage retention through realistic, customized goals that prepare employees for their next career move. It also covers determining appropriate follow-up intervals and measurable benchmarks to track progress throughout the year. Language is tailored to common positions in sales and marketing, accounting and finance, HR, IT, legal, manufacturing, operations, and other fields. The guide enables managers to accomplish more through others while developing their own leadership abilities.