Your team’s performance is lagging—are your SMART goals truly aligned? 🎯 Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound goals are critical, but alignment is the key. Do these goals resonate with your team’s capabilities, resources, and motivation? Reflect and recalibrate to create clarity and focus. Empower your team to own these goals and watch performance improve. 💪

Recalibration of targets should be part of the entire process. Recalibration should be done during low impact period keeping the stake holders and informed Test the result and fall back on the original idea based on results if favourable Review the entire change periodically and align the team accordingly

To address lagging performance, I’d review if SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Ensuring alignment with team capabilities and company objectives while providing clear direction and support can drive improvement effectively.

🔮 “The future will reward clarity & punish certainty.” 👛 In a world where change is constant, this quote resonates when we consider how we set our goals. 🎯 Traditional #SMART goals - Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound - focus on certainty. While they have their place, they can create pressure that stifles creativity & collaboration, leading to lagging performance. 👁️👁️ In contrast, #CLEAR goals - Collaborative, Limited, Emotional, Appreciable & Refinable - prioritise #clarity. They foster teamwork, focus on impactful targets, establish emotional connections, keep teams engaged. 👍🏻 Agree/disagree? Like, comment, share, follow below 👇🏻

If your team’s performance is lagging, reassess whether your SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) are genuinely aligned with organizational objectives and team capabilities. Ensure goals are clear, actionable, and realistic, while addressing any skill gaps or resource constraints. Collaborate with the team to refine goals, making them inspiring and directly tied to their roles. Regularly review progress, provide feedback, & adjust as needed to maintain focus & motivation. Aligned SMART goals not only drive performance but also foster a shared sense of purpose.