Sample Goal Setting Template (Page 2 of 6) in pdf

Section 4 – Employee Goals

Use this section to create your goals for the year. Employee Goals will be evaluated during the Annual

Review by both the Employee and their Manager. For more information on the Rating scale that will be

used to evaluate goals,

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here. We generally recommend composing 3-5 goals.

A good starting place for setting goals is to consider your accountabilities to support the goals for your

department or unit, as well as what activities make up the bulk of your work. From that point, consider

what behaviors or skills are required to be successful and which of those can be improved on your part.

Consider goals that are related to the success of your department or unit, as well as personal

development goals that support your career and feed back into your work.

A quality goal can have qualitative or quantitative outcomes and follows ‘SMART’ criteria; it will be

Specific; Measurable; Attainable (given budgets, and other resources); Relevant to you and your work;

and Time-bound to a specific date or set of dates for completion. The template below is designed to

help you to create goals that meet these criteria.

To learn more about setting goals,

click here

and navigate to the section on Goal Setting.

GOAL TEMPLATE

Title of Goal: A brief introduction to the goal in 100 characters or less

Actions: What specific activities are required to meet this goal? Include dates, timelines, descriptions

of deliverables, etc. How does this goal relate to your work and accountabilities?

Measurements: Describe how achievement of this goal is measured; how will you know that the goal

has been met or exceeded?

Due Date: Choose a specific date when this goal should be successfully met.

Current Status: Use this field to update the status of the goal throughout the performance year.

Example: In Progress, Complete

Completion: Use this field to update the % completion of the goal throughout the performance year.

Example: 50%

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