From the course: Setting Team and Employee Goals Using SMART Methodology

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Link goals to strategy

Link goals to strategy

From the course: Setting Team and Employee Goals Using SMART Methodology

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Link goals to strategy

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- For a goal to be really relevant, it has to tie to the broader purpose and goals of the entire organization. Your strategy is going to help drive that. The strategy consists of a desired future state and definition of how you're going to get there. You should break that strategy down into smaller, interim goals on that path. Every goal that gets set in the organization should be linked to that broader element of your strategy. How do you do that? Take you vision and your mission. Look at where you're going as an organization. Break that down into major themes over the course of the strategic planning period. For each theme, break that down into actions you'll have to take to achieve that theme. For each action, break that down into subactions until you can set an individual goal for each of those actions. I worked for a lawn and garden company at one point and I was in the strategic planning group. We said we're no…

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