SMART Objective Setting for Managers
Language: English
Published by Evolution Consulting, 2020
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***Amazon Best Seller***Objective-setting season looming? Looking to build your confidence in diagnosing, defining and designing effective objectives that will really drive performance? If so, SMART Objective Setting for Managers will help you see objective setting in a whole new light, boosting your self-confidence and reputation as a great leader, as you effectively develop your team. This book is for you if you're: A new manager, preparing to set employee goals and objectives for the first time An experienced manager, looking for management books that provide different SMART goals examples A senior manager, looking for some ideas on development goals for managersLooking for a performance management book that provides SMART behavioral objectives examplesLooking for a communication book that will help you effectively communicate goalsQuestions this book answers include: How do I identify what objectives to set?How do I design an objective that deals with the real performance issues like communication or influencing?How do I link my team's objectives to the company's strategic goals? You'll gain insights into: - Relationship between objectives and job descriptions - Why using SMART as part of performance management differs using SMART to setting personal goals- Different types of objectives and their drivers- What motivates people- Your own performance management mindset More importantly, you'll become a manager known for developing competent team members. You''ll benefit from managing a high-performing team. You'll increase your team's bandwidth, enabling you and your team to participate in strategic initiatives, resulting in increased exposure to your executive team. Best of all you, and your team members, will increase your career options. What's not to like? This book is part performance management book, part communication book, part motivation book and 100% focused on helping you design objectives that will increase your team's performance. Why Invest in This Book?If managing a high-performing team, attracting career-enhancing opportunities for you, and your team, and having a fantastic reputation, as a people manager, sounds appealing to you, then order your copy of SMART Objective Setting for Managers right now About the Author - Irial O'Farrell What makes Irial an expert? With over 10-years-experience of directly managing teams and over 20 years of developing managers, designing and implementing Performance Management Processes, she has had a ringside seat to understanding the barriers that unintentionally arise in objective setting. Through delivering SMART Objective Setting workshops, and coaching managers and leaders through the process of developing High Performance teams, she has tested her theories and solutions. Clients have been amazed by the noticeable increase in engagement and performance. Particularly in the area of behavioural objectives, such as poor communication or lack of judgement, that have greater negative impact on others but are harder to articulate. This book shows you how you can enhance your team's performance too. Order your copy today.…
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- Title
- SMART Objective Setting for Managers
- Author
- Irial O'farrell
- Publisher
- Evolution Consulting
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1838073116
- ISBN 13
- 9781838073114
- Series
- Book 1 of 2: Performance Development Series
***Amazon Best Seller***
Do you feel out of your depth when setting objectives for your team?
Ah, the annual ritual of objective-setting! Loved by so few, undertaken by so many. Do you get a slight knot in the pit of your stomach, just thinking about it? You’re not alone…
Most managers dread it because they're not 100% sure of what they're supposed to do. Promoted with little training, they're just supposed to know how to design objectives. Know how to develop soft skills. Sure it's easy, right?
On top of that, there’s the niggling feeling that the process doesn’t make much of a difference. It's a tick-box exercise managers are forced to do. Sound familiar? Here's a little secret for you...
The usual SMART theory is based on you setting a goal for you...but performance objective-setting naturally involves setting a goal with another person i.e., we're dealing with two processes - SMART and Communication.
Based on insights arising from the author's own management experience, developing hundreds of managers and designing performance management processes, enter the SMART world of objective-setting and:
- Gain a 360 view of performance, job descriptions and objectives
- Unpack the SMART framework, for a unique take on using it effectively in performance management
- Weave the communication process into designing SMART objectives, to ensure alignment
- Learn how to design objectives that develop "soft competencies" such as stakeholder management and communication
- Link objectives to human motivation theories, to increase employee buy-in
- Confidently prepare for and structure objective-setting meetings
What would a 10% increase in your team's performance mean to you?
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