Goals and goal setting

Overview 

Goals are ‘dreams with legs’ – - they motivate us and drive us forward. Goal-setting shifts us from a negative problem-focused mindset into a positive mindset, and ‘where focus goes, energy flows’. This session draws on research from the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and coaching to explore the power of goals and how to structure them to get the results that we really want.

Content and Learning 

• What are goals and goalsetting?
• Research on goals and the power of goalsetting
• Types of goals – to include outcome, process and performance goals
• Beyond SMART – the golden rules of goals
• The art of goal-setting
• Tips for achieving our goals
• Building ownership of goals
• Goals and the GROW model
• Goals and Values…

Learning Objectives

• Understand the importance and benefits of setting goals
• Understand how to frame goals to set ourselves up for success
• Build an understanding of how to incorporate the use of goals when ‘coaching’ others [e.g. co-workers, direct reports]