http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/cascade-hopes-and-caviar-dreams/ Execution is the Difference. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:55:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/cascade-hopes-and-caviar-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Trish Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:42:38 +0000 http://10.50.0.97/wordpress/workforce-performance/index.php/cascade-hopes-and-caviar-dreams/#comment-127 Anne, You should be clear that by having objectives this gives them direction, focus, accountability and a clear roadmap of what needs to be accomplished. If they don't have clear goals, how on earth do they know which direction to go in, and indeed how they are going to get there. You need to have some live examples of good objectives that are currently being worked in the organisation, and the relevance these have to the business/departments priorities. Using examples and helping them work through these to see the relevance, should help them see the importance of having objectives. Let them express openly why they feel these are not relevant to their jobs, then tackle each of these issues with a positive message of how objectives are not an obstacle but a tool to help them get through their work priorities. Hope this helps. Anne, You should be clear that by having objectives this gives them direction, focus, accountability and a clear roadmap of what needs to be accomplished. If they don’t have clear goals, how on earth do they know which direction to go in, and indeed how they are going to get there. You need to have some live examples of good objectives that are currently being worked in the organisation, and the relevance these have to the business/departments priorities. Using examples and helping them work through these to see the relevance, should help them see the importance of having objectives. Let them express openly why they feel these are not relevant to their jobs, then tackle each of these issues with a positive message of how objectives are not an obstacle but a tool to help them get through their work priorities. Hope this helps.

]]> http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/cascade-hopes-and-caviar-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Anne Childress Mon, 07 May 2007 13:56:20 +0000 http://10.50.0.97/wordpress/workforce-performance/index.php/cascade-hopes-and-caviar-dreams/#comment-126 Our company has recently joined the SuccessFactors community, and we are working to roll out objective setting to lower level managers and supervisors in the coming weeks. Is there any advice on communicating the importance of goal/objective setting to those who may feel it is not relevant to their jobs? Our company has recently joined the SuccessFactors community, and we are working to roll out objective setting to lower level managers and supervisors in the coming weeks. Is there any advice on communicating the importance of goal/objective setting to those who may feel it is not relevant to their jobs?

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