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Website Email 0330 056 3664SMART is an acronym that most of us will recognise. It’s been around for years but is it still relevant in today’s ever changing fast-paced world of work?
SMART goal setting is conventionally done once a year and is becoming outdated because:
It’s rare that SMART goals ever spark the imagination or fire us up to succeed. So what’s the alternative?
Many employers who have seen the light are now implementing FAST goals within their organisations, believing them to be far more relevant.
FAST goals are far more dynamic than SMART goals because it’s one of the few goal-setting techniques that can be flexible and agile as circumstances change.
FAST goals contain 4 key elements:
Let’s take each of these elements in turn.
Frequently Discussed
FAST Goals must be frequently discussed but why?
So, what questions can you ask yourselves to help in your goal setting and to make sure you’re always aligned and on track to reach your goals?
Ambitious
FAST Goals must be ambitious but why?
However, one word of caution. It’s absolutely necessary to move beyond safe easily attainable goals to ones which will really make a difference in performance. But if they are too stretching for someone, this can actually be counterproductive.
There is a strong relationship between pressure and performance so when you set goals, find a balance so that best performance can be achieved. Too much pressure and performance declines, too little pressure (like SMART goals) and performance declines also – there is a sweet spot. You need to know your people well enough to know what that sweet spot is or adjust as you go along.
So, what questions can you ask yourselves to challenge, motivate and ensure you’re always doing your best?
Specific
FAST Goals must be asbolutely specific but why?
So, what questions can you ask yourselves to ensure that you’re always moving closer to your set goals?
Transparent
FAST Goals must be transparent to those you work with and other stakeholders but why?
So, what questions can you ask yourselves to support you in giving an overall view of your current progress and help identify whether what you’re focussing on is helping you achieve the goal?
So from now on, do away with SMART and try using FAST to get ultimate dynamic performance!
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