Setting employee and team performance goals is an essential responsibility for business owners and managers. However, measuring and improving an employee’s performance can be complex and daunting, ...

The new year is upon us and with it comes a certain level of optimism to set meaningful goals and take action. But it’s no secret that most New Year’s resolutions fail and a lot of goals lose steam ...

A pioneer in her industry, coaching leaders since 2000, Sara Ellis Conant is Co-Founder & CEO of a)plan coaching. Setting goals is one of the most powerful tools for realizing your dreams in any area ...

What factors influence our success in reaching goals? Does setting a more ambitious goal generate self-confidence? Or does your confidence help determine your goal? Chicago Booth’s Avner ...

We invite research that interrogates goal setting through the lens of psychological science. We welcome diverse theoretical, empirical, and applied perspectives on how individuals envision, pursue, ...

Goals are standards that individuals use to evaluate how well they are doing now relative to where they want to end up. Goals basically guide our choices. Once you have a goal, the hard part is ...

After four decades of leadership, here’s a practical, no-nonsense approach to setting clear, actionable goals that drive real results in 2026 and beyond. Why many leaders struggle with goal setting in ...

Most of us live by goals. We want to save for retirement, lose weight, get promoted, or spend more time with family. Yet few people pause to ask: Why do we pursue the goals we do? Or even more ...