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The document outlines the SMART criteria for setting realistic goals, emphasizing five key characteristics: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Each characteristic is explained with examples of poorly defined goals versus SMART goals to illustrate the importance of clarity and structure in goal-setting. The document highlights that well-defined objectives are crucial for success and progress tracking.
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12 views4 pagesCrafting Effective SMART Goals
The document outlines the SMART criteria for setting realistic goals, emphasizing five key characteristics: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Each characteristic is explained with examples of poorly defined goals versus SMART goals to illustrate the importance of clarity and structure in goal-setting. The document highlights that well-defined objectives are crucial for success and progress tracking.
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SMART: How to set realistic goals
And finally, let's see each of the five characteristics that cannot be missing.
the time to draft a "smart" objective.
Specific
When defining a Smart goal, it should not be vague, whether we set goals
Personal, if we work together as a team in a company.
or agency.
A good way to achieve this is to draft a specific objective by responding to
the largest number of questions:
What. Detail of what we want to achieve with our goal.
What. Include possible real obstacles that prevent us from reaching our.
objective. We anticipate the 3rd point of this methodology (achievable).
Who. Person assigned to achieve a goal. It can be about a
delegated work for a third party. In many cases, it is us
same.
Where. If the location is relevant to achieving a goal, we should not
forgetting about the 'where'.
SMART objectives, examples:
Wrong objective: to increase our sales for August.
Smart objective: increase sales of X product line by 20% for
on August 31 of this year nationwide. The responsibility
It corresponds to the management of the marketing department.
Measurable
If we do not measure the progress of a goal, we will never know how much we have left to go.
reach a goal. An objective to be Smart must be quantifiable.
When drafting an objective, we must ask ourselves these questions:
["How much?","How many?"]
How will I know when it has been fulfilled? (with the objective or goal).
Measurement implies tracking. Without wanting to overuse Anglicisms, being able to measure
it means to be able to track.
SMART objectives, examples:
Wrong objective: to increase the average purchase ticket of the public
young man in our online store.
Smart objective: to increase the average purchase ticket in our store
Online at 20%. Target audience: recurring users between 16 to 29 years old
(+ other data or name of the segment/target).
Achievable
When creating a goal, we must seriously consider whether it is something achievable.
to reach
Realistic goals have to encourage us to move forward and not
to discourage us. But do we already have the skills and tools?
necessary to achieve it? Is there not some previous stage or step that we are overlooking?
putting aside?
If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.
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A reachable goal must respond:
How can one reach a goal?
How achievable is the goal?
SMART objectives, examples:
Wrong objective: to increase visits to the company's website to
double in a year.
Smart objective: increase visits (not users) to the website of the
company of 5,000 to 10,000 per month to be able to launch our new
service. Deadline August 31 of next year.
If you can't measure it, you can't improve it.
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Relevant
A goal to be relevant must be aligned with the global strategy.
of our brand, company, or personal strategy.
Some questions to define relevant objectives:
Why. Asking ourselves the 'for what' of something helps us realize if
It is about an important objective or not. We will prioritize those who
they really are.
Is the individual goal important for the overall objective (strategy)?
Is this the right time to set this goal?
Is the person assigned to the objective the right one? (company, group) Am I the
correct persona? (personal / professional brand).
Does the objective adapt to the reality or context in which we find ourselves?
SMART objectives, examples:
Wrong objective: to increase the sales team in order to
increase in sales.
Smart objective: increase our sales team from 5 to 8 before
from August 31 in order to increase sales in region X by 50%
of our country.
#5 Time limit (Time-bound)
It is essential to set a deadline to achieve a goal. This is usually
it is more difficult to achieve in the case of personal goals. Being us
Those of us who "control" ourselves often deceive ourselves.
In any case, in the case of a company or startup, it is important to set.
a timeframe to prevent certain tasks from being postponed by new ones
problems that seem "apparently" urgent.
When formulating a Smart goal, we should ask ourselves:
When should it be finished? Set a deadline.
What should I do today, tomorrow, the day after…? Avoid emergencies or
emergencies.
What should I do in 6 months? Avoid putting out fires in 6.
months.
SMART objectives, examples
Wrong objective: to increase the subscriber list to the blog of the
company (or staff).
Smart objective: create a newlead magnetfree 30 pages.
Offer it on the blog/website before August 31 to be able to request data.
contact to download (name, email) and thus increase by 5%
monthly the number of subscribers to our newsletter
business.
Being able to write an objective intelligently is the difference between success.
and failure.