Setting SMART Goals: The Key Skill of a High-Performance Leader
Leading without clear goals is like navigating without a map. This 1.5-hour e-learning course guides you step by step towards mastering an essential leadership and management skill: setting SMART objectives.
Through 6 structured modules, you will learn why, how, and in what situations to formulate motivating, measurable, and achievable objectives, while developing your ability to co-construct a clear and motivating roadmap with your colleagues.
This course is aimed at all managers and team leaders who wish to:
- Establish effective management by objectives
- Strengthen employee engagement and accountability
- Promote sustainable collective performance
What you will learn:
Module 1 – Why set good objectives?
→ Become aware of the organizational and human impact of well-designed objectives.
Module 2 – SMART Fundamentals
→ Discover the SMART model and its essential variations in depth.
Module 3 – Good Formulation Practices
→ Master the writing of aligned, meaningful, and action-driving objectives.
Module 4 – Adapting Your Objectives to Each Context
→ Know how to contextualize according to profiles, missions, team challenges, or maturity levels.
Module 5 – Interactive Training Simulator
→ Participate in a virtual annual objective-setting workshop with a colleague. Ask the right questions, get immediate feedback, and adjust your practices.
Module 6 – Final Mega Quiz
→ Review all the learning in a fun and challenging way.
An ideal course to meet these key needs:
- How can I ensure that an objective really motivates me?
- What levers should I use when my objectives are not achieved?
- How can I structure an effective action plan with my teams?
- What types of objectives work in an uncertain environment?
- How can I transform a vague objective into a real performance driver?
Strong points of the course:
• SMART model explored in all its dimensions (simple and advanced)
• Practical cases, real-life scenarios
• Concrete, operational, and engaging approach
• Ideal for support of an annual/semiannual interview or a review of objectives
