Setting Team Goals
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Every team needs a goal to go after each day. If a team or even an individual does not have a goal to go after daily they will be just working aimlessly. It is a great idea for a person to have a goal so they are able to work towards accomplishing something for the day. If the whole work place has a goal to work towards, then the person in charge has to find a way to make the goal for each person attainable, but at the same time hard to get so they have to work for it. Why has a goal for your work place? You should have a goal for the simple fact your employees are asking for one.Having a goal does not put added stress on your associates, it actually will make them try harder in making every customer count as well as every call they take. Employees do not want to be told they are not hitting their goals and they are partially responsible for the team not achieving their goals. In fact there are some companies that will display the results of each representative so that everyone sees how well they are doing. Not every representative will think that is a great idea, but there is a motive behind that for the employer.The motives for displaying the representative’s results could be for a couple of different reasons. The management team wants everyone to see how their peers are doing so if someone is struggling in one particular area, the associate can go to the rep that is doing well can help the one not doing so well. The management team also knows that no one likes to be at the bottom of any report or any reporting board. So when a representative sees their name at the bottom, they will most likely seek help to improve.If you look at and ask any business that is considered a top notch company, you will see that they have goals. Whether the company is retail, self storage or what not, they will have a daily goal or a yearly goal. Owners are always looking at ways to improve their bottom lines but they know they have to push their associates to do better. Give your associated daily goals and they might surprise you.
Every team needs a goal to go after each day. If a team or even an individual does not have a goal to go after daily they will be just working aimlessly. It is a great idea for a person to have a goal so they are able to work towards accomplishing something for the day. If the whole work place has a goal to work towards, then the person in charge has to find a way to make the goal for each person attainable, but at the same time hard to get so they have to work for it. Why has a goal for your work place? You should have a goal for the simple fact your employees are asking for one.
Having a goal does not put added stress on your associates, it actually will make them try harder in making every customer count as well as every call they take. Employees do not want to be told they are not hitting their goals and they are partially responsible for the team not achieving their goals. In fact there are some companies that will display the results of each representative so that everyone sees how well they are doing. Not every representative will think that is a great idea, but there is a motive behind that for the employer.
The motives for displaying the representative’s results could be for a couple of different reasons. The management team wants everyone to see how their peers are doing so if someone is struggling in one particular area, the associate can go to the rep that is doing well can help the one not doing so well. The management team also knows that no one likes to be at the bottom of any report or any reporting board. So when a representative sees their name at the bottom, they will most likely seek help to improve.
If you look at and ask any business that is considered a top notch company, you will see that they have goals. Whether the company is retail, or what not, they will have a daily goal or a yearly goal. Owners are always looking at ways to improve their bottom lines but they know they have to push their associates to do better. Give your associated daily goals and they might surprise you.
Disclamer: This entry is intended to promote our partner StorageMart and some or all participants received compensation.
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