It’s mid-year, so instead of focusing on your team, like we’ve been doing, let’s focus on YOU.
Manager: What are YOUR Goals?
My goals fall into 3 buckets this year: Learning, Succession Planning and Projects.

All of my goals are due on/before November 15th, 2009.
The goals I set have 2 key parts:

Measurability
Timeframe

After that, my goals update format is very simple:

Goal name
Status
Next Steps

I’ll step through my 3 buckets. This is helpful for me and for you, as now I am sharing my goals with you, so I am now accountable to you for my results. I will report back on/about November 15th, 2009.
Learning goal

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Mid-year is a big check-in time for my team and I. While we have weekly/bi-weekly one-on-ones, this check in is critical to our success as a team. Hopefully if my associates were doing their weekly sheets and saved the important e-mails they received, this will not be an arduous task. If not, it may take a lot more time to do.
I ask each team member to schedule their own meeting from June 15th through July 15th for one hour with me, and I ask them to book a conference room so we can get away from the rest of …read more