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Our minds are highly attuned to simple, visual goals: the challenge of reaching a mountain top is a good example. Not many goals are that simple to define and understand though. Most of our goals today are far more complex: it may not be possible to define an end goal state in concrete terms; and that makes them harder to visualize.
The tragedy is that many of these goals should be more meaningful and important to us than climbing Everest or running a Marathon, yet they do not generate anything like the motivational power that makes us push our limits in sports like mountain climbing or long-distance running!
Goalscape addresses this by allowing ambitious individuals and teams to visualize, discuss and evolve their goals in a simple yet powerful way.
Research confirms that these elements are vital for success. Goalscape supports the F in the FAST Goal Setting method (championed by MIT´s Sloan School of Economics), which stands for "FREQUENTLY discussed". MIT researchers analyzed thousands of high-achieving teams in companies all over the world and reverse-engineered the success factors, identifying 'revisiting goals and discussing them regularly' as the most important.
Giving teams a crystal clear visual representation of their goals is a gamechanger when it comes to workplace engagement, motivation and satisfaction.
Having frequent exchanges about goals improves alignment, and overcomes the "Set and Forget" attitude found in too many companies. Using a visual way to track progress (and celebrate wins), decide next actions and agree priorities not only increases clarity, it makes the goals more ‘concrete’ (fixing them in space and time), which is key to engaging everyone involved.
Goalscape is the simplest and most powerful goal management solution. Its visual format supports the culture of discussing goals frequently and makes reviews focused, fast.. and fun!
Challenging and disruptive times lie ahead of us. Goalscape can help us to gain some clarity and direction by visualizing the goals we must define and achieve in the years to come.
Read this article to learn more about FAST Goal Setting. Or, if you want to change the Goal Management (and achievement!) culture in your company or team, book a FREE session with double Olympian and Goalscape CEO Marcus Baur here.
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