Goals
In this portion of Measure What Matters Paine spends some time describing how measurement helps gauge goals. When you set goals in the beginning of a project or campaign, measurement of your progress can help you see how close you are to reaching those goals.
This brought to mind several campus organizations I'm involved in. I'm on three executive boards for various clubs and at the beginning of the semester we make extensive goals for our terms in office. There are abstract goals about the type of culture we want to create in the organization and action goals as well.
Now it's week nine and we've reached the mid semester lull. Everyone wants to review the goals we set way back in August. Some of the organizations will simply read the goals, but we will never revise our action plans. This is redundant and doesn't do anything to measure where we are against where we want to be. Other organizations I'm involved in will take a look at our goals, plan a retreat and make a concrete plan of what to do next.
Goal setting is important in determining your intentions for a campaign. But without measuring your efforts, it's hard to determine if you're on track.
Have you had any experiences like mine in any organizations you're involved in?
This brought to mind several campus organizations I'm involved in. I'm on three executive boards for various clubs and at the beginning of the semester we make extensive goals for our terms in office. There are abstract goals about the type of culture we want to create in the organization and action goals as well.
Now it's week nine and we've reached the mid semester lull. Everyone wants to review the goals we set way back in August. Some of the organizations will simply read the goals, but we will never revise our action plans. This is redundant and doesn't do anything to measure where we are against where we want to be. Other organizations I'm involved in will take a look at our goals, plan a retreat and make a concrete plan of what to do next.
Goal setting is important in determining your intentions for a campaign. But without measuring your efforts, it's hard to determine if you're on track.
Have you had any experiences like mine in any organizations you're involved in?
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