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Pros
It’s an easy-to-remember, widely understood framework.
• Specificity narrows focus and clearly defines the goal.
• Setting a measurable goal ensures progress can be tracked, which can motivate employees.
• Relevancy gives employees a checkpoint for aligning their goals to the rest of the organization.
• Setting a deadline can boost performance.
Cons
Employees can get stumped trying to check all the criteria boxes of a SMART goal.
• Setting an “attainable” goal can result in settling for complacency in fear of failure.
• The SMART philosophy focuses heavily on goal setting, rather than pursuing. Historically, this led to SMART goals being set and then forgotten until the annual review.
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PROS AND CONS OF
SMART GOALS