The biggest problem is still not setting goals: 83% of people have no goals. 14% have a plan in mind, but they haven’t written it down. 3% have goals written down. Solution: sit down and start writing your goals down.

1. With Objectives &
Key Results
Top goal setting problems and how to avoid them
By Weekdone

2. He will solve your problems with goal setting.
• Around 30 years old
• Ex start up founder
• Likes to get things done
• Newly hired manager
of a marketing team
Meet Sam.

3. Solution: sit down and start writing your goals down.
The biggest one is still not setting goals:
83% of people have no goals.
14% have a plan in mind,
but they haven’t written it down.
3% have goals written down.
There are a lot of problems
to tackle.

4. Now Sam can tackle the usual problems
you face when setting goals at work.
OKRs are:
Quarterly
Clear
Proved to work in both small and big companies
Sam implements the OKR
(Objectives and Key Results)
methodology.

5. Fact: forming a habit takes, on average, 66 days.
“Even if I set goals I
don’t have the time
or energy to get
them done”
Keeping to your goals must become a habit
and that’s hard. But if you stick with them
for 2 months, you never have to worry
about that again.
Solution
No motivation
Problem #1

6. “I have my goals
but now I see I can’t
do them all. I might
just as well quit”
Ambitious goals are good. That way, even if
you only achieve 60% of your goals, you’re
still better than the guy who sets low goals
and gets 100%
Unrealistic expectations
Problem #2

7. Sam sets ambitious goals for teams.
One of the principals of OKRs is that when grading goals
every quarter 70% is considered a good result.
Not done.
Either bad or too high goal
Average work. Should do better
Good
Superb work or goals not ambitious enough
0%
0 - 50%
50 - 60%
60 - 70%
70 - 100%

8. All these problems can be avoided by using
Objectives and Key Results (OKR). Like Sam does.
Learn more about Sam and OKRs from our
ebook “Step by Step Guide to OKRs”

9. Fact: an average employee who uses OKR goal setting
apps like Weekdone is more than twice engaged then
an average employee in the US.
Use a transparent company-wide system
that makes sure everyone knows
everybody’s goals. That way you understand
what’s going on and everyone is happy.
“Both me and my
friends at sales
have our goals set.
No idea what his
are, though”
Solution
of managers say failure to coordinate across units
is the greatest challenge to executing strategy.
No communication
Problem #3

10. Quarterly review is better than yearly
review. When the deadlines are always
closer, it’s harder to lose sight of your work.
“I set my goals in the
beginning of the year
and totally forgot
about them. Will
need to think up
something fast as my
review is coming up.”
Solution
No constant review
Problem #4

11. Why prepare quarterly objectives?
To identify what you want to accomplish.
To help you focus on what matters most.
To make sure that you and your supervisor are
in agreement regarding your priorities.
To provide you with accountability.
Four reasons:
1.
2.
3.
4.

12. ○
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With OKR methodology Sam’s company:
Motivated employees to achieve their
business goals
Turned a disengaged team into a strongly
engaged group of Superheros
Convinced the entire company try OKRs

13. You can improve your team as well.
By Weekdone goal setting app
www.weekdone.com
Learn more about Sam and OKRs from our ebook
“Step by Step Guide to OKRs”

14. BE MORE PRODUCTIVE NOW
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