Business & Management
Setting and Achieving Goals
Assessment type
Training only (attendance)
Minimum duration
30 Minutes
Course delivery
E-learning
Description
The Setting and Achieving Goals eLearning course provides learners with an understanding of how to establish meaningful and achievable goals and take practical steps towards accomplishing them.
The course explores how clear objectives can provide direction, focus and motivation in the workplace. Learners will consider practical approaches to defining goals, developing action plans, prioritising activities, monitoring progress and overcoming obstacles to support successful outcomes.
Who Should Attend?
- Employees at all levels.
- Managers and supervisors.
- Team leaders and aspiring managers.
- Employees undertaking personal or professional development.
- Employees responsible for achieving individual workplace objectives.
- Anyone looking to improve their approach to setting, planning and achieving goals.
What You Will Learn
- The purpose and benefits of setting goals.
- Understanding how goals can provide direction and focus.
- Recognising the difference between goals, objectives and actions.
- Identifying personal and professional priorities.
- Establishing clear and meaningful goals.
- Understanding the characteristics of effective goals.
- Applying SMART principles when setting goals.
- Ensuring goals are specific and clearly defined.
- Identifying appropriate measures of success.
- Setting achievable and realistic objectives.
- Establishing appropriate timescales and deadlines.
- Breaking larger goals into manageable steps.
- Developing an effective action plan.
- Identifying the tasks required to achieve a goal.
- Prioritising activities and actions.
- Identifying resources and support that may be required.
- Anticipating potential barriers and challenges.
- Developing strategies for overcoming obstacles.
- Maintaining motivation when working towards longer-term goals.
- Managing competing priorities.
- Taking responsibility for agreed actions.
- Monitoring progress against planned objectives.
- Using milestones to review progress.
- Recognising and acknowledging achievements.
- Responding constructively when progress does not go to plan.
- Adjusting actions or timescales where appropriate.
- Using feedback to support progress.
- Reviewing whether goals remain relevant and achievable.
- Reflecting on completed goals and outcomes.
- Applying lessons learned to future goal setting.
- Developing a structured approach to continuous personal and professional development.
Course Delivery
This course is delivered as self-directed eLearning through the ELMO learning platform.
Learners can work through the course at their own pace and can move backwards and forwards through the learning content as required. The course does not need to be completed in one sitting, allowing learners to leave and return to their training where necessary.
Interactive activities may be included throughout the course to reinforce key learning points.
Assessment
Knowledge and understanding are checked through online assessment activities. Depending on the course content, these may include multiple-choice questions, matching exercises, drag-and-drop activities and image-based questions.
A minimum score of 70% is required to successfully complete the course.
Certification
Upon successful completion of the course and assessment requirements, learners will receive a UK Rural Skills (UKRS) Accredited Certificate of Training.
Course Duration
The course is self-directed and learners can progress through the content at their own pace. Completion time may therefore vary depending on the individual learner.
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