What role do monthly, quarterly, or annual goals play in your work life?* Goals are a daily guide for setting 30% my priorities Goals are metrics to meet for quarterly 30% annual compensation/bonuses Goals periodically show me how 27% best to align with my organization Goals are the source of my 26% current to-do list Each day, employees around the world show up to work, presumably to achieve…something. Yet, according to the 昀椀ndings We set goals up once a from our 2022 State of Performance Enablement research report, goal- year and rarely look at 21% them again setting practices vary widely across companies, with varying degrees of success. In our survey, nearly one in three respondents said goals Goals do not play a relevant role in 16% are used as a metric for compensation at their companies, another third my work use them to set daily priorities, and more than a quarter consider goals their current to-do list. Twelve percent of employees told us that they I do not have formal or informal job 12% don’t set them at all. goals in my role But when performance is the entire point of a job and achievement is a *Respondents could select all that apply. critical part of growth and career-building, why aren’t more employers focused on the way that progress is measured? How Goal-Setting Drives Employee Engagement and Retention