Goal Types are exactly that….the types of Goals that you want to create for your Performance Review. They serve two purposes in your performance review: they organize your goals into different groups (i.e. Performance Factors and Developmental Goals) and they act as templates for goals.
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There are several ways that you can set up your Goal Type, each way dictating how the Goals within that Goal Type appear. This ensures the Goals are all formatted consistently and have the same options. The various options provide copious amounts of flexibility – but you can make your Goal Type as simple or as complex as your needs!
Information
These fields will help you define the specific settings of your Goal Type.
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Code | Internal code for organization; only seen by administrators. | |||||||||||
Name | The name that will show as the section title on the Performance Review. | |||||||||||
Goal Name Label | When a user is creating a goal they will see “Goal Name: “ in the box to guide them as to what they need to fill out the name of their goal. This setting allows you to change that label if you want to guide them differently. | |||||||||||
| This controls whether or not the measurement fields are shown and/or are required to be filled out by the associate. Measurement fields can be used to better define and measure whether or not a goal was met by allowing a place where metrics can be set. They can be set either by the associate when creating their own goal or by an administrator when creating a shared goal for the Goal Library.
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Due Date | Allows a due date to be set for the goal and determines whether a goal is required to have a due date. | |||||||||||
Actions | Enabling allows users to create an action plan with smaller steps inside of the goal.  Examples of Actions in a Goal | |||||||||||
Comments | Enabling allows associate and their supervisor to leave comments on the goal. This might be used for check-ins or to record progress during the year before the evaluation.  Examples of Comments in a Goal
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Cascading | Enabling allows supervisors to cascade a goal to someone else in the organization. This can be set to either just individuals in the supervisor’s report pyramid or anyone within the organization regardless of pyramid hierarchy. | |||||||||||
Goals Added By | This field determines if an Associate or their Supervisor/HR can add goals on an Associate’s goals page for this Goal Type. This will disable adding goals to this goal type by anyone not included in the list you select. Options include: Associate, Supervisor/HR,Auto-Assign Supervisor/HR, Auto-Assign Associate, Auto-Assign Auto-Assign only
Auto-Assign Cut-Off Date | You can auto-assign Goals in the Goal Library to positions of users. If you do that, Goals will be automatically added and removed as users fall in and out of the position. Once the Auto-Assign Cut-Off Date is reached, the Goals are no longer dynamically added/removed. | ||||||||||
Evaluation Box Label | The label that appears on the goal’s evaluation box during a performance review. It will default to “Evaluation.”  Example of Evaluation Box label inside of a goal | |||||||||||
Requires Approval | If enabled, any goals that an associate adds to this Goal Type will require a supervisor’s approval.
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Is Active | If checked, this Goal Type is active and can be used in a performance evaluation. If unchecked, the Goal Type will not be able to be used and will be marked inactive. |
Instructions
Use these fields to provide your associates with specific instructions at the various stages of the Performance Review process. The default instructions can be overridden at the Performance Review level to allow for customization per review/evaluation form.
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Goal Setting Instructions | The instructions for the associate and supervisor/HR that will show during goal setting. This text shows for the following statuses:
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Goals Approved Instructions | These instructions for the associate and for the supervisor/HR will show after a goal has been approved. This text shows for the following statuses:
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Performance Review Instructions | These instructions show while the performance review is in progress before the Performance Meeting. They are broken out by each reviewer role and should instruct each person on what they need to do while evaluating this goal type. For example:
This text shows for the following statuses:
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Performance Meeting Instructions | These instructions show during the Performance Meeting. This text shows for the following statuses:
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PDF Download | This text shows on the PDF Download of an associate’s Performance Review, above the Goals for this Goal Type. |
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There are some additional settings that control how each Goal Type is evaluated.
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Goals Added By | This field determines if an Associate or their Managers/HR can add goals on an Associate’s goals page for this Goal Type. This will disable adding goals to this goal type by anyone not included in the list you select. Options include:
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Library Goals | If checked, this enables the use of pre-made goals that are standardized and regimented, and stored in goal library. | ||
User Specific Goals | If checked, this enables the user to add their own goals. | ||
Minimum/Maximum Goals | If you are using Goals Workflow, this is where you can set the minimum and maximum number of goals that the associate is suggested to set for themselves. If you are not using the Goals Workflow or don’t want suggestions on how many goals should be set, skip this settings. | ||
Evaluation | Determine if the goal will be Evaluated during the review process and if Associate and/or Supervisor comments will be required. Check the corresponding boxes. | ||
Weight | If your review will be auto calculating evaluation scores, use this to determine the different weights of each Goal Type. The weight must add up to 100. | ||
Associate Fields Required | If checked, this will require all the enabled associate fields (accomplishments, opportunities, comments) be filled out. If unchecked, they will remain optional. | ||
Associate Show Accomplishments | By checking this setting, you are enabling an “Accomplishments” field that the associate will fill out. Note: You are able to change the label of this field to read something else. | ||
Associate Show Opportunities | By checking this setting, you are enabling an “Opportunities” field that the associate will fill out. | ||
Associate Show Comments | By checking this setting, you are enabling an “Comments” field that the associate will fill out. | ||
Supervisor Fields Required | If checked, this will require all the enabled supervisor fields (accomplishments, opportunities, comments) be filled out. If unchecked, they will all remain optional. | ||
Supervisor Show Accomplishments | |||
Supervisor Show Opportunities | |||
Supervisor Show Comments | |||
Auto-Weight Goals | This applies to Goal Types which are weighted. When Auto-Weight Goals is checked, then the goals for a Goal Type have an equal weight. When Auto-Weight Goal is unchecked, then associates and managers will have to manually set their weight during Goal Setting and/or Performance Review. | Evaluation | Determine if the goal will be Evaluated during the review process and if Associate and/or Supervisor comments will be required. Check the corresponding boxes. |
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