Setting goals and working towards them clearly and unquestionably benefits your program. Whether personal development goals or professional goals, incorporating goal-setting games and activities into your plan is an easy way to succeed. Setting goals is the easy part, but it doesn’t mean anything if there isn’t a feasible way to achieve them, even if they aren’t time-bound.
Research has repeatedly shown that groups achieve more when they set goals because goals motivate people as much as they guide and direct their energy towards a common objective. Achieving goals doesn’t happen overnight; it takes a commitment to actively work towards the objective, especially in group settings where team members must keep each other accountable.
Setting goals is more than just facing everyone in the same direction, though. It’s about giving people a reason to participate, especially if their (or your program’s) goal sits outside of their comfort zone. To this end, it is particularly powerful to involve your group in the goal-setting process (if possible) because this choice will give them more control and allow them to feel more responsible for the final result.
