How to turn bad objectives into SMART objectives that can boost your own and your team's performance. Nancy Slessenger shows you how to change some shockingly stupid objectives into phrases that actually give you a direction to work towards.

1. World’s Worst Objectives 5 screamingly obvious ways to make them SMART

2. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART Five real examples of screamingly bad objectives and how to make them SMART For help with your objectives contact vinehouse.co.uk

3. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART Objective 1: “Have coffee with people in Slough once a week.”

4. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART Ask: What do you want to achieve? How will you know when you’ve achieved it?

5. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART The objective: “Have coffee with people in Manchester once a week.” Becomes: “Identify what the people in Manchester are doing that could improve our processes.”

6. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART “Develop a close relationship with the sales manager.” Objective 2:

7. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART “What is it you need to achieve by doing this?” Ask:

8. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART Objective 2 Becomes: “Ensure we have the sales forecast for the next three months.”

9. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART “When do you need it by?” Ask:

10. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART “Ensure we have the sales forecast for the next three months by the end of each month.” Now you have your timescale:

11. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART Objective 3: “Attend a presentation skills course.” This is a development objective.

12. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART Development objective structure: Be able to _________ by (date).

13. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART Objective 3 Becomes: “Be able to design a presentation explaining the research data in six slides of no more than 60 words by 30th June.”

14. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART “Be able to present the safety information so everyone knows what they need to do to meet the new standards by December.” Or:

15. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART Objective 4: “Build a high-performing team.” How would you recognise a high-performing team?

17. Achieves to higher level of quality

18. Achieves in less time

19. Achieves with fewer resources

21. Resources

23. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART Objective 5: Maximise the efficiency of the VK process. Ask: How would you know it had been “maximised”? Identify what you need to achieve.

24. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART Identify what you need to achieve “Increase the efficiency of the VK process to 79% by 31st December.”

25. World’s Worst ObjectivesHow to make them SMART You may need to do this first: “Identify options for increasing the VK process by 31st October.”

27. “How will you know when you’ve achieved it?”

28. And remember to be specificThat’s what objectives are all about. www.vinehouse.co.uk

29. @nancyslessenger http://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyslessenger www.vinehouse.co.uk I can even write your objectives for you, just get in touch +44 (0)1530 224295 For more help