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SMART Goals Alignment
A half-day course on SMART goal setting and organization-wide goal alignment
Overview
A half-day session on setting SMART goals and aligning them from company strategy down to individual employees. The design is discussion-led, with seven timed group activities including a full SMART goal write-up using the supplied handout. Trainers can deliver it in a classroom or online, edit every file, add their own logo and run it with unlimited groups.
Format. Half day (2 to 2.5 hours). Designed for classroom delivery and adaptable to live online sessions.
Who it is for. Managers, team leaders and HR practitioners who set goals with employees; pitched at beginner level for groups of 8 to 20.
What delegates take away
- Explain what goal alignment is and why it matters to an organization and its employees.
- Write goals that meet all five SMART criteria.
- Turn a generic business goal into a SMART goal using a structured checklist.
- Cascade goals from organizational strategy to departmental and individual level.
- Set aligned individual goals with employees in 1-to-1 review meetings.
Course outline
Introductions, session overview and the three learning objectives.
A group exercise on why geese fly in V formation opens the topic and draws out three lessons about shared direction, rotating leadership and encouragement.
Pairs draft their own definition of goal alignment, then the group works through four reasons it matters to a company and its people.
Participants record their three most important business goals, then examine each of the five SMART criteria with worked examples.
A 25-minute group exercise using the handout checklist to convert a generic business goal into a SMART one.
How goals flow from organizational strategy to departments and individuals, practised through two group exercises.
Nine practices for agreeing goals in 1-to-1 review meetings, illustrated with an example of an aligned review sheet.
Q&A recap of the learning objectives and session close.
What is in the kit
Slide deck
25 editable PowerPoint slides with speaker notes on every slide
Trainer notes
Scripted facilitator guide with slide-by-slide notes, seven timed activities, Q&A prompts and online adaptations for each exercise
MIZAN Edition field guide
Updated research with sources, two GCC-context case studies, three new activities, an AI-era section and a 30-day transfer plan
Participant workbook
20-section workbook that follows the session, with exercise prompts and space for notes
Handout
One SMART goal exercise handout with a question checklist, write-up page and worked example
Certificates
Four templates: certificate of attendance in digital and printable signature formats, plus a CPD completion certificate template and completed example
Feedback form
Course feedback form for delegates
Sign-in sheet
Attendance sign-in sheet
Online delivery guide
Guidance on running the session and its activities over Zoom, Webex or similar platforms, including breakout-room use
Pre-course preparation guide
Orientation document explaining each file, the trainer-notes colour coding and how to prepare slide printouts
Editable and PDF formats
Every document supplied in both editable Word/PowerPoint and PDF versions
Editions
The license in one sentence
Buy once, deliver the course as often as you like to as many delegates as you like, edit anything, add your own branding — you only may not resell or redistribute the materials themselves. Every download is stamped with your name, tier and order number. Full license terms
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