Leadership SMART Goal: Measuring Success

A leadership SMART goal is one of the most significant effective leadership skills required in any successful organization. It is also referred to as measurable goal setting and from this term you can derive some of the features of a leadership SMART goal. A leadership SMART goal provides the team players with a clear picture of their performance expectations, it makes sure that the team players comprehend the means by which they are expected to reach these performance expectations, it establishes short term measures for improvement for the individuals with clearly set parameters for measuring success. The leadership SMART goal develops realistic performance standards that can be measured through specific components and in addition achieves
a team performance for the significant stakeholders. In the last phase, the leadership SMART goal provides a detailed explanation of the various performance expectations and strictly within the scope of the overall strategy. It also develops short term challenges likely to be faced by the team and that are measurable. All in all, my leadership SMART goal is precise, motivational, attainable, relevant and measurable. My leadership SMART goal is to improve the patient care and safety at Recap hospital, through providing communication strategy enhancements in the next two months. In my leadership SMART goal I decide what objectives are required to be attained and the ways in which this will be measured, this is specific and precise. The goal is motivational in the sense that it drives me towards wanting to achieve it. My leadership SMAT goal is indeed attainable, it is challenging but not unreasonable therefore it is not impossible for me to achieve. The goal is relevant as it directly involves the available resources. My leadership SMART goal is also measurable in the sense that the progress towards achieving the goal can be documented and assessed effectively (Conzemius, and Morganti-Fisher, 2012).