There’s a quote about the importance of setting goals that says, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any path will take you there.” You probably have dreams about retirement, ...

Locke, E. A., & Latham, G. P. (2002). Building a Practically Useful Theory of Goal Setting and Task Motivation A 35-Year Odyssey. American Psychologist, 57, 705-717.

Goal-Setting Motivation in Organizational Behavior. In 1968 Dr. Edwin Locke wrote that employees are motivated by two things: clear goals and appropriate feedback. In this age of instant ...

More recent frameworks, like behavioral goal-setting theory, emphasize the SMART model: goals must be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound.