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From the elegantly simple to the useful or scary (may depend on your experience or role.) Learn about having a happier new year with a simple, but useful concept/approach of micro goals. A simple goal writing formula we have used at HRD just to jumpstart how to write a goal is:

The micro-goal blog is here:

http://tornadomktg.com/blog/have-a-happier-new-year-with-micro-goals/

Regarding performance management, system and people connections and helpful performance conversations can still be at odds without careful tuning and involvement of those who are the users/target audience of the performance management system. Here's a recent highly rated HR blog site & post that does a good job of highlighting the current issues with performance management system featuring:
* performance management products are available from over 50 vendors making it increasingly difficult for companies to choose an appropriate product.
* the very definition of performance-management technology is evolving

and on the people side of the equation:

*introducing performance management into the workplace is a radical cultural shift for people and it’s not just about technology.” -- Leighanne Levensaler, director of talent-management research at Bersin & Associates. For this reason, companies need to ensure that the proper training and incentives are provided to drive adoption.

http://www.hrworld.com/features/making-sense-performance-management-060908/

Happy New Year and happy goal setting micro or maxi- via your performance management system.

--Deb