Goals
The Goals feature in Wazo allows employees to create, track, and manage personal and professional goals. Goals can represent individual objectives, team targets, learning milestones, or project deliverables — all aligned with career development and organizational growth. Each goal includes a title, description, target completion date, and progress status. The Goals page offers a timeline view for monitoring upcoming and completed goals, making Wazo’s approach simple, clear, and action-driven.
Overview
The Goals feature in Wazo allows employees to create, track, and manage personal and professional goals. Goals can represent individual objectives, team targets, learning milestones, or project deliverables — all aligned with career development and organizational growth. Each goal includes a title, description, target completion date, and progress status. The Goals page offers a timeline view for monitoring upcoming and completed goals, making Wazo’s approach simple, clear, and action-driven.
User Guide
The Goals Page is a personal dashboard for creating, managing, and tracking goals. Access it from the main dashboard or your profile. The page lists current, upcoming, and completed goals. A 'Create Goal' button allows adding new goals with title, description, due date, and status. Filters by tags (e.g., Programming, Quality, Compliance) help categorize goals. A detailed table shows each goal’s title, target date, days left, and a progress bar. Each goal includes an actions menu to edit or update progress. On the right, widgets display Total Goals, Progress Percentage, and an Upcoming Goals timeline for quick insights.
How it Helps
Provides employees with a clear sense of direction and visibility into their objectives.
Helps track progress effectively, ensuring goals remain active until completion.
Supports alignment between individual objectives and broader organizational strategies.
Encourages professional development through skill-building, ownership, and career progression.
Creates transparency and accountability, keeping individuals and teams focused.
Use Case
Setting Quarterly Learning Objectives
A software developer sets a goal to 'Complete AWS Developer Certification' by April 20, 2025. They create the goal in Wazo, set a timeline, and track study milestones. Their manager monitors progress during check-ins and provides support if needed. Once achieved, the goal remains on the timeline as a permanent record of accomplishment for future career discussions.
Impact
For Employees
Helps prioritize efforts, stay motivated, and celebrate achievements. Completed goals provide confidence and support career growth.
For the Organization
Aligns employee efforts with company vision, increases transparency, improves accountability, and strengthens focus on results. Well-tracked goals reduce miscommunication, drive performance, and turn tasks into milestones for bigger achievements.
Panels
Create Goal Button
Allows users to add new goals by entering title, description, due date, status, and optional tags.
Goal Table
Displays goals with key info: title, target date, days left, and progress bar. Includes an actions menu for editing.
Filter Tags
Users can filter goals by themes such as Programming, Compliance, or Quality to focus on specific objectives.
Summary Widgets
Right-side panel with Total Goals, overall Progress Percentage, and an Upcoming Goals timeline for quick progress tracking.
Features
Best Practices
Create specific, measurable goals with clear timelines.
Update progress regularly to stay accountable.
Use tags to categorize and focus on goals by theme.
Review completed goals to reflect on progress and prepare for reviews.
Leverage the timeline and widgets to stay ahead of deadlines.
Why is it useful
Keeps everyone accountable to their goals in real-time.
Creates visibility and ownership over development and milestones.
Supports structured check-ins with managers or mentors.
Aligns individual progress with organizational priorities.
Transforms progress into a shared journey of success.
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