A lot of team leaders tend to struggle at maintaining the balance between set high and low targets. While the former is good for setting the bar high, and further impress one’s superiors, the latter is seen as a talent management ploy, with employees seen happier. The thinking goes that with easier, more achievable targets, the team members feel welcome due to the lower levels of anxiety. However, the latter often does not work out. Research conducted using Amazon’s crowd sourced marketplace – Mechanical Turk- goes on to study that employees generally feel more motivated when the challenge to achieve is high. Improvement goals tend to bring out the better among employees, than ones merely to maintain the status quo.

Source:https://hbr.org/2018/11/why-you-should-stop-setting-easy-goals

Uploaded Date:16 February 2019