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Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Tiered Goals
This year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about goal-setting frameworks for goals_on_dw. Read Part 1: Introduction to Goal-Setting Frameworks, Part 2: The 1-3-5 Rule, Part 3: The 12-week Year, Part 4: ABCS (Achievable, Believable, Committed, Specific), Part 5: Backward Goal, Part 6: BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goals), Part 7: BSQ (Think Big, Act Small, Move Quick), Part 8: CLEAR (Collaborative, Limited, Emotional, Appreciable, Refinable), Part 9: Goal Pyramid, Part 10: Golden Circle, Part 11: GROW (Goal, Reality, Options, Way Forward), Part 12: HARD (Heartfelt, Animated, Required, Difficult), Part 13: KPI (Key Performance Indicators), Part 14: MASTER (Measurable, Achievable, Specific, Transforming, Evolving, Relevant), Part 15: NCT (Narratives, Commitments, and Tasks), Part 16: OKR (Objectives, Key Results), Part 17: PACT (Purposeful, Aligned, Continuous, Tracked), Part 18: Tiered Goals.
Part 18: Tiered Goals
Tiered goals separate into layers. There are various ways to do this, so there can be different numbers of layers and different names for each layer. Let's take a look at some popular options.
One useful set is Strategic, Tactical, and Operational. Strategic goals are high-level and long-term. They guide everything toward your mission. Tactical goals focus on the overall methods for pursuing your chosen strategy. These break down into manageable chunks to be accomplished over the medium term. Operational goals are low-level and short-term. These are the everyday tasks required to follow the tactical and strategic paths to accomplish the desired outcome. This set of tiers works well with people who think in terms of hierarchy or logistics.
Another approach relies on time. You can set annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily goals. Some people even like to consider five-year or ten-year goals. The bigger concepts go on the higher tiers, so for instance buying a house would usually be in the annual or longer tier, but renting an apartment is more likely quarterly, with savings and packing goals in the lower tiers. This approach works very well for schedule-oriented people, for planning big events such as a wedding or convention, and for breaking a process into phases as for education.
Of course, you can also rank goals by scope. These might be life goals, major goals, secondary goals, and minor goals. If your life goal is to run your own business, then your major goal might be to complete a degree in entrepreneurship, with secondary goals learning about people skills and the kinds of products or services you want to offer, then minor goals keeping a daily schedule of studying or short-term projects like attending a workshop.
goals_on_dw. Read Part 1: Introduction to Goal-Setting Frameworks, Part 2: The 1-3-5 Rule, Part 3: The 12-week Year, Part 4: ABCS (Achievable, Believable, Committed, Specific), Part 5: Backward Goal, Part 6: BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goals), Part 7: BSQ (Think Big, Act Small, Move Quick), Part 8: CLEAR (Collaborative, Limited, Emotional, Appreciable, Refinable), Part 9: Goal Pyramid, Part 10: Golden Circle, Part 11: GROW (Goal, Reality, Options, Way Forward), Part 12: HARD (Heartfelt, Animated, Required, Difficult), Part 13: KPI (Key Performance Indicators), Part 14: MASTER (Measurable, Achievable, Specific, Transforming, Evolving, Relevant), Part 15: NCT (Narratives, Commitments, and Tasks), Part 16: OKR (Objectives, Key Results), Part 17: PACT (Purposeful, Aligned, Continuous, Tracked), Part 18: Tiered Goals.Part 18: Tiered Goals
Tiered goals separate into layers. There are various ways to do this, so there can be different numbers of layers and different names for each layer. Let's take a look at some popular options.
One useful set is Strategic, Tactical, and Operational. Strategic goals are high-level and long-term. They guide everything toward your mission. Tactical goals focus on the overall methods for pursuing your chosen strategy. These break down into manageable chunks to be accomplished over the medium term. Operational goals are low-level and short-term. These are the everyday tasks required to follow the tactical and strategic paths to accomplish the desired outcome. This set of tiers works well with people who think in terms of hierarchy or logistics.
Another approach relies on time. You can set annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily goals. Some people even like to consider five-year or ten-year goals. The bigger concepts go on the higher tiers, so for instance buying a house would usually be in the annual or longer tier, but renting an apartment is more likely quarterly, with savings and packing goals in the lower tiers. This approach works very well for schedule-oriented people, for planning big events such as a wedding or convention, and for breaking a process into phases as for education.
Of course, you can also rank goals by scope. These might be life goals, major goals, secondary goals, and minor goals. If your life goal is to run your own business, then your major goal might be to complete a degree in entrepreneurship, with secondary goals learning about people skills and the kinds of products or services you want to offer, then minor goals keeping a daily schedule of studying or short-term projects like attending a workshop.