A New Approach to Goal Setting

It’s the beginning of a new year, which often means new goals, new priorities, new visions for what we – and our organizations – will accomplish.

It can be easy to get caught up in choosing impressive goals – ones that follow best practices, align with what funders want to see, or push our impact to a whole new level. And if we’re doing it well, we will already have invested in the approaches, systems, and communications it takes to drive accountability, collaboration, and integration so that we can make meaningful progress toward those goals.

But what happens when you’ve done everything right, achieved every goal, and yet something is still missing?