Use this sample and step by step explanation for setting meaningful and inspiring employee performance goals for an analyst.

An Analyst is responsible for handling most of the problems in the company and providing a workable lasting solution.

The responsibilities of this post are identifying areas that require improvement or updating and finding solutions to them, investigating the company's activities to make them more efficient, testing systems and providing competitive commercial solution, inventing new systems or revamping existing areas of business, stock control and dispatching processes, advising the senior management, evaluating surveys and workshops results, document any required changes and communicate them to the relevant departments, using the IT solutions to enable the organization meet their goals, training the staff on use of new systems.

Employee Performance Goals Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Setting Goals: List specific goals in the space provided below each competency under "Performance Goals". Assign an appropriate timeline for each goal as well as numeric or financial terms to measure the goal.
  2. Employee Comments: The employee must comment next to each goal under "Employee Comments" with "Okay" for goals which he/she feels comfortable working with, and "Needs Clarification" for goals which he/she believes need to be discussed further. An employee who is comfortable with all the goals can sign the goals at this stage.
  3. Summary: Give a summary of the total time estimated for the employee to have achieved the goals. State action plans and specific milestones to track the goals. Any additional comments agreed between the employee and the supervisor should be noted here.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources personnel must confirm that the goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. He/she must then sign the goals in the "Human Resource" section provided under "Signatures".
  5. Signatures: When discussion of the goals has been completed and consensus has been reached, sign the goals and let the employee sign too. Send the final copy to the human resources for inclusion in the employee's professional records.

Performance Goals for Next Period

Performance Goals

Employee Comments

VERBAL COMMUNICATION:

Weigh my words first before I speak them out to avoid saying unwanted things.

Show willingness and patience to allow others to put their points across with interrupting them.

[employee comments goal]
LISTENING SKILLS:

Maintain a calm and composed attitude when someone is venting negative feelings and emotions

Learn to give constructive feedback when called upon to do so

[employee comments goal]
FACILITATION:

Provide regular and timely feedback to group members in order to help them identify their strengths and work on weak areas

Answer all emails from group members in a timely manner or assign someone to do it if one is not in a position to

[employee comments goal]
SUPERVISORY SKILLS:

Actively seek to build and enhance a solid working relationship among the workforce and staff

Utilize the communication techniques provided for the various situations that come up

[employee comments goal]
APPRAISAL AND EVALUATION SKILLS:

Work with all the employees both great and poor in growing them into a better group

Think through every decision to determine if it caters for all employees

[employee comments goal]
EMPATHY:

Try and gain a deeper understanding of the other person's perspective without immediately saying that it is bad or good

Spend more time reading books and blogs that explain how to be more empathetic at work and in the community in order to make improvements

[employee comments goal]
SELF AWARENESS:

Set realistic goals that can easily be met in order to avoid getting frustrated if the goals are not achieved

Reflect on regular basis in order to find out areas that have improved and those that are pulling one down

[employee comments goal]
DEADLINES - ON TIME:

Start with the complex tasks and break them down into smaller chunks, each with a specific deadline

Regularly check the progress of the project at hand and communicate its status to the recipient

[employee comments goal]
LONG RANGE PLANNING:

Identify what needs to be improved and what more the company should be doing in order to close gaps and open up new opportunities

Check in regularly with the plan in order to modify it in light of any changes, progress, or setbacks

[employee comments goal]
RESOURCE USE:

Eliminate current projects that may seem costly or unnecessary in order to free up resources to fund more productive ventures

Create a skills catalog in order to make sure that the right resources are available where and when one needs them

[employee comments goal]

Summary

Sections 1-2: To be completed by the supervisor

Section 3: To be completed by the employee

1. Goals completed since last performance feedback

2. Goals for next period

3. Employee comments

Signatures

I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:

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