Use this sample and step by step explanation for setting meaningful and inspiring employee performance goals for a consulting psychologist.

A Consulting Psychologist is tasked with the primary responsibility of putting a company or an organization back on its growth track by listening, understanding, identifying problems and finding solutions. He/she is tasked with finding the underlying problems of his or her clients that may include corporations, companies, and organizations and coming up with relevant and workable solutions.

Besides the primary task, he/she will get to perform the following tasks; offer consultative services to the clients, collecting and analyzing information about psychological issues, conduct research on various issues in reaction to psychology as well as identify and come up with workable solutions for his or her clients.

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

INSPIRING OTHERS:

Mine the best experiences of one's life and share one's wisdom from a unique point of view in order to inspire someone

Stand firm in order to show other employees that even the worst of situations can be overcome by positive thinking

[employee comments goal]
DELEGATION:

Explain what results one expects to see and in what form the results should be presented

Delegate the tasks early in order to avoid unnecessary pressure and allow the person to plan the tasks better

[employee comments goal]
PLANNING AND SCHEDULING:

Prepare an analysis of all the functional tasks that need to be carried out

Plan and assemble all that you will need to finish a project on time

[employee comments goal]
EVALUATING OTHERS:

Understand and respect the fact that people have invested their energy, resources and time into what they have produced

Give one's personal opinion in a direct and friendly manner that does not threaten the other person

[employee comments goal]
MONITORING OTHERS:

Make employees document their work and keep records of their progress in checklists, activity logs or progress reports

Send out emails to employees who constantly seem to be wasting time reminding them that they are on company time

[employee comments goal]
PERSUADING OTHERS:

Do careful research on own ideas and those of one's competitors in order to make sure that any claims one makes can be verified

Understand the needs and concerns of the person one is persuading and put own points across clearly and concisely

[employee comments goal]
PROBLEM/SITUATION ANALYSIS:

Get as much information as one can about the situation at hand and the options available to solve it

Talk with people who are experts in solving problems or those who are attached to the situation at hand and try to get a solution to the problem

[employee comments goal]
TRAINING OTHERS:

Take advantage of training sessions to advance skill set and career

Develop a habit of seeking extra assistance from colleagues on complex concepts learned in training sessions

[employee comments goal]
ANALYTICAL SKILLS:

Show more willingness to learn how to work with numbers and figures and how to interpret mathematical information

Encourage others to think out of the box when coming up with a solution to solve a problem

[employee comments goal]
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE:

Learn how different products can be integrated with or connected to other things

Put extra effort to learn how to fix problems associated with a product

[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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