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

A Senior Staff Psychologist is tasked with the responsibility of providing counseling and psychotherapy to students on individual therapy, crisis intervention, and group counseling. He/she is responsible for addressing psychological problems concerns that might arise and can get to undertake training and supervision roles. Besides, he/she will attend and participate in seminars and conferences.

Other duties he/she can be assigned include; utilizing appropriate psychological tools and technique to assess and treat mental ailments, conducting psychological workshops, can be called to act as a consultant on psychological matters to staff, faculty, students and parents, organize and supervise clinical training of other psychological staff and undertake supervision task on trainees assignments.

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

DELEGATION:

Constantly check employee's work in order to catch issues and problems as they occur and help the employee to stay motivated

Regularly communicate with the employee about the status of the project or task and its timing in order to avoid surprises at the end

[employee comments goal]
TEAM BUILDING:

Understand the company's expectations, their requirements, their need and their mode of operations

Understand the seriousness of the project and the time allocated to each project

[employee comments goal]
PLANNING AND SCHEDULING:

Analyze each plan to detect any area or kind of risk beforehand

Write down all your goals prior to the commencement of any project

[employee comments goal]
DEPENDABILITY:

Be available to the coworkers, customers, and management and show concern

Respect the company's policy and regulations by becoming reliable and dependable

[employee comments goal]
ENTHUSIASM:

Learn to think outside the box in order to find new ways that can help handle situations differently

Improve work's time in and time out in order to stop wasting the company's productive 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

Share with people how one will assess performance so that they don't get surprised at the end of the review period

[employee comments goal]
MANAGING DETAILS:

Learn to identify gaps in any information provided and look for logical sequence in the information

Develop a high but possible personal and professional standard in order to meet the standards of other employees, customers, and the company at large

[employee comments goal]
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS:

Put up an inspirational area that reminds one of own goals and dreams in order to stay constantly motivated and inspired to work

Share some of the work among other employees in order to make them feel a sense of ownership and keep oneself from being bogged down

[employee comments goal]
ANALYTICAL SKILLS:

Seek for assistance when faced with challenges when analyzing complex and large volumes of data

Show more willingness to learn how to use critical thinking skills when evaluating information

[employee comments goal]
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE:

Make enough effort to understand how a product compares to rival products

Put enough effort to know the procedures and policies that guide products and services

[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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