Classroom Team
Building Activities
Goal Setting

Title & Description

Classroom Team Building Activities – Goal Setting is a team activity created to help a team decide their goals for the next period. It is important that teams understand the importance of goal setting in effectively completing a task.

Purpose

• For setting a measurable goal for the upcoming period.
• To help members understand the importance of goal setting in personal and organizational success.

Team Size

About 6-8 participants. Group should be divided into smaller groups if total participants are bigger.

Materials Required

A Goal Setting Sheet (Download Here!)

Time Required

1 hour

Instructions

1. The instructor should start by explaining the importance of goal setting. It was shown that top performing companies all had clear goals that they strived towards together.

2. Then depending on the nature of the goal setting session, the instructor should ask the participants to set organizational goals. For example, it could be “Things I want to achieve at the end of the conference.” Or “Goals I want my department to meet by the end of this financial year.”

3. Give out the Goal Setting Sheet for them to fill up.

4. After about 15 minutes, get the group to come together to discuss the goals that they have set using the S.M.A.R.T goals system.

a. Is your goal specific?
b. Is its measurable; i.e are you able to tell that you achieved it?
c. What are the action plans set out to achieve this goal?
d. Is it realistic? Or is it too far-fetched?
e. What is the deadline for the goal to happen?

5. After discussing, the group should decide on which goals they should adopt. It should be a full complete agreement with everyone so that everyone will take full ownership of seeing that goal come to pass.

Debriefing Notes

1. Does everyone enthusiastically agree with the corporate goals that are set?

2. Does everyone in the group know their exact role in making sure the goals come to pass? You can do a round the table check by asking each participant about this.

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Exercise #1: Building a Team Mission Statement
Create a team mission statement together with your team, and evaluate it together.

Exercise #2: Vision Setting
Set long term visions with your team.

Exercise #3: Values Definition
Create a set of organizational values that everyone in your team believes in.

Exercise #4: Goal Setting
Set SMART Goals to be achieved in the period ahead with the team.

Exercise #5: Expectation Management
Set standards and expectations together with your team.

Exercise #6: Problem Solving
Understand the problem solving methods of your team and how you can improve on them.

Exercise #7: Team Self-Evaluation
Evaluate the team’s progress together and see how you can work together to become better.

Exercise #8: Understanding the Team
A FREE DISC personality test for the team to understand each other’s working style.

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