A comment more useful than an entire article. Personally, I try to judge performance using standards and goals. To me, standards are a clear, agreed-upon basel

A comment more useful than an entire article. Personally, I try to judge performance using standards and goals. To me, standards are a clear, agreed-upon baseline that every member of the team must meet. They're not what we preach, they're what we tolerate. It is intolerable if a member of the team doesn't meet a standard. Goals on the other hand, are what we hope for; they cannot be "lived up to", coerced on an individual or forced from the outside. If a member of the team can't achieve a goal, then they need differents goals. I set the standards to be low and universal, while the goals are high and person-specific[1]. I'm thinking objectives could be thought of as "parts of standards that must be met at a later point in time but now now"[2]. But I'm still figuring it out. I think material about education is relevant, and helps to avoid easy, versatile, and deceiving thought-terminating cliches like "expectations". [1] https://apasseducation.com/education-blog/3-differences-content-standards-goals/ https://apasseducation.com/education-blog/3-differences-cont... [2] https://dataworks-ed.com/blog/2014/07/how-to-craft-a-learning-objective-from-a-common-core-state-standard/ https://dataworks-ed.com/blog/2014/07/how-to-craft-a-learnin...