This worksheet is designed to help a business determine whether a certain goal is
feasible. The worksheet should be used to plan and define specific business goals for a
company and helps make the determination whether it is even possible to achieve a
certain goal. This document is ideal for small businesses and other entities that want
help determining whether a certain goal is feasible or possible.
Goal Planning Worksheet
April 30, 2013
(Instructions for completing this worksheet are provided in gray text and enclosed in brackets.
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Goal Planning Worksheet
(Instructions: Use this worksheet to plan and define each business goal. Example information to be
replaced with your goal information is highlighted in yellow.)
[Goal Title: The first row of the worksheet contains the goal title. Replace the yellow highlighted text
with your own goal title.]
[Step 1- Define the Goal: Provide a brief summary of the goal. The goal must be specific enough to
be measured, such as "Increase profits by 5% in the next 12 months."]
[Step 2 - Identify the Measurable Expected Results: Identify the expected measurable results of this
goal, such as "A profit increase of 1% in 2 months, 2% in 5 months, 3% in 7 months, 4% in 9 months,
and 5% in 12 months."]
[Step 3 - Determine if Goal is Attainable/Reasonable: Provide information as to why it is believed
that the goal is attainable and/or reasonable. For example, define how a profit increase of 5% is
realistically possible in the next 12 months.]
[Step 4 - Identify How the Goal is Relevant to Business: Analyze the goal, as defined in step 1, to
determine if it is relevant to the business. For example, define how a profit increase of 5% is relevant
and helpful to the business.]
[Step 5 – Define the Goal Timeline: Identify the timeline of the goal, both the start and completion
dates.]
[Step 6 – Set Goal Review Date(s): Identify the dates in which the goal is to be reviewed to ensure the
expected results are being met, if the goal is still attainable/reasonable, if the goal is still relevant to
business, and if the timeline is still applicable. Make changes as needed to the worksheet during the
reviews.]
Increase Profits (Example)
Step Input
1 - Goal Definition Increase profits by 5% in the next 12 months
2 - Measureable Expected Profit increase of 1% in 1 month
Results Profit increase of 2% in 5 months
Profit increase of 3% in 7 months
Profit increase of 4% in 9 months
Profit increase of 5% in 12 months
3 - Reason this Goal is
Attainable / Reasonable Based on the prior year, increased profits of 3% and improvement in the local
economy, it appears that the goal of increasing profits by 5% in the next 12 months is
both attainable and reasonable at the time this worksheet was developed.
4 - How is this Goal The goal of increasing profits by 5% in the next 12 months will allow us to start
Relevant to Business investing in another location.
5 - Goal Timeline Increase profits by 5% between 1/1/12 and 12/31/11
6 - Goal Review Date(s) Goal review dates set for 3/31/12, 6/30/12, and 9/30/12
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