Goals Grid

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The Goals Grid is an easy to use and flexible tool for jump-starting team dialogue and the strategic planning process.

Four basic categories of goals are expressed on a single page with a Goals Grid: ACHIEVE, PRESERVE, AVOID, and ELIMINATE.

Created by Fred Nickols and Ray Ledgerwood, a Goals Grid will prompt you to think about the Yes and No answers to two simple questions:

1.  Do you want it? and  

2.  Do you have it? 

For participants of long-range planning workshops, a visible Goals Grid becomes an important reference point to maintain group consensus and discover any conflicting objectives as strategic questions are debated.

As a team or on your own, creating a Goals Grid and refreshing it annually is engaging, effective and efficient.