Goals and Objectives Template

Use this template to set clear, meaningful objectives – for yourself or with someone in your team. Whether you’re working on building confidence or leading a project that impacts the wider business, this is about setting goals that feel personal, purposeful and achievable. 

Your name: _____________________________

Role: _____________________________

Date created: _____________________________

Review date: _____________________________

 

Objective

Be as specific as you can - what are you aiming to achieve?

Who’s responsible?

Who owns this goal? Is anyone else supporting or involved?

Why does this matter?

Why is this goal important for you, your team or the business?

What does success look like?

What will a good outcome look like in practice? Include numbers if helpful.

How will progress be tracked?

Think about how and what you’ll use to measure progress - maybe a shared doc, regular check-ins or reports.

Deadline or milestones

When do you want to achieve this by? Add key dates or milestones if helpful.

           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

📝 General notes or reflections
Use this space for any other comments – support needed, blockers, celebrations or ideas.

 

 

What next?

Once you've set your objectives, make sure they're stored somewhere secure and easy to access – ideally somewhere both you and the person working on them can refer back to.

Keeping goals visible helps build momentum, makes check-ins easier and ensures everyone’s on the same page.

Want an even simpler way to set and track objectives with your team – all in one secure place?

Check out Breathe’s objective setting tool. It gives you a shared online space to create, update and review goals together – without the faff. Easy to use, clear to follow, and built to support meaningful progress.