A LITTLE BOOK ON GOALS

A lot of us feel goals at work are either difficult to understand, are not followed up or do not feel relevant or meaningful to us. We might also feel that there are just too many of them, they contradict each other or even that we don’t have enough of them. And all the while research into goals at work is telling us that setting goals is a highly effective way of motivating and engaging, promoting wellbeing, reducing stress and positively influencing performance.This book is meant to be a link between this research and our daily working lives.

 

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A lot of us feel goals at work are either difficult to understand, are not followed up or do not feel relevant or meaningful to us. We might also feel that there are just too many of them, they contradict each other or even that we don’t have enough of them. And all the while research into goals at work is telling us that setting goals is a highly effective way of motivating and engaging, promoting wellbeing, reducing stress and positively influencing performance.This book is meant to be a link between this research and our daily working lives.

STEFAN SÖDERFJÄLL

Stefan Söderfjäll has a PhD in psychology. Throughout his doctoral education and the years following his dissertation Stefan’s greatest interest has been within the field of organisational psychology, and primarily in the phenomena of leadership and teamwork, where he has explored ways to create the ideal conditions for motivation, work performance and well-being. His primary focus has been on sharing scientific knowledge in this subject to businesses in order to help empower managers, employees and working groups.

Christopher Svensson

Christopher Svensson is a licensed psychologist and specialises in workplace psychology and sports psychology issues. His primary focus is to contribute to the dissemination of scientifically-based knowledge in these subject areas through consultation, education and authorship. In addition, Christopher has initiated and led work psychology research projects in issues of leadership and motivation.

Author: Stefan Söderfjäll, Christopher Svensson

ISBN: 9789189161757

Format: Stapled

Language: English

Pages: 111

Release year: 2020

Dimensions: 160 x 105 x 7 mm