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Performance

Goals and KPIs

Set measurable goals for employees within a review cycle, one at a time or in bulk.

Goals belong to a review cycle and an objective, and count towards each employee's score according to the cycle's weightage.

Create a goal

  1. Open Performance → Goals/KPIs and select Create Goal.
  2. Ownership and alignment: the Review Cycle, who the goal is for (Goal For) and the Objective it supports.
  3. Goal details: a title, description, start date and due date.
  4. Measurement and weight: the Measurement Unit (for example %, ₦ or a count), the Starting Value, the Target Value and the Goal Weight (%).
  5. Save.

Create many goals at once

Use Bulk Create → Upload File with the template, then check Reports for any rows that failed.

Goal settings

The Settings tab on Performance → Goals/KPIs holds your organisation's goal rules:

  • Goal Visibility: whether everyone can see each other's goals, or only their reporting lines.
  • Goal Creation Restrictions: stop employees creating or editing their own goals, or stop managers creating goals for their reports.
  • Rating Scale: the scale goals are rated on.
  • Additional Settings: whether employees and managers can update goals and achievement, including after the due date, and whether goals close automatically when they're due.

Select Save Settings when you're done.

Goal statusMeaning
Not startedNo progress recorded
In progressUnder way
CompletedTarget reached
OverduePast its due date and not completed
BlockedCan't progress for now

Last updated October 7, 2026

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