Set goals with your manager that you can actually hit

Goal-setting season, and your goals are either vague or impossible. Get three clear goals with measures, and a way to agree them that works for you both.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

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The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me set goals with my manager.

My role: [details]
Team or company priorities: [list]
What I'd like to achieve or learn: [list]
How success is measured here: [e.g. targets, feedback, projects]
Support I'd need: [training, time, tools]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. Three goals, each with: what, how it's measured, by when, and support needed.
2. A quarterly check-in plan.
3. How to suggest these in my meeting, and what to do if my manager has different ideas.
4. One stretch goal, clearly marked as optional.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

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The prompt · Gemini

Help me set goals with my manager.

My role: [details]
Team or company priorities: [list]
What I'd like to achieve or learn: [list]
How success is measured here: [e.g. targets, feedback, projects]
Support I'd need: [training, time, tools]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. Three goals, each with: what, how it's measured, by when, and support needed.
2. A quarterly check-in plan.
3. How to suggest these in my meeting, and what to do if my manager has different ideas.
4. One stretch goal, clearly marked as optional.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

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A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. details: a short note you already have. list: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

You type your role, the team's priorities and what you'd like to achieve.

The assistant asks how success is measured and what support you'd need.

You get three goals with measures, check-in points and how to agree them.

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Use Gemini to set goals with your manager that you can actually hit

Goal-setting season, and your goals are either vague or impossible. Get three clear goals with measures, and a way to agree them that works for you both.

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