A meta-analysis across 739 groups published in the Journal of Applied Psychology shows that setting specific, difficult targets improves team performance by an effect size of d = 0.80 over vague goals. Easy goals produced an effect size of just 0.23, confirming that soft targets deliver negligible operational returns. The research makes clear that sustained output requires hard targets paired with structured planning and tracking: bit.ly/goal-sett…

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