Employee Goal Management Software for How Your Team Works
Say goodbye to goals set at the start of the year and never revisited, or individual goals in spreadsheets disconnected from performance reviews. PerformYard is employee goal management software that keeps goals visible and tied to real outcomes.
Goal Management Built Around Your Review Process
Align Your People
PerformYard's cascading goals link top-level strategy to day-to-day work across teams and departments. Everyone sees how their goals connect to what the organization is working toward.
Check In Frequently
PerformYard connects goals to review cycles, so employees and managers update progress regularly. The gap between setting goals and evaluating them closes.
Formalize Development
Development goal cycles promote ongoing learning and create clear career advancement pathways. Growth becomes a tracked process, not an annual conversation.
PerformYard’s goal setting is integral for our organization as we move towards vision setting and more long-term goals for individual departments and people.
I love the ability for both employees and managers to be able to collaborate on goal setting and update goals throughout the year. PerformYard has helped us establish quarterly goal check-ins and enhance our mid-year review process.
PerformYard has allowed our goal-setting and review process to become streamlined and more efficient. This has helped HR stay organized and it has created a better experience for our employees.
In PerformYard, we can make performance and goal achievement streamlined, interactive, and rewarding. Plus, there are points of documentation along the way that create the paper trail performance management needs.
Cascade Goal Setting
PerformYard creates top-down alignment by linking employee goals to team and company objectives. Managers and leaders have real-time visibility into how individual work drives broader success.
Track Individual Progress
Managers monitor goal progress, track updates, and check in throughout the year. Every employee has accountability and support for their objectives built in.
Get Clear Visualizations
PerformYard instantly generates visual reports showing goal progress for individuals, teams, and departments. Performance data becomes easy to understand and act on without pulling data from multiple places.
Connect Goals With Reviews
During performance reviews, PerformYard brings goal progress directly into review forms so managers can comment, score, and evaluate with full context.
AI That Keeps Goal Management Moving
- Managers walk into review conversations with context.
- PerformYard gets rid of HR's admin work and runs repeatable reviews.
- Enjoy a fully custom processes in one easy platform
- Real-world examples produce less biased feedback.
- Suggests language grounded in documented goals.
- Brings in performance data from throughout the year.
- Tracks and summarizes goal progress
- Managers spend less time compiling data.
- Managers have time for the development conversations that matter.
- Managers can identify which employees need attention
- One-to-One meetings flow into goals
- Conversational goal creation reduces clicking around.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is goal management software?
Goal management software helps organizations set, track, and align individual, team, and company goals in one place. It replaces spreadsheets and disconnected systems with a structured process where goals are visible, progress is tracked in real time, and every objective connects to broader organizational priorities.
Why use goal-setting software?
Goal-setting software creates accountability by making goals visible to both managers and employees throughout the year. It reduces the gap between setting goals and evaluating them by keeping progress connected to regular check-ins and performance reviews rather than surfacing only at year-end.
What is the SMART system for goals?
SMART goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. The system framework helps managers and employees create goals with clear expectations and defined timelines. PerformYard supports SMART goal creation and tracks progress against each goal throughout the review cycle.
How can PerformYard’s goal management software help my HR team?
PerformYard gives HR teams a single place to set, track, and evaluate goals across the organization. Cascading goals align individual work to company strategy. Frequent check-ins keep progress visible. Goal data surfaces directly in performance reviews so evaluations reflect real outcomes, not manager recall.
How do I choose the goal management tool that’s right for me?
Look for a goal management tool that connects to your performance review process rather than operating as a standalone system. The best tools make goals visible to both managers and employees year-round, support cascading from company to individual level, and bring goal progress into review conversations automatically.
How does employee goal management software connect to performance reviews?
In PerformYard, goal progress is available directly inside performance review forms. Managers see what each employee was working toward, how far they got, and what changed during the cycle. Reviews become a summary of documented work rather than a reconstruction from memory.
What is the difference between goal management software and OKR software?
OKR software is built for strategy alignment at the organizational level. Goal management software built for HR focuses on individual and team goals, connects them to performance reviews and feedback, and is designed for HR teams managing people processes rather than strategy execution teams managing company objectives.
Goal Management is Just the Start. See the Full PerformYard Platform.
Reviews & Check-Ins
Run Performance Reviews That Actually Drive Growth
Tailor your employee review process with reviews & check-ins that drive real results, not just paperwork and formalities.
- Employee appraisals
- 360 degree feedback
- Quarterly check-ins
- Annual reviews
- Project-based reviews
- Review cycles built around your timeline
- One-on-ones
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Goal Management
Align your people around what’s next
With a performance management tool like PerformYard, developing a culture of high-performance and tracking employee goals is as easy as ever.
- Collaborative goal setting
- Goal tracking across teams and individuals
- Goal alignment to company objectives
- Cascading goals
- Development goals
- Corporate objectives
- Employee performance visualizations
Continuous Feedback
Formalize continuous and relevant feedback
Recognize top performers and boost employee experience with consistent feedback that reinforces their achievements, guides their growth, and motivates them to reach new heights.
- Continuous feedback
- Employee recognition
- Employee performance notes
- Manager feedback
- Feedback requests
Reporting and Analytics
Track Performance Data and Analytics Across Your Team
With PerformYard, you can collect employee data that’s easy to understand and take action on. No more wasting time sifting through complex reports HR leaders have no idea what to do with.
- Performance analytics dashboards
- Performance trends over time
- Performance tracking by individual, team and department
- Performance data exports
- 9-box grids
- Rankings
- Summary reporting
- Review form calculations
Employee Engagement
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Listen. Learn. Take Action.
From annual reviews to continuous feedback to succession planning, PerformYard gives you all the tools to engage, evaluate, and empower your team.
- PerformYard Engagement Survey
- Engagement Factors and Questions
- Engagement Trends Dashboard
- Satisfaction Factor Analysis
- Dynamic Employee Cohorting
Meetings
Your live meetings launchpad
- Collaborative Agendas
- Shared Task Tracking
- Public Notes
- Private Notes
- Review Integration
Surveys
One Platform. Every Survey. Zero Headaches.
- Multiple Question Types
- Easy Survey Builder
- Participation Tracking
- Live Response Dashboard
- Multi-Survey Management
- CSV Export
