Want to join a workshop for setting personal UX objectives?
Setting personal objectives are super important for 5 reasons (promotions anyone?) How about we plan our 2025 objectives together?
Why are personal UX objectives important?
When I posted this video about how I document my work you guys seemed to find it super helpful. How I document my work aligns with how I outline my objectives. So I thought it being January and all, it’s the time when most of us are planning out our objectives (or definitely should be thinking about it at the very least 😉)
It took me way too long into my career to really see just how valuable objectives can be.
They help keep you focused and help you divide up your time - Personally I like to put the percentage of my time I’m dedicating against each objective.
They kinda force you to figure out where your skill gaps or growth opportunities are and what you can do about it.
They set expectations for your manager and other stakeholders - I’m a big fan of sharing my objectives out to all of the execs I work with so they know exactly where my time is being spent. Personally, this has come in suuuper handy if TOO much is being asked of you.
And, of course, they keep you accountable. IDK about you but if I know I need to fill something out at the end of the term I want to make sure I get to mark it “complete”.
They also help you clearly articulate where you are going above and beyond your role requirements which is suuuuper important for promotions. I have a little trick for this to make sure your manager/stakeholders know exactly what you’re doing outside of your role.
So why don’t we plan them together?
I love the idea of running an objectives workshop. Somewhere we can all come together and plan out what skills we want to grow in and what impact we aim to have. I’d also be providing a framework that I’ve already shared with so many designers on how to structure good objectives and possibly giving live feedback on your objectives.
But I’m only going to do it if you’re interested. So if you are, let me know just my ticking yes in this form:
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