The management team's goals for the year
Make each goal something with an owner, a period and results that are followed up as you go, not once a year.
Goals and OKRs
Goals you can follow up, beside the work meant to reach them
A goal in Kalends has an owner, a period and results you can measure: deliverables that are delivered, conditions that are fulfilled and metrics that move towards a target. Because the goal lives in the same structure as the projects and recurring commitments, you also see the work that is meant to get you there.
Kalends · Goal
Q1 FY 2026/27
A faster month-end close
Maria L · Finance
53 %
Progress
58 % of the period has passed
- Days to close the month10 → 7 · target 5
- Automated bank reconciliationDelivered
- Close checklist signed off by the auditorNot yet
Goals are set in January and forgotten by March
When goals live in a slide deck or a spreadsheet they have no connection to the work. Nobody follows up until somebody asks, and by then it is too late to change course.
A department's quarterly goals
Quarters follow your financial year, as on the year wheel, and the goal reminds its owner when the period ends.
The board's year review
See the whole year's outcome by quarter with assessment, fulfilment and owner, ready to print.
What you gain
A goal that knows how it is going
Follow-up happens where the work happens, not in a separate report.
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Three kinds of result
Deliverables, conditions and metrics with a start and a target value, each followed up with evidence.
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Progress against time
See a goal's fulfilment beside how much of the period has passed, so a goal at risk shows in time.
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The work that contributes
Connect projects and tasks to the goal's results and see who carries the work.
How to get started
Getting started
Begin with the few goals management already has and let the rest grow.
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Set the goal and its results
Give it an owner, a period and the results that show it has been reached.
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Connect the work
Link the projects and tasks that will get you there to the goal's results.
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Follow up and close
Measure as you go, close the goal with an assessment when the period ends and see the year in the year review.
Common questions about goals in Kalends
Is this OKR?
A goal with results is an objective with key results. You can work with OKRs, but Kalends does not require the method.
Do quarters follow our financial year?
Yes. Quarters are numbered by the financial year, as on the year wheel and the timeline.
Does a goal close itself?
No. When the period ends, Kalends reminds the owner to close the goal with an assessment of the outcome.
Set this year's goals where the work already is
Try Kalends for 30 days with your management team's goals and see them beside the projects and routines meant to reach them.