How Does Updating a Company Sub-Goal Impact the Progress of a Main Goal?

This article explains how creating, linking, and updating sub-goals affects the main goal’s progress in Keka’s performance module.

Understanding Sub-Goal Alignment

Sub-goals break larger objectives into actionable tasks, helping teams focus on measurable outcomes that contribute directly to the main goal’s success.

When a sub-goal is created, updated, or completed, its progress automatically reflects in the main goal—promoting accountability, visibility, and motivation across teams.

In cross-functional setups, multiple owners can manage sub-goals under a shared main goal, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment across departments.

Creating Goals and Linking Sub-Goals

1. Navigate to Performance and click on Objectives. Under Objectives, select Administration.

2. Click +Add Objective to create a new main goal.

3. Enter key details such as:

• Goal Name

• Description

• Goal Type

• Owner

• Time Frame (Start and End Date)

• Progress Metric Type

• Target Metric

• Weightage

• Visibility

4. Add relevant Tags and check Include this objective in performance reviews.

5. Click +Add Key Result to create sub-goals associated with the main goal.

6. For each sub-goal, enter:

• Sub-Goal Name

• Description

• Metrics

• Time Frame (Start and End Date)

• Owner and Tags

• Check Contribute to Parent’s Objective Progress

 7. Under Alignment, select the Parent Objective to link the sub-goal.

 8. Click Publish to activate the main goal and sub-goals.

 9. Adjust weightage across all goals to ensure the total equals 100.

10. Click Assign to finalise.

Updating Sub-Goal Progress

1. Go to the Profile of the sub-goal owner.

2. Navigate to Performance and click on Objectives.

3. Select the sub-goal within the active time frame.

4. Use the progress bar to update completion status, then click Checkin.

Viewing Main Goal Progress

1. Return to Performance and click on Objectives to view how the main goal’s progress dynamically updates based on the sub-goal changes.

By maintaining alignment between sub-goals and main goals, organisations can ensure accurate progress tracking, promote ownership, and drive overall performance success.

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