SMART Goals (worksheet and chart variants)

Source: Training Development Resources/Goal Planning — "IC-SMART-Goals-Worksheet-Template" and "IC-Goal-Chart" (Smartsheet)

The standard SMART framework — Specific (what, who, when, why), Measurable (how you'll track progress), Achievable (do you have or can you get the needed skills, and is the effort worth the payoff), Relevant (why this goal, now, and does it fit your broader objectives), Time-bound (a real, realistic deadline) — in two formats: a fuller reflective worksheet that ends with rewriting the goal based on what the questions revealed, and a condensed one-page chart version for quick use.

SMART & PACT Goal Planners

Source: Training Development Resources/Goal Planning — "SMART & PACT Goal Planners"

Pairs the standard SMART framework with the less commonly known PACT model, which is arguably a better fit for identity- or habit-based goals that don't have a natural finish line: Purposeful (how does this connect to your long-term focus or values), Actionable (what's within your control, and what can you start today), Continuous (does it build a repeatable, sustainable routine rather than a one-time push), Trackable (what's a simple yes/no question that tells you whether you did it). Worth offering PACT specifically for goals like "be a better friend" or "manage my anxiety better," where SMART's emphasis on a measurable endpoint doesn't fit as naturally.

Goal Visualization (guided script)

Source: Training Development Resources/Goal Planning — "goal-visualisation-200th-toolkit-tool" (Positive Psychology Toolkit, Hugo Alberts & Lucinda Poole)

A full, ready-to-read guided mental-imagery script (roughly 15 minutes) that a coach can use close to verbatim with a young person: settle in, choose a goal for the next year, then walk forward in imagined time — one month in (what decisions and actions have you taken; how does it feel to be on the road to success), six months in (noticing the benefits of effort so far), and a full year in, having achieved the goal (where are you, who's there, what's being said, what emotions come up), before looking back over the imagined journey to identify the concrete day-to-day actions and internal coping strategies that got there. Grounded in real research on mental simulation improving goal-directed behavior, athletic performance, and even reducing relapse and premature treatment termination. One important caution from the source: this only helps people with a realistically positive expectation of success — encourage picturing precisely how the goal will be achieved (process-focused imagery), not just an idealized outcome, since outcome-only fantasizing without a realistic path can actually reduce motivation, especially for someone who tends toward pessimism.

Goals Vision Board

Source: Training Development Resources/Goal Planning — "Goals Vision Board" (Positive Psychology Toolkit)

A concrete, creative goal-setting exercise: pick one clear goal (any life domain), then gather images, words, and illustrations — from magazines, printouts, or elsewhere — that represent both the goal itself and the feelings tied to achieving it (e.g., a house for a homeownership goal, alongside images evoking the pride and gratitude of owning one). Explicitly encourages trusting intuitive pulls toward certain images even without knowing exactly why, and framing the finished board as an ongoing visual reminder rather than a one-time craft project.

Motivation Scale (partial tool)

Source: Training Development Resources/Goal Planning — "Motivations" (Positive Psychology Toolkit; this appears to be one step of a longer multi-step tool, captured partially)

Starts a motivation-building conversation with a simple 0–10 self-rating ("how motivated do you currently feel to achieve this goal?"), then — importantly — asks the person to identify what's already working for them toward that goal and what they could do more of, rather than starting from what's broken. A strengths-based opening move before diagnosing barriers.

(Two items in this folder did not yield content: "Hope Map.png" returned no extractable text. The "Needs, Obstacles, Solutions 1 (Jamboard Background)" subfolder was not explored further, based on the pattern elsewhere in this Drive of similarly-named "Jamboard Background" files being blank decorative templates rather than content. Two Drive shortcuts in this folder — "Needs, Obstacles, Solutions (1).pdf" and "My Roadmap" — point to content already fully captured in Problem_Solving.md and were not re-extracted.)