How to build high performing team using PACT

In this blog, I will share how PACT based goals helped me to build high performing team.

Srihari Udugani
Management Matters

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Any manager would want to build a high performing team. But many fail to accomplish it. When I was also struggling to create a high performing team, I was introduced to PACT goals.

The PACT goals helped me to build a high performing team within 6months. The transformation that occurred in the team after adopting PACT based goals was surprising.

What SMART based goals didn’t help me to achieve, PACT based goals helped me to achieve in a shorter time.

In this blog, I will share my experience on how PACT goals helped me as a Engineering manager.

Bottleneck with SMART

The SMART goals were great at the start. The whole team was excited that a goal is defined that is clear and there will be no ambiguity on understanding whether it has been achieved or not.

Since SMART goals had a quantifiable success metric, it was easy for everyone in the team and myself to understand about the goals clearly.

Defining goals was never an issue as there were so many examples out there. As a manager, I had to pick the ones that were more relevant to the…

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Srihari Udugani
Management Matters

Writes about management techniques and frameworks that can be implemented immediately.