stretch targets
Challenging performance objectives
Stretch targets are ambitious goals deliberately set beyond what seems comfortably achievable.
The term comes from corporate and project management, where teams are pushed to "stretch" past conventional expectations: The sales team exceeded even their stretch targets this quarter.
Unlike realistic targets, stretch targets assume some risk of failure—they're aspirational by design.
- challengingHard to accomplish
- successesFavorable outcomes achieved
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- objectivePurpose or goal
- raise the barIncrease performance threshold
benchmark · key performance indicators · maximization · goals · motivation · aspiration · overachievement · moonshot · reach for the stars · aims · strategic planning · high expectations · performance reviews · measurable · expectations · quantitative · vision statements · competitive advantage
stretch targetsminimum requirements
easy targets · low-hanging fruit · soft targets · bare minimum
stretch targetssure things
Guaranteed outcomes
gimmes · no-brainers · safe bets · slam dunks
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