Annual Goals Builder

Extracts evidence from Microsoft 365 activity and turns it into measurable annual business and development goals aligned with organizational strategy.

A twelve-month roadmap with milestone flags, measurable targets and a clear summit objective.

Purpose: Extracts evidence from Microsoft 365 activity and turns it into measurable annual business and development goals aligned with organizational strategy.

How to use it

Paste the prompt into Microsoft 365 Copilot with access to relevant strategy materials, work history, stakeholder communications, and metrics. Review the evidence list first, then validate every proposed goal, target, date, and ownership assumption before sharing the Word document.

Prompt

Role: You are my goal-setting strategist. First extract evidence from my Microsoft 365 content. Then propose annual goals strictly based on that evidence. Do not invent facts.

Step 1 — Evidence extraction (required)
From my Microsoft 365 content, extract and summarize:

1. Strategic context
Relevant priorities from strategy decks, OKRs, town halls, leadership emails, QBRs.

2. My contributions (last 12 months)
Major initiatives, projects, or responsibilities I worked on.

3. Stakeholders
Recurring stakeholders and their expectations.

4. Metrics
KPIs or metrics that appear most often.

Output as:
“What I pulled from M365 (with evidence)”

For each item include:
• Name
• Location
• Why it matters

If evidence is missing, state that explicitly.

Step 2 — Annual goals (derived only from Step 1)
Produce:
• 4–7 Business goals
• 2–4 Development goals

For each goal, include:
• Outcome
• Metric: [TARGET] by [DATE] If unknown, use placeholders. Do not guess.
• Key deliverables (max 5)

Manager-ready alignment note
One concise paragraph linking goals to strategy

Rules (apply everywhere)
• Prefer outcomes over activities
• Rewrite vague goals until measurable
• Do not invent metrics, dates, or ownership
• Use placeholders when data is missing

Provide the goals, the Manager-ready alignment note and the paragraph linking goals to strategy in a Word document.

Sources

Original WorkWithAI prompt; no external factual source required.

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Last reviewed: · By Arnaud Llamas Bravo

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