Achieve SMART Goals with Hope Theory – Interactive

(Updated Jan 2025)

Hope theory gives people a stronger chance of achieving goals. It creates a 14% increase in productivity because people are happier and more focused. Learn to set and achieve SMART goals – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timely – with hope theory. Visualize what you want, devise logical pathways to make it happen, anticipate obstacles and plan alternate pathways. Stay motivated and plan rewards for you achieve your goals. anticipating and working around obstacles.

Hope theory is all about:

• Visualizing something that’s wanted
• Devising a logical process to ensure it happens
• Being flexible about paths to goals
• Preplanning for setbacks
• Staying motivated
• Planning rewards as goals are reached
  

Hope theory enables:

• More work satisfaction
• Visualizing something we want
• Logical planning to ensure goal happens
• Unthinking certain learning styles
• Acknowledging obstacles
• Flexible thinking
• Willpower in considering options
  

A hope map sets out on paper:

• “Goal” on the top right
• “Pathways” on the top left
• “Obstacles” in the middle
• Steps listed below headings for getting there
• The reward (could be self-acknowledgement) for achievement
  

This interactive course will equip teams and individuals with skills to set and achieve their goals.

This interactive course is one of the Insights and Strategies Series, featuring psychologist Eve Ash interviewing a range of experts and business leaders who share their experiences and practical strategies for achieving best practice.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, learners should be able to:

• Apply Snyder's Hope Theory to visualize and achieve goals
• Identify the essentials of Hope Theory
• Create SMART goals - Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant/Realistic Timely – and a Hope Map to achieve them
• Plan alternate pathways for obstacles and setbacks
• Maintain motivation
• Plan rewards as goals are reached