This guide provides executives with a compact practical tool for effective goal agreements. It also elaborates on important psychological foundations. Managing employees through goals has become a widely adopted leadership approach. To ensure that this approach achieves the desired effectiveness within the organization, many prerequisites regarding the content and formulation of goals must be considered. Management systems that may initially seem clear and plausible often turn out to be much more complex upon closer inspection, raising a series of questions during practical application and frequently leading to handling errors in the corporate environment. This is particularly true for goal-oriented management as a demanding management instrument.