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Grow and Perform at Stanford (GPS) supports a collaborative partnership between you and your manager to align goals, check-in and recalibrate together, and celebrate successes throughout the performance year. Below you will find tools and resources for each phase in the GPS process:
Goal Setting
Setting goals is a collaborative process between you and your manager. By taking a synergistic approach, you can set clear, concrete and connected expectations for results and behaviors to foster a partnership for a successful year for you, your team, and your organization.
Goal Setting process:

GPS Goal Setting Resources
Check-ins
Two-way, open frequent conversations build a partnership for growth that allows you and your manager to set destinations, course-correct and celebrate successes as destinations are reached.
Discussing goal progress and milestones during a check-in and documenting it in the GPS system is a great way to support your effort as you move into the annual review summary phase of GPS.
Check-In process:

Annual Review
Review your performance and celebrate your successes
The annual review phase offers the opportunity to summarize your achievements against your goals, responsibilities and competencies, celebrate your successes and chart a tangible path forward based on accountability and growth.
Annual Review process:

Program Tools
System Tools
GPS Binary Form Resources
(School of Engineering, Stanford Law School)
GPS 5-Point Rating Resources
(Alumni Association, Business Affairs, External Relations, Land, Buildings & Real Estate, Offices of the President & Provost and University Human Resources)
- Annual Review system job aid: 5-point rating
- GPS 5-point rating scale
- Job aid video tutorial: 5-point rating (employee version)
GPS No Rating Resources
(Dean of Research, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation, Graduate School of Business, Graduate School of Education, Humanities & Sciences, Vice President for the Arts and Vice Provost for Student Affairs)