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Helpful List o f Goal-Setting Act ion Verbs

(Source: Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals, James E. Neal, Jr., 1997)

accelerate

accentuate

accomplish

achieve

acquaint

acquire

activate

act

adapt

address

administer

adopt

advance

advise

allocate

amplify

analyze

apply

appoint

appraise

appropriate

approve

arrange

articulate

ascertain

aspire

assemble

assert

assess

assign

assimilate

assists

assume

assure

attain

attempt

attend

audit

augment

authorize

avert

avoid

broaden

build

calculate

capitalize

carry out

centralize

challenge

check

circulate

clarify

clear

coach

collaborate

collect

combine

command

communicate

compile

complete

comply

compose

comprehend

compute

conceive

concentrate

conclude

condense

conduct

consider

consolidate

consult

contemplate

continue

contribute

control

convert

convey

cooperate

coordinate

cope

correct

create

cultivate

decentralize

decrease

dedicate

define

delegate

deliver

demonstrate

designate

design

determine

develop

devise

devote

direct

discharge

discover

discuss

display

disseminate

distinguish

distribute

document

draft

earn

edit

educate

effect

elicit

eliminate

emphasize

employ

empower

encompass

encourage

energize

enforce

engineer

enhance

enlighten

enrich

ensure

envision

establish

estimate

evaluate

evoke

examine

exceed

excel

execute

exercise

exhibit

expand

expect

expedite

explore

express

extend

extract

face

facilitate

focus

follows u

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forecast

foresee

form

formulate

foster

fulfill

furnish

gain

generate

give

grasp

guide

handle

help

identify

implement

impress

improve

improvise

increase

influence

inform

initiateinspect

inspire

install

institute

instruct

insure

integrate

interact

interpret

interviewintroduce

invent

investigate

invest

issue

judge

keep

know

launch

lead

learn

maintain

make

manage

market

meet

minimize

mobilize

modifie

monitor

motivate

necessitate

negotiate

neutralize

observe

obtain

operate

optimize

orchestrateorder

organize

overcome

oversee

participate

perceive

perform

perpetuate

plan

practiceprepare

present

prevent

prioritize

process

procure

produce

program

project

promote

propose

provide

pursue

radiate

raise

realize

receive

recognize

recommend

reconcile

record

recruit

reduce

regulate

reinforce

reject

relate

release

relyreport

represent

require

research

resolve

respond

restore

review

revise

revitalizeschedule

secure

seek

sell

serve

settle

share

shows

simplify

solve

sort

spark

specify

stimulate

strengthen

structure

study

submit

suggest

supervise

support

surpass

survey

sustain

take

test

think

tolerate

traintransact

translate

treat

uncover

understand

undertake

unify

use

vitalize

weighwiden

work

write