Setting Achievable Business Goals in the New Year

It’s a new year and, just like with your personal goals, it’s time to start considering your business goals for the coming year. While it’s always good to dream big, success is also often incremental. So, in order to succeed and hit your business goals for 2025, you’ll want to set achievable goals that you can start striving towards ASAP.

Here are some tips for setting achievable business goals, and a little more about Universal Metal Products and our outstanding metal component creation services.

Set “SMART” Goals

If you haven’t heard of “SMART”, it’s actually an amazing goal-setting system that helps you to achieve realistic goals and maximize your success. “SMART” stands for:

• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Relevant
• Time-oriented

So, you will want to create clear and specific goals, quantify what hitting your goals will look like (so you can track your progress), make sure your goals are achievable, ensure your goals are aligned with your business objectives, and set realistic deadlines that you can hit throughout the year.

At UMP, we make sure that we set goals that allow us to grow without sacrificing our outstanding service, quality, and commitment to our clients.

Brainstorm with Your Team

It’s very important to get input from your team members (at all levels) to better understand where your growth opportunities and sticking points are. Various members of your team have different viewpoints and may be able to identify areas for development that you didn’t consider. This allows you to put together a growth plan that is all-encompassing and more effective.

Consider Your Core Values

Before setting off on completing your new business goals, take a moment to consider the core values of your company and how your business goals align with these core values. While growth is important, you don’t want to sacrifice what is most important and the values your business stands on.

UMP has strong values, and we make sure our yearly business goals don’t impede our ability to maintain the principles we were founded on.

About UMP

Universal Metal Products is a female-owned company that helps with the creation of metal components for the automotive, appliance, and industrial industries. We are able to create a variety of custom and standard components for vehicles, HVAC units, refrigerators, electronics, sub pumps, and much more.

Along with volunteering, championing noble causes, and charity, we value equality. This is why we focus on creating a culture of inclusivity. We do this by offering equal pay for equal work and a dedication to providing a positive and harassment-free workplace environment.

UMP believes in a healthy work-life balance, and we understand it’s important for people to spend time with their loved ones. Because of this, we offer family-friendly policies and work shift hours. We always strive to create a healthy work environment for all of our employees.

If you are looking for metal stamping services or you are curious about open positions, contact us! We’d be happy to speak with you. We proudly work with female-led and operated companies and people of all backgrounds and ethnicities.

To learn more about our employment opportunities visit our Careers page today.