What is a goal?
A goal in Juno is a structured development objective with action items, target skills, a timeline, and optional mentor support. Goals help you track professional growth — whether learning a new skill, preparing for a role change, or hitting a business target.
Creating a goal
Click Create Goal in My Development. You’ll walk through a guided flow:Choose your approach
From scratch — define your own goal, or AI-assisted — let Juno suggest goals based on your role and position.
Select a mentor (optional)
Invite an expert or learning buddy to support you. They’ll be able to see and comment on your goal.
Focus areas
When creating a goal, choose a focus:| Focus | What it means |
|---|---|
| Balanced | General development across multiple areas |
| Professional | Career and skill growth |
| Business | Business outcomes and targets |
End date options
You can set a fixed date or choose a preset duration: 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 3 months, or 6 months.Goal lifecycle
| State | What it means |
|---|---|
| Draft | Created but not yet committed — visible only to you |
| Launched | You’ve committed to the goal — it’s now active and visible to your manager |
| Completed | You’ve marked the goal as done — completion date recorded |
| Archived | Hidden from your main view but still accessible |
Action items
Each goal contains action items — the specific tasks you need to complete. Action items fall into three categories:| Category | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Learn | Acquire knowledge — courses, reading, research |
| Prepare | Get ready — practice, plan, organize |
| Execute | Do the work — deliver, present, build |
- Internal content — courses from your Company Academy
- External content — courses from the On-Demand Catalog
- External links — any URL
- General tasks — freeform to-do items
Skills and competencies
Goals can include skills and competencies you’re working to develop. Each skill has a target level (1–5). As you progress, update your skill level to track growth over time. Skills in your goals connect to your organization’s competency framework — see Competencies & Skills.Mentors and learning buddies
Goals support two types of support relationships: Expert / Mentor:- You select a mentor when creating the goal
- The mentor receives a notification and can accept or decline
- Once accepted, they can view your goal, track your progress, and leave notes
- Mentors see all goals they’re mentoring in a dedicated Expert view
- A peer who supports your development
- They can see and collaborate on your goal
Who can see your goals?
| Role | What they see |
|---|---|
| You | All your own goals (drafts, active, archived) |
| Your manager | Your launched and completed goals (not drafts) |
| Your mentor/expert | Only the goal(s) they’re mentoring |
| Your learning buddy | Only the goal(s) they’re partnered on |
| Admins | All company goals in the admin view |
Manager goal management
Managers can:- Create goals for team members — from the My Team view
- View team progress — table with columns for title, user, committed status, completed status, mentor, and end date
- Export team goals — download as CSV
Notifications
Juno sends notifications for key goal events:- Manager notified when you create or update a goal
- Manager notified when you complete a goal
- Expert notified when invited to mentor a goal
- You’re notified if a manager creates a goal for you
Completing a goal
When you’ve finished all action items and feel the goal is met, mark it as Completed. This:- Records the completion date
- Notifies your manager
- Moves the goal to your completed list