What happens to most goals after a review
They disappear. A goal gets set in the review, written down somewhere, and then nobody looks at it again until the next cycle. By then no one remembers what was agreed to, so the goal may as well have never existed.
FieldCon is built so the goal does not disappear. Every review ends with one, and the next review starts by honoring it.
How FieldCon keeps a goal alive between reviews
- Every review ends with a goal. The conversation does not close on a score. It closes on a concrete commitment for what happens next.
- FieldCon can suggest the goal. Based on what was actually discussed in the review, FieldCon proposes concrete, role-relevant goals, so the manager does not have to invent one on the spot. They can take a suggestion or write their own.
- The next review opens with a lookback rating. Instead of starting from a blank slate, the following review begins by rating how well the employee accomplished the goal from last time.
- The rating feeds the score. That lookback rating rolls into the overall performance score, so following through is something that actually counts.
Why this matters for field teams
On a crew, the time between reviews is where progress is supposed to happen, and it is also where most goals quietly die. Tying the next review to the last goal creates accountability in that gap. The person knows the goal is coming back, and the manager has a reason to check in on it.
It also builds a thread of progress over time. Because each goal is rated when it comes back around, you can see whether someone is moving forward review after review, in plain language, not just at a single moment.
The bottom line
A goal that gets set and forgotten changes nothing. A goal that comes back, gets rated, and counts toward the score changes behavior. FieldCon ends every review with a commitment and starts the next one by honoring it, so goals stay alive between cycles instead of vanishing into a drawer.