--- title: Learning to Love Stretch Goals - InsNerds.com description: When it comes to goal setting, there is no shortage of methodologies to plan and execute. Adding to the never-ending list of insurance acronyms, there KPIs, OKRs, MBOs, and SMART goals just to name a few. How do the approaches compare and which one is best for your organization? In this episode of The Insurance image: https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Amber-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-40-39-1870-AM.jpg --- 1 min read # Learning to Love Stretch Goals [ Amber Wuollet ](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/amber-wuollet) : Dec 18, 2019 12:00:00 AM [The Insurance Nerdery](https://insnerds.com/insights/tag/the-insurance-nerdery) [Video](https://insnerds.com/insights/tag/video) ![Learning to Love Stretch Goals](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Amber-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-40-39-1870-AM.jpg) When it comes to goal setting, there is no shortage of methodologies to plan and execute. Adding to the never-ending list of insurance acronyms, there KPIs, OKRs, MBOs, and SMART goals just to name a few. How do the approaches compare and which one is best for your organization? In this episode of The Insurance Nerdery, I break it down and share a goal setting horror story that made me hate stretch goals for over a decade…. ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Amber-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-40-39-1870-AM.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=Amber-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-40-39-1870-AM.jpg) ![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Amber-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-40-39-1870-AM.jpg?width=100&height=100&name=Amber-100x100-Jan-03-2025-01-40-39-1870-AM.jpg) ### About Amber Wuollet Amber is a people-focused creative type who is energized by challenge, fueled by coffee, and fascinated by the power of data and innovation to reshape the world. She spend her days surrounded by data scientists and product leaders who see opportunity in each problem and solutions to each question. She's the co-host of The Insurance Nerdery video blog by Insurance Nerds. - [![](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/web-Jan-03-2025-01-41-46-0834-AM.png) ![](https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/web-Jan-03-2025-01-41-46-0834-AM.png) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-wuollet/) [![](https://insnerds.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Amber-150x150-Jan-03-2025-01-40-38-4196-AM.jpg?width=150&height=150&name=Amber-150x150-Jan-03-2025-01-40-38-4196-AM.jpg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-wuollet/) ##### [ Amber Wuollet](https://insnerds.com/author/amber-wuollet/) [Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-wuollet/)  |  + posts Amber is a people-focused creative type who is energized by challenge, fueled by coffee, and fascinated by the power of data and innovation to reshape the world. She spend her days surrounded by data scientists and product leaders who see opportunity in each problem and solutions to each question. 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