Goal Setting for Specific Groups

Goal setting isn’t one-size-fits-all. How do you tweak what works for an adult in the workplace when encouraging a child in school, or a young person figuring out who they are?

This page brings together goal-setting approaches tailored to specific groups of people — whether by age, role, or life stage.

Each guide offers practical, accessible ideas to help make goal setting feel clear, encouraging, and appropriate for the people it’s designed for.

Explore Goal-Setting Guides by Group

🧒 Goal Setting for Children

Simple ways to help children start thinking about what they want to learn, try, or improve — with gentle guidance, games, and age-appropriate tools.

🎓 Goal Setting for Students

Support for young people working toward academic, personal, or wellbeing goals — with tips for staying motivated, managing overwhelm, and setting priorities.

🧠 Goal Setting for Neurodivergent People (Coming Soon)

Tools and perspectives that honour different ways of thinking and working, with flexible structures and strengths-based approaches.

More Resources Coming Soon

This section is always growing. As we develop more resources for specific groups, we’ll add them here — so you can find the most relevant guidance for the people you’re supporting, or for yourself.

Looking for a more general introduction to setting goals? Head over to About Goal Setting to explore the theory, methods, and foundations behind all our resources.