A MARSTA Goal® isn’t just another goal-setting method - it’s a structured yet flexible roadmap that helps individuals and teams achieve meaningful, lasting success. Unlike traditional goal-setting approaches that focus only on outcomes, MARSTA® guides the entire journey with the individuals at its heart - from identifying priorities to overcoming obstacles and ensuring accountability.
What is MARSTA®?
We've evolved beyond simplistic goals models - MARSTA Goals® is an agile framework designed to help organisations set and achieve objectives more effectively. MARSTA® focuses on three crucial phases: Set, Achieve, Repeat. This holistic approach takes account of the business landscape, the desired outcomes and stakeholder strengths!
MARSTA Goals® enables you to have:
✔ An understanding of who is in your team and how they operate and contribute
✔ Defined & inspirational outcomes that are realised through goal achievement
✔ Roadmaps with milestone to achieve those outcome and methods to monitor progress
✔ Methods to put support in place to enable goal achievement
✔ Strategies to maintain your progress as other new goals take priority
✔ A fundamental culture shift created by embedding MARSTA Goals® as a success pathway
MARSTA Goals® enables users to:
✔ Gain clarity and take meaningful action.
✔ Stay accountable, make progress and adjust goals as they grow.
✔ Overcome resistance and mindset blocks that often go unaddressed.
✔ Bring their individuality and strengths to the goal-setting party!
Why Coaches & Consultants Use MARSTA Goals®
Traditional goal-setting methods like SMART goals often fail to address the real barriers to success. MARSTA® moves beyond surface-level targets, offering a dynamic framework that is designed to helps clients:
✔ Quickly identify where to focus - helping coaches and clients prioritise effectively
✔ Adapt to different coaching styles - integrating seamlessly with tools like NLP, GROW, and strengths-based coaching
✔ Provide built-in accountability - so that goals don’t just get set, but actually get achieved
✔ Support deeper coaching conversations - giving space for overcoming challenges, mindset shifts, and real transformation
✔ Foster a culture of continuous improvement - ensuring long-term progress, not just quick wins