Priorities don't hold still for a whole quarter. A metric gets more ambitious once you see the pipeline, a team reshuffles and someone else owns the work now, the plan changes and the goal should say so.

Before you start

• Setup Rhythms in Slack: Getting Started with Rhythms in Slack →

Step 1: Update a goal as priorities shift

The target got more (or less) ambitious

Say what changed and why. Rhythms updates the metric, not just the number.

Try it: @Rhythms we're raising the Q3 revenue target to $2M, pipeline's ahead of plan

Also works: "drop the activation target to 40%, we cut scope", "push the renewals goal out to Q4"

The owner changed

Reassign it the way you'd tell someone in the room.

Try it: @Rhythms move the onboarding redesign goal to Dana, she's picking it up from Sam

Also works: "hand the renewals goal to Priya" · "Sam's off this quarter, move his goals to Dana" · "who owns the activation goal?"

The goal itself needs to say something different

Update the title or description when the plan moves, not just the number.

Try it: @Rhythms rename "Reduce onboarding time" to "Cut onboarding time to under 3 days" and update the description, we scoped it down to just the signup flow

Nothing changes until you confirm. Reply in the thread to adjust anything first.

Step 2: See what's on track, and what's slipping

Ask instead of opening the grid.

Try it: @Rhythms what's at risk this quarter?

Try it: @Rhythms why is the onboarding goal at risk?

Rhythms answers from the current state of the goal, not a snapshot. Ask a follow-up and it can explain the trend or point to what's behind a status.

Also works: "show me my goals", "what's slipped since last week?", "how's the revenue team tracking?"

Step 3 · Optional: Follow up on missing check-ins

Priorities shift, ownership moves, and check-ins fall behind while everyone catches up. Instead of following up person by person, ask Rhythms to do it in a DM, so it lands as a nudge rather than a callout.

Try it in a DM: @Rhythms follow up with the revenue team on anyone who hasn't checked in this week

Also works: "remind Sam his check-ins are overdue", "who on my team hasn't updated their goals this week?"

Worth knowing

Edits are drafted together, then saved together. Say six things in one message and you approve one set of six changes, not six separate confirmations.

This is the same goal as the web app. Anything changed here shows on the goal in the product, and the other way round.

A delegate takes over the reminders. If a goal has a delegate, check-in reminders go to the delegate instead of the owner. Assigning one moves the reminder rather than duplicating it — and unlike an owner change, being made a delegate does send a notification.

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