Cornerstone Performance: Goals - Employee View

This document provides instructions for employees on using the Cornerstone Performance system to access, create, and maintain goals.

Cornerstone Performance - Goals - Employee View:

Use this job aid to learn how to:

  • Access the Goals Menu
  • Create and Maintain Goals
  • If you have any questions, please contact ihr-hrais@illinois.edu.

How to Access the Cornerstone System:

Use this link to access your goals in Cornerstone:

On this landing page, you will see all your goals for the current period. If you have previously entered goals, they will appear below. To see goals from a prior review period, you can adjust the date range under the "Current Period" dropdown list.

Cornerstone Goals Dashboard displaying the employee's current goals. The "Current Period" dropdown is highlighted, showing where employees can change the review period to view goals from other performance cycles.

To Create a Goal:

  • Click "Create"

Cornerstone Goals page with the "Create" button highlighted, showing where employees select Create to add a new goal.

  • Enter the title of your goal
  • Enter a description for your goal
  • The “Current Period” for goals typically runs from July 1 to May 31.
    • Please carefully consider whether or not you alter the date ranges for newly created goals as adjustments may impact if and how your goals appear on your annual performance review later
  • Attach documents if you have them
  • Assignment:

Create Goals screen displaying fields to enter a goal title and description, select start and due dates, upload attachments, and assign the goal. Submit, Save as Draft, and Cancel buttons are available.

  • The “Save as Draft” button will allow you to save the goal in your list prior to submitting if you want to make any changes to it prior to submission. Only you as the employee will see the DRAFT goal until you hit submit.
  • Press cancel to return to the previous screen without saving

Goals Dashboard displaying a goal marked with a Draft status, illustrating that goals saved as drafts are visible only to the employee until submitted.

  • The "Submit" button will save the goal and, if applicable, assign the goal to any selected team members and subordinates. In addition, submitted goals will appear on the annual performance review form unless canceled.

Create Goals screen with the "Submit" button highlighted, indicating where employees finalize and submit a goal.

Access Goals - On This Page You Can:

Download your goals to a PDF document.

  • Click the three dots in the upper right-hand corner.
  • Click on "Download All"
  • Then click on .pdf

Goals Dashboard with the More Options menu expanded. The "Download All" and PDF options are highlighted to demonstrate how to export goals as a PDF document.

View the Details of your goal by selecting the three dots at the end of the goal.

  • The downward arrow will expand the details of the goal as well if you select that.

Goals Dashboard with the options menu and expand arrow highlighted, showing where employees can access additional goal details and expand goal information.

Please note that the Cornerstone platform will log any edits or updates you make to your goals in the “View History” drop down.

Goals Dashboard with the goal actions menu expanded and the "View History" option highlighted, showing where employees can review edits and updates made to a goal.

Record progress on the goal by clicking on the percentage dropdown next to your goal and sliding the bar or adjusting the percentage amount. You can also leave comments here.

Goals Dashboard displaying the progress update panel with a percentage slider and comments field, demonstrating how employees record goal progress and add comments.

Please Note: You and your supervisor will have access to your submitted goals throughout the performance period. If your supervisor makes edits or comments to any of your goals, you will immediately receive an email. 


Keywords:
cornerstone performance, goals, employee view, create goals, maintain goals, performance management, human resources, hr applications & information services, cornerstone system, access goals, goal creation, goal progress, performance period, annual performance review, team goals, goal history, employee self-service 
Doc ID:
160840
Owned by:
Anisat A. in University of Illinois Human Resources
Created:
2026-04-22
Updated:
2026-06-11
Sites:
University of Illinois Human Resources