Cornerstone Performance: Goals - Manager

This document provides instructions for managers on how to access, review, and edit employee goals in the Cornerstone Performance system.

Cornerstone Performance - Goals - Manager View:

Use this job aid to learn how to:

  • Access Universal Profile
  • Access Employee’s Goals
  • Review and Edit an Employee’s Goal

If you have any questions, please contact ihr-hrais@illinois.edu.

How to Access Cornerstone:

Open an internet browser and go to Cornerstone

  • Log in to Cornerstone using your net ID and password.

Access Universal Profile:

Click "Show Navigation Menu"

Cornerstone homepage displaying the Show Navigation Menu icon highlighted in the upper-right corner of the screen.

Select Home, Universal Profile:

Cornerstone navigation menu expanded with the Universal Profile option highlighted under the Home menu.

Access Employees' Goals:

To access your team’s goals, select the View Team button.

Employee Bio page showing the View Team button highlighted to access direct reports' profiles and goals.

You can search for an employee or select the name from the list.

View Team panel displaying a searchable list of employees available for selection.

Once you select one of your employees, you will now see their Bio page.

Selected employee's Bio page displayed after choosing an employee from the team list

Select Snapshot along the top menu.

  • Click anywhere in the Goals Box.

Employee Snapshot page with the Goals widget highlighted to access the employee's goals and progress information.

The employee’s goals for the current period will be displayed.

  • You can see previous goal periods by changing the date criteria.
  • Click on the percentage and then move the slider bar to adjust the goal progress.
  • Select the three dots (ellipsis) in the top right-hand corner to download a PDF.
  • Select the right arrow to see more information regarding a goal.

Employee goals page showing current goals, progress percentage controls, options menu for downloading a PDF, and expand icons to view additional goal details

Review and Edit an Employee's Goal:

When you expand the goal you can see the description of the goals, any comments entered, and any attachments.

Expanded employee goal displaying the goal description, timeline, attachment upload area, comments section, and Close button.

To edit the goal, select the down arrow to the right of the goal title and select Edit. You can also choose to cancel the goal or view the history of the goal.

  • You can change the title, description, dates, attachments, or comments of the goal.
  • Press Submit Modifications when finished.
  • You can also view the history of the goal by selecting the Options drop-down.
  • PLEASE NOTE: The employee will be notified when a supervisor makes any edits to their goals.

Edit Goals page showing fields to modify goal information, including title, description, dates, attachments, comments, and the Submit Modifications button

Submitting will take you back to the goals page where you can view/edit another goal for the employee, or you can select View Team to select another employee to review.

Goals page displayed after submitting modifications, with the View Team button highlighted to select another employee for review.

For more information, contact ihr-hrais@illinois.edu


Keywords:
cornerstone performance, goals, manager view, employee goals, performance management, human resources, hr applications & information services, cornerstone system, view team, goal review, goal editing, goal progress, performance period, annual performance review, supervisor role, employee performance, goal history 
Doc ID:
160841
Owned by:
Anisat A. in University of Illinois Human Resources
Created:
2026-04-22
Updated:
2026-06-11
Sites:
University of Illinois Human Resources