Understanding who can edit goals helps keep progress tracking accurate and your team aligned. In Teamflect, different roles — such as administrators, managers, goal owners — may have different levels of access depending on your settings.
This article explains who can make changes to a goal’s details, how edit permissions work, and where you can configure or adjust these rights so the right people can update goals without compromising control or accountability.
Roles That Can Edit Goals in Teamflect
Not every user can edit goals in Teamflect. To maintain accountability and transparency, only specific roles can make changes:
Goal Creator – The person who originally assigns the goal.
Goal Owner – The individual responsible for achieving the goal.
Managerial Hierarchy of the Goal Owner – The goal owner’s manager and their managers in the chain of command.
Teamflect Admins – Administrators with full control over the system.
Pencil icon is active: You have edit access and can modify the goal.
Pencil icon is greyed out: You do not have edit rights and cannot make changes to the goal.
How Goal Edits Are Tracked
Automatic Logging: All edits are automatically added to the Progress Updates section for auditing purposes.
Feed View: By switching to Feed View, you can see a chronological log of goal-related activities, including:
Status changes
Progress updates
Comments on goals
This ensures full visibility into who made changes and when.
📌If the setting “Disable managers' access to the private data of their direct reports” is enabled, managers will not be able to edit the goals of their direct reports unless they are the goal creator or a Teamflect Administrator. For more details on this setting, you can refer to our here: How can I disable managers' access to the private data of their direct reports?
Use Cases
Transparent Goal Management
With edit rights limited to specific roles, organizations can maintain clear accountability and prevent unauthorized modifications.Auditable Changes
Automatic logging creates a reliable audit trail, which is valuable during performance reviews and compliance checks.Streamlined Collaboration
Managers and admins can support goal owners by adjusting or refining goals without removing ownership responsibility.
Best Practice Recommendations
Encourage accountability: Remind managers and admins to document the reason for edits in the goal comments.
Use feed view regularly: Encourage leaders to review feed view for better visibility during check-ins.
Limit unnecessary edits: Over-editing can confuse—use changes strategically to maintain clarity.
Note for Teamflect Administrators: To learn how to restrict goal owners from editing their goal details, click here.