The phrase "set a clear goal" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are discussing a situation where someone or a group needs to have a certain, specific outcome in mind in order to achieve success. For example, "In order to ensure the success of this project, it is important to set a clear goal right from the start."
We decided to hold ourselves to a higher standard and set a clear goal — not for funders or reporters or policymakers, but for ourselves.
She set a clear goal, announcing that by the end of class the students would know how to write numbers like √32 in a simplified form without using a decimal or a fraction.
The recent meeting of China's leaders – the Third Plenum – has now set a clear goal: comprehensive reform, including issues such as governance and the judicial protection of human rights, and recognising that all types of reform are inextricably linked.
"From the start, we set a clear goal and that was to inflict serious damage on Hamas and the other terrorist groups and by doing so to bring extended quiet to all Israel's citizens," the prime minister said.
Set a clear goal of how much profit you will reinvest quarterly, and then stick to it.
The wholesale division set a clear goal as well: to be among the top three banks supplying services to a corporate customer.
First and most importantly, it sets a clear goal for emissions reductions.
"Politicians can either accelerate the transition by setting a clear goal, like getting off fossil fuels by 2050, and clear ways to increase our ambition in the years ahead, or they can keep dragging their feet while the rest of us charge ahead.
They like his set-a-clear-goal-and-stick-to-it leadership style.
If your sales budgets don't set a clear enough goal, set a goal to deliver a positive ROI or to perform better than the last campaign.
"He was able to set a clear, achievable goal, and that's not what we associate with American foreign policy in the Clinton era, or even before".
