How Fast is Your Strategy? Like just about everyone else I know, my scarcest resource these days is attention, and if you’re a writer wanting to get on my radar here are a few words that just might penetrate the armor: fast, execution, strategy, agile, and of course...
We already discussed Focus and Alignment, now let’s turn our lens toward a crucial aspect of any successful OKR Implementation – employee engagement. What is Employee Engagement, Anyway? Employee engagement is a lot like beauty, we all know perfectly well what it is...
The First Rule of OKR, is There Are No Rules in OKR I spent some time early in my career working in public accounting. No offense to accountants everywhere, but it wasn’t my favorite time, and I’ve long since retired my calculator. However, one of the comforting...
An Excess of Access! I recently heard a television executive report that between broadcast networks, cable, and streaming outlets there are over 400 scripted shows running in the U.S. right now. Over 400! How are we supposed to keep up with them? Every time I chat...
Last week we explored the first key benefit of OKR – Focus – leaving us Alignment, Engagement and Stretch, (if you didn’t read the article on Focus, read it here – OKR Focus). This week we are going to dive into Alignment and examine why this is so important to...
The four primary benefits of OKR are Focus, Alignment, Engagement, and Stretch. In this short article let’s explore the first – Focus. Over the next couple of weeks we will examine each of the additional benefits in greater detail. Focus You would be...