Goal-setting gospel says participative goals drive engagement. But what if that’s only half the truth? In the OKRs world, we love quoting goal setting pioneers Locke & Latham to add scholarly weight to our conversations. But quoting a line or two is one thing....
Are OKRs SMART Goals Re-branded? The conference room was fairly dark, only the dim reflection of cove lights on tables and the white background of my slides illuminating the thirty or so people who had gathered to hear me introduce the topic of OKRs to their...
The Most Common OKR Mistake Having now reviewed literally thousands of OKRs from organizations around the world, I’ve seen pretty much every mistake that can be made when it comes to writing Objectives and Key Results. A “Top Ten” list of missteps to avoid may be the...
So far we have explored three of the four primary benefits of OKR – Focus, Alignment, and Engagement. The last and fourth primary benefit of OKR, but certainly not the least, is Stretch Goals. Let’s examine why stretch goals are so important to an...
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...
