What’s Wrong With This OKR? Common OKR Mistakes.

What’s Wrong With This OKR? Common OKR Mistakes.

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...
Accelerate Your Success With OKR Using These Three Tips!

Accelerate Your Success With OKR Using These Three Tips!

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...
The 4 Primary Benefits of OKR – Employee Engagement

The 4 Primary Benefits of OKR – Employee Engagement

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...
Boards and Strategy

Boards and Strategy

Here’s a podcast I just recorded with Corporate Governance expert Mark Nadler on Boards of Directors and strategy (and execution). Mark shares some incredible insights. Niven/Nadler Podcast