Zack Ross, OKR coach and trainer at OKRsTraining.com, helps leaders and teams turn strategy into measurable results. Before becoming a consultant, he implemented OKRs during five years at Google and three years at Amazon as a Technical Program Manager. Today, he delivers executive workshops, team training, and coaching alongside author and business partner Paul Niven.
Learn OKRs from someone who has implemented them inside Google and Amazon—and trained teams around the world.
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OKR Experience at Google and Amazon
Zack understands OKRs as a practitioner putting them to work inside large technology organizations and as a consultant helping other teams adopt them.
At Google and Amazon, he worked in complex environments where teams needed to connect their work to broader company priorities. That experience shapes his training today. He helps organizations decide what matters most, define how success will be measured, and establish a useful rhythm for reviewing progress.
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OKR Training and Coaching with Zack Ross
Executive OKR workshops
Work with leadership to clarify strategic priorities, draft company-level OKRs, and agree on the outcomes the organization wants to achieve.
Team OKR training
Give managers and employees a clear understanding of objectives and key results. Participants learn how to write OKRs, connect team goals to company priorities, and measure outcomes.
OKR implementation coaching
Get support as your organization introduces or improves OKRs. Coaching can address alignment, check-ins, progress reviews, and the challenges that emerge after the first set of OKRs is written.
Speaking and presentations
Bring Zack to your event or team meeting for a practical introduction to OKRs and a discussion of common implementation questions.
Explore our OKR training, coaching, and consulting services to find the support that fits your organization.
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Organizations Zack Has Trained
Zack has delivered OKR training for teams at Amazon, Apple, Adidas, Cisco, Gartner, Vodafone, Capital One, Allianz, Roche Diagnostics, Kaiser Permanente, Facebook, Twilio, USTA, REI, Trustpilot, Freshworks, and many more.
His training experience spans technology, financial services, healthcare, sports, and consumer brands, showing how OKRs can be applied across different organizational settings.
His consulting engagement with Amazon was separate from his earlier employment there. The organizations above are listed to describe his training experience; their inclusion does not imply endorsement.
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Learn from OKR Coach Zack Ross
Watch Zack discuss how organizations create, manage, and improve objectives and key results.
- Intro to OKRs
Presented for the Google AI Impact Challenge Accelerator, Zack introduces OKR history, characteristics, examples, and management. This presentation offers a starting point for understanding objectives and key results. - What are some OKR Thumb rules? Do’s and Don’ts of OKRs
Zack discusses practical do’s and don’ts for using OKRs, offering guidance for teams starting their OKR journey or refining an existing appraoch. - How do OKRs help build employee engagement?
Zack discusses the connection between OKRs and employee engagement, exploring how goal setting relates to employees’ involvement in organizational priorities. - Best way to get started with Crafting OKRs
A short conversation about getting started with writing objectives and key results. This video introduces the topic for teams beginning their OKR journey. - Should OKRs be linked to Compensation?
Zack addresses whether OKRs should be connected to compensation. The discussion introduces a common question for leaders designing an OKR program. - How Product & Engineering Teams work together on OKRs
Zack discusses how product and engineering teams collaborate on OKRs. The conversation explores shared priorities and alignment across these functions. - OKRs are meant to be the Northstar
This conversation considers OKRs as a guiding direction for teams, with attention to the goals that matter most. - How to balance product requirements against Technical Debt? OKRs for Collaboration and Alignment
Zack explores the tension between product requirements and technical debt, discussing the role of OKRs in collaboration and alignment around competing priorities.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who does Zack train?
He works with executives, managers, and teams that are new to OKRs or want to improve an existing OKR program.
Can Zack help us write company-level OKRs?
Yes. Executive workshops can focus on identifying strategic priorities and drafting company-level objectives and measurable key results.
What if our team already uses OKRs?
Coaching can help your team review existing OKRs, improve alignment and measurement, and make regular check-ins more useful.
Does Zack offer remote training and coaching?
OKRsTraining.com offers remote coaching. Request a free consultation to discuss the format that fits your organization.
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Contact Zack for OKR Coaching
Tell us about your organization, what you want to accomplish with OKRs, and where your team needs support. Zack will discuss a training, workshop, or coaching approach that fits your needs.