Every Great Idea Deserves Great Execution
OKR is a process to help you set the right objectives, choose the right metrics, and have the right discussions. It's a strategy to get everyone on your team focused on execution and results. Join MY OKR Project to see how OKRs can help you get more done.
There are three parts to the OKR process
Key Results
Key Results are HOW you will measure success. They answer the question: did I do what I set out to do? What you measure will guide what you do.
Conversations, Feedback, Recognition
CFRs are performance conversations about your OKRs that provide continuous feedback and support for aligned, high-performing teams.
Here's What You Need to Start
The process is simple. Doing it well takes time and dedication.
What a Good OKR Looks Like
Good OKRs clarify what’s important and what trade-offs to make.
How to Escalate Your OKR
Escalation is a short-term commitment to prioritize time and resources to get a key result on track.
How to Grade Your OKR
Honest assessment helps you learn and grow.
OKR Alignment
OKRs powerfully align goals over time and throughout organizations.
Why I Started MY OKR Project
MY OKR project is inpired by John Doerr’s TED Talk and book, Measure What Matters. He’s the self-described Johnny Appleseed of OKRs.
I have been setting goals for myself and reaching them, often exceeding them. You probably have too. As an entrepreneur, speaker, and coach, I have over 25 years of experience getting more done.
OKRs provide a method and structure for encouraging best practices to help others increase performance, become more engaged, and focus on results. Even better, they can provide these benefits at scale and encourage excellence in management and execution throughout an organization.
As a solopreneur, I wish I’d known about OKRs and had someone to give me feedback.
OKRs add a lot to goal setting.
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They add accountability by making your goals transparent to a team, even if that time is just one other person. Accountability and transparency are powerful motivators.
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They add key results that define and measure progress toward your goal. By selecting key metrics, you clarify and guide the actions you commit to taking.
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Conversations, feedback, and recognition add a continuous cycle of feedback, self-reflection, and time for learning and celebrating. It’s invaluable to have someone on your side to support you as you take risks, hit obstacles, and celebrate when you break through. You are not in this alone. You always have someone to reach out to when you need it.
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They give you a way to manage others in a way that produces results and leaves your team members feeling engaged, positive, and energized to get more done. It allows you to help employees ramp up and get through the tough times with escalation, and to settle back into a better work-life balance when things are going well. It helps you focus on helping them get better, learn from mistakes and move on. You have clear signals about when to be supportive, when to cheer them on, and when to celebrate. It helps you get more from your team with less friction and more employee satisfaction.