There’s no question that the goal-setting methodology OKR (Objectives and Key Results) helps companies achieve substantial goals—just ask Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter—but some organizations have struggled to make it work. This O’Reilly report explains how companies use OKRs to create focus, unity, and velocity within their teams, and how your company can succeed with this… Continue reading Introduction to OKRs (2016)
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The Holy Grail of Effective Leadership Succession Planning
Research-backed discussion on why organizations fail at succession and how a data-driven and people-backed approach can help address them
Guide: Set goals with OKRs
Provides overview of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), including introduction, history, goals, bringing to organization, setting up OKRs, avoiding writing mistakes, developing team OKRs, and more.
Why the Secret to Success is Setting the Right Goals
Shares his take on what makes the difference between success and failure, telling stories of ambitious leaders and teams
Best Objectives and Key Results (OKR) Software
Directory that identifies and reviews the top Objectives and Key Results (OKR) software
Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs (2018)
Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr describes how the goal-setting system of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) has helped tech companies like Intel and Google achieve growth, and how it can help any organization be successful.
Beginner’s guide to OKR
In-depth guide to OKR (Objectives and Key Results), including definition, benefits, strategic vs. tactical, success criteria, how ambitious, creating alignment, tracking results, typical system cycle, compensation implications, common mistakes, etc.
The Art and Science of Strategy Execution
Discusses five strategy execution imperatives, challenges and issues standing in the way of successful strategy implementation, and actions you can take to become a more strategy-focused organization
The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution
Identifies the important elements of strong strategy execution, including a clear distinction of decision rights and the efficient flow of information across the organization
The Customer Centricity Playbook: Implement a Winning Strategy Driven by Customer Lifetime Value
Offers an analysis of the most important the elements that support customer centricity within an organization, and how it can help leaders understand the right way to think about customer lifetime value