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What Matters. The world needs leaders. We’re here to help. Our mission is to galvanize leaders to set and achieve audacious goals—through inspiration, education, and application. Get Started With OKRs.
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OKRs stand for Objectives and Key Results, a collaborative goal-setting methodology used by teams and individuals to set challenging, ambitious goals with measurable results. OKRs are how you track progress, create alignment, and encourage engagement around measurable goals. Whether talking about office operations, software engineering, nonprofits ...
Objectives An Objectiveis simply what is to be achieved, no more and no less. By definition, Objectives are significant, concrete, action oriented, and (ideally) inspirational. When properly designed and deployed, they’re a vaccine against fuzzy thinking and ineffective execution. Key Results Key Results benchmark and monitor how we get to the Obje...
The OKR methodology was created by Andy Grove at Intel and taught to John Doerr by him. Since then, many companies have adopted them, including Google, Allbirds, Apartment Therapy, Netflix, and inspiring nonprofits like Code for America. Explore the complete OKR origin story and learn more about John Doerr’s *Measure What Matters. * In the book Mea...
Reviewing examples of Objectives and Key Results that represent real situations and organizations can help make the OKR planning process more tangible for your team. Take a look at the OKR examples below for inspiration; our resource on how to write OKRs includes a step-by-step review of different Objective and Key Results scenarios as well. You ca...
OKRs provide many benefits, including clarity, enhanced communication and a coherent, transparent organization-wide strategy. John Doerr always talks about the F.A.C.T.S.when describing the benefits of OKRs. F.A.C.T.S. stands for: 1. Focus:OKRs allow a team to rally behind a small set of carefully chosen priorities. 2. Alignment:OKRs provide a meth...
Writing OKRs is a skill that takes practice and time to develop. Every set of OKRs should incorporate feedback from within the organization and undergo multiple checks and drafts. There are a few common mistakes to avoid when writing OKRs: 1. Avoid Business as Usual:OKRs should aim for change above maintaining the status quo. 2. OKR vs. KPI:OKRs ar...
OKRs are meant to be tracked regularly and graded at the end of a cycle. There are multiple methods for grading (or “scoring”) OKRs. The Andy Grove method of grading OKRs is a simple “yes” or “no” approach. Did you meet it? Or did you not? Most organizations prefer a bit more detail in their grading, so they’ll use a “Red, Yellow, Green” system whe...
This system is deceptively simple, but when used properly, good OKRswill equip your organization with superpowers to create high output management in all your business goals.
Learn what OKRs are, how they work, and why they matter for goal-setting and leadership. See examples of OKRs from different industries and organizations, and how to write your own.
Learn how to set and achieve audacious goals with OKRs, a framework popularized by Google and other successful companies. This course covers the basics of OKRs, how to write effective Objectives and Key Results, and how to align and improve them.
OKR, leadership, and goal-setting insights, based on John Doerr's NY Times bestselling book, "Measure What Matters". Learn how a simple goal-setting technique called OKRs—Objectives and Key...
Learn how to write objectives and key results (OKRs) for different domains and purposes. Browse examples of OKRs from companies, organizations, and individuals in HR, nonprofits, government, and more.
From achievement and adventure to wisdom and wonder, not to mention kindness, innovation, and professionalism, values are those things you deem important in life. Expressions of what you care ...
