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OKR Insights

Alonzo Harris and his OKR

Alonzo highlights an important and maybe not-so-obvious OKR lesson here. In the world of OKRs, we focus on outcomes.

By Jenny Herald

April 9, 2021

Strategy meets Execution

How to be a More Effective Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

An encyclopedia-like blog post, catered to Chief Strategy Officers who want to learn how to successfully drive multi-axis alignment, and get a unique learning perspective on OKRs and strategy execution…

By Austin Goodwin

April 8, 2021

OKR Insights

Bane, the Masked Man. He carried on the legacy of another. Here is his OKR.

When we’ve reflected on our OKRs at the end of our cycle and didn’t achieve them, we should consider we might have chosen the wrong objective or wrong Key Results…

By Jenny Herald

April 2, 2021

Product Updates

Measure What Matters in real life – March 2021 Edition

It's the beginning of the new quarter. Gtmhub's product updates will help you get through this point of the OKR lifecycle with gusto.

By Jenny Herald

March 31, 2021

OKR Insights

Cruella De Vil and her OKR

Cruella had a decent, albeit morally offensive, OKR. What happened? Why couldn’t she achieve her goal?

By Jenny Herald

March 26, 2021

OKR Insights

What is agility?

Agility is the ability to move quickly and easily.

By Ivan Osmak

March 25, 2021

Product Updates

Where Sticky Notes Meet Strategy: Introducing Whiteboards

We’re excited to announce Whiteboards, the solution to ideas lost in transition. Whiteboards are where strategy execution becomes real.

By Jenny Herald

March 23, 2021

OKR Insights

Hans Gruber in Die Hard: Stealing the Day with OKRs

Gruber’s plan seemed like a stroke of genius. Dying at John McClane's hands (Yippee-ki-yay Mother…[NSFW]) was not a potential outcome Hans accounted for. This objective needed to be a committed…

By Jenny Herald

March 19, 2021

Voices of OKR

Seven C’s of OKR Success

Every successful OKR Implementation has seven things in common - "the “Seven C’s of OKR Success". They represent the seven key factors that an OKR Implementation needs to thrive, receive…

By Gtmhub Contributor

March 17, 2021

Voices of OKR

Why and how to combine OKRs with Scrum?

If the team wants to escape from the feature factory and remain aligned but still autonomous, outcome-oriented OKRs can help.

By Gtmhub Contributor

March 11, 2021

Voices of OKR

Developing human talent with OKRs

That is my focus today – what is often neglected in the framework, playbooks, and manuals. The fact that OKRs should be considered just as much a talent management tool…

By Gtmhub Contributor

March 4, 2021

Voices of OKR

Entrepreneurial goals in agriculture: a fertile ground for flexible approaches

In the agricultural sector, you need a clear vision for outcomes, while at the same time full flexibility for the path and a planning cycle that follows your unique production…

By Gtmhub Contributor

March 2, 2021

Product Updates

Measure What Matters in real life – Feb 2021 Edition

We’ve got your back and are happy to introduce a few new features that will help ease your worries and put what you’ve read in Measure What Matters into practice.…

By Jenny Herald

February 26, 2021

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

Why enterprises can’t do OKRs without the software

OKR software helps organizations with all four components or OKR adoption: Education, Process design, Supporting the process & Benefitting from OKRs.

By Ivan Osmak

February 25, 2021

Strategy meets Execution

Alignment for adaptive strategy execution

A distracted or misaligned team is not a productive or effective team. Alignment is a no-brainer in theory. But the difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than…

By Bo Pedersen

February 24, 2021

OKR Insights

Names are the Jet Fuel for Your Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)

Names are the mission statements behind our OKRs.

By Jenny Herald

February 18, 2021

Voices of OKR

How positive psychology & mental training foster commitment to OKRs

It is definitely the human factor that has its fair stake in the success of OKR. If the team does not engage in the recurrent challenges of reaching short-term goals,…

By Gtmhub Contributor

February 11, 2021

Voices of OKR

OKRs don’t have to be complicated

Here are three lessons I learned about OKRs that helped me persist and get over the obstacles I put in front of me.

By Gtmhub Contributor

February 9, 2021

Voices of OKR

Beware of the smart people doing the OKRs implementation

You should fear the Greeks, even when they bear gifts. Remember the Trojan Horse? You might ask “But what does that have to do with OKRs?”. Based on my experience…

By Gtmhub Contributor

February 4, 2021

OKR Insights

KPIs in Gtmhub – going beyond OKRs

We use KPIs to understand the performance and OKRs to improve targeted elements of the performance. Both are necessary.

By Ivan Osmak

February 3, 2021

Voices of OKR

Why every early-stage company should implement OKRs immediately

The power of clarification OKRs provide is especially beneficial for startups, where the big picture, and definitions of real progress, can easily get lost in the chaos of the day-to-day.

By Gtmhub Contributor

February 2, 2021

Product Updates

Monthly Product Roundup – Employee profiles; Improved automations and Gtmhub-cli

Here are the new product updates that happened in January 2021. Hop on the feature release train and enjoy the ride.

By Gergana Mihaylova

January 29, 2021

Company News Product Updates

Gtmhub Q1 2021 Product Roadmap

This quarter, we'll continue with our obsessive attention to detail to improve user experience through micro-interactions and add more valuable features to support you in succeeding with OKRs.

By Martin Voynikov

January 28, 2021

OKR Insights

Efficiency is for robots

Ferrari 812 Superfast gets 13 miles per gallon (about 18l/100km). Macallan 18 is a single malt whiskey aged for 18 years in sherry-seasoned casks sourced from Spain. 50&50 is a…

By Ivan Osmak

January 27, 2021

OKR Insights

On rituals and rules

I was raised Catholic. Back in the day, when we were all young, a new priest came to my town. It was his first post, and as it usually goes…

By Ivan Osmak

January 25, 2021

Voices of OKR

OKR Confessions: Elise from City of Seattle

It’s like learning a foreign language. It feels awkward and uncomfortable at first. But the only way that you get better at a foreign language is to keep practicing and…

By Gtmhub Contributor

January 21, 2021

Voices of OKR

OKR Confessions: Peter from Froomle

OKRs also helped us prioritize and make choices. The biggest benefit we witnessed was that we were able to say: “I won’t have time to do that, it’s not in…

By Gtmhub Contributor

January 14, 2021

Product Updates

Monthly Product Roundup – Tasks on Key Results; Search and Lists of Teams

Here are the new product updates that happened in December 2020. Hop on the feature release train and enjoy the ride 🚂

By Gergana Mihaylova

December 31, 2020

Voices of OKR

5 tips for OKR coaches

Whether you are supporting OKRs inside your organization or coaching your client, these practical tips are for you to consider before starting an OKRs engagement.

By Gtmhub Contributor

December 9, 2020

Strategy meets Execution

Can your organization adapt faster than it can be disrupted?

OKRs are a proven framework for effective strategy execution that is becoming almost ubiquitous among digital-native and agile enterprises of all sizes. Why are OKRs ideal for strategy execution in…

By Evan Campbell

December 7, 2020

Voices of OKR

Key levers to successfully convert your strategy into reality with OKRs

Some say that 10% of success comes from the Strategy while 90% can be attributed to Execution. But what if it was the link from one to the other that…

By Gtmhub Contributor

December 2, 2020

Product Updates

Monthly Product Roundup – Task attachments; Lists of Employees; New mobile Home and KR cloning

Here are the new product updates that happened in November. Hop on the feature release train and enjoy the ride.

By Gergana Mihaylova

November 30, 2020

Voices of OKR

The science of setting goals and OKRs

Like with any organizational system, it takes human beings to draft, collaborate, decide, and execute goals. Therefore, while doing setting goals using OKRs, you need to be conscious of human…

By Gtmhub Contributor

November 26, 2020

Start with OKRs Strategy meets Execution

The Ultimate Outcome

Ultimately, that outcome, the assignment of value by a party (or multiple parties) external to the organization is the reason for being of the organization. Call it “The Ultimate Outcome.”

By Jeremy Epstein

November 20, 2020

Voices of OKR

The one piece of advice I’d give to anyone about to embark upon the OKR journey

My biggest piece of advice for anyone about to embark on an OKR journey would be to answer this question: why OKRs, why now? Just like with any other management…

By Gtmhub Contributor

November 11, 2020

Voices of OKR

Making the case for OKRs

In my conversation with forty-five CEOs and CXO leaders, entrepreneurs of start-ups and scale-up organizations, the following factors have emerged as key mandates for organizational success. We will assess how…

By Gtmhub Contributor

November 5, 2020

Product Updates

Monthly Product Roundup – Exporting Lists; Task comments; Task cloning and improved User Invitation experience

Here are the new product updates that happened in October. Hop on the feature release train and enjoy the ride.

By Gergana Mihaylova

October 30, 2020

Voices of OKR

How to use OKR during the COVID-19 outbreak

As I work with companies across the globe, I see segments and geographies that have suffered different levels of impact from the outbreak. Some are seeing a total disruption of…

By Gtmhub Contributor

October 28, 2020

Voices of OKR

How do you overcome resistance to an OKRs adoption?

Increased focus on what really drives your strategy forward, enhanced top to bottom alignment, and increased engagement from team members finally able to demonstrate their unique contribution to success, are…

By Gtmhub Contributor

October 26, 2020

Voices of OKR

Wine & OKRs

As I was cutting and pruning and trimming and harvesting, 3 parallels between grape growing, winemaking and OKRs emerged.

By Gtmhub Contributor

October 23, 2020

Company News

There’s no Mission Critical Software without Secure Software

In September, 2020, we received SOC 2, Type II Certification, completing both one time and continued security audits through with Marcum LLP, one of the largest public accounting and advisory…

By Radoslav Georgiev

October 22, 2020

Company News Product Updates

Gtmhub Q4 2020 Product Roadmap

We’re simplifying the experience, improving the performance, and adding more valuable features to support you in being successful with OKRs. Check out the main areas and features we'll focus on…

By Martin Voynikov

October 19, 2020

Voices of OKR

OKR: Narrowing the gap between “O” AND “KR”

OKRs could be a great communication tool and means of providing transparency and managing expectations. But OKRs are only as good as the processes and dynamics they represent, with the…

By Gtmhub Contributor

October 16, 2020

Voices of OKR

Ludwig Wittgenstein and OKR implementation

Clear and consistent OKR language will lead to clarity, common understanding, efficient communication, successful OKR implementation and goal achievement.

By Gtmhub Contributor

October 9, 2020

Product Updates

Monthly Product Roundup – KPIs, Tasks on Mobile and Reactions

Here are the new product updates that happened in September. Hop on the feature release train and enjoy the ride 🚂 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) What’s the one thing that…

By Gergana Mihaylova

September 30, 2020

Voices of OKR

OKRs & Texas Hold ‘Em

What's critical in poker and OKRs is to conduct an after-action review. Review the reasons why you played the hand or pursued the objective the way you did, make any…

By Gtmhub Contributor

September 22, 2020

Voices of OKR

Top 3 most common OKR mistakes

OKRs have become highly relevant as organizations are figuring out how to stay aligned while responding to rapid change in the business environment. The goal-setting framework is incredible for staying…

By Gtmhub Contributor

September 18, 2020

Voices of OKR

OKRs are about lighting fires, not filling a task list

OKRs are about lighting a fire, not filling a to-do list with lots of tasks. If they don’t inspire you when you are creating them, how do you think other…

By Gtmhub Contributor

September 16, 2020

Voices of OKR

OKR+A: Focusing on actions to achieve business goals

Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) are great way to align everyone within an organization and show them not only what to concentrate on in the next quarter, but also how…

By Gtmhub Contributor

September 11, 2020

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

How to write great OKRs

There is one thing that organizations of any type should master if they want to leverage the OKR superpowers - writing great OKRs. Why so? Because the quality of your…

By Marta Ilieva

September 9, 2020

Voices of OKR

OKRs are the Missing Link between Product Vision and Sprint Goals

OKRs are the missing link that turns business value arguments into impact discussions based on measurable data, increasing alignment from Product Vision to business focused execution and with it –…

By Gtmhub Contributor

September 3, 2020

Product Updates

Monthly Product Roundup – New Home; Lists; Revamped Mobile App and KR Timeline

With our new product roundup blog series, you will get the chance to see a summary of the best product updates that happened over the past month. Hop on the…

By Gergana Mihaylova

August 31, 2020

OKR Insights

When Sun Tzu, Peter Drucker, and Andy Grove have coffee

The more that I think about it, the more I suspect that the organizational winners and losers of the next decade will be determined by a few critical factors, most…

By Jeremy Epstein

August 26, 2020

Voices of OKR

In search of the mysteries of value… a tale of metrics, documents, and adventure!

Value! That most inarguable of topics for all modern enterprises – everyone agrees they need to be value-centric, everyone signs up for ‘embedding value in their decision making’, everyone keenly…

By Gtmhub Contributor

August 20, 2020

Voices of OKR

What is the single biggest benefit of OKRs?

The textbook answer to “What is the single biggest benefit of OKRs?” would be something along the lines of “marrying strategy to execution,” but I believe the true business value…

By Gtmhub Contributor

August 13, 2020

Voices of OKR

Top 5 tips for successful OKR implementation

Tim Meinhardt is the CEO of Atruity - a trusted OKR consultancy located in the Washington DC area. In this Voices of OKR feature Tim provides expert tips on successful…

By Gtmhub Contributor

August 11, 2020

Voices of OKR

OKRs, “Fat Pants” & the Plateau myth

Tim Whitmire is the founder of CXN Advisory, where he coaches executives on strategy, goal setting, alignment and execution. He is the co-founder of F3 Nation and co-author, with David…

By Gtmhub Contributor

August 6, 2020

Voices of OKR

What’s the difference between OKRs and MBO?

Dan Montgomery is the Founder and Managing Director of Agile Strategies – a leading OKR consultancy based in Boulder, Colorado. He is also the author of Start Less, Finish More:…

By Gtmhub Contributor

August 1, 2020

OKR Insights

How OKRs & Agile methodologies work together

It may not be evident at first sight, but something both OKRs and Agile methodologies have in common is the goal to bridge the gap between strategy and execution and…

By Gergana Mihaylova

June 24, 2020

Product Updates

Follow best practices with our OKR-design score

You’ve just discovered OKRs. But how do you start? All the information, resources and rules for implementation might overwhelm you. And what if you’re one of those who quickly figure…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

June 8, 2020

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

A tale of two kings: OKRs vs. 4DX

In the “A tale of two kings” series, we aim to provide thought-provoking insights into goal setting and compare OKRs to alternative methods. In the first part, we’re going to…

By Lyubomir Hristev

June 2, 2020

Product Updates

Effortlessly extract OKRs data with our Codeless insights

Our new Codeless Insights will take the code-heavy burden off your shoulders – you now need zero coding skills to generate valuable business insights and track your progress. You can…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

May 26, 2020

Product Updates

Measure contribution with our Custom calculation of Objective progress

There’s now a way for teams to see the big picture and know how exactly what they bring on board. Gtmhub now allows users to choose a different way for…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

May 15, 2020

Strategy meets Execution

Communicate your top-level strategy more effectively with OKRs

How to keep all people aligned? Should Company X be implementing the new strategy initially only within the C-Suite or a focus group involving department leads is required? What kind…

By Dilyana Simeonova

May 13, 2020

Company News

Gtmhub brings data-driven OKR platform to channel partners

Gtmhub launches its channel program to support companies looking to provide enterprise-grade management software that easily integrates with over 150+ leading integrations, and communications tools that channel partners typically already…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

May 11, 2020

Product Updates

Stay on top of your OKRs with MS Teams and Slack notifications

Automated reminders in our favorite collaboration platforms are now an essential workplace perk - they have become a key factor in keeping a smooth workflow between individuals and teams, as…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

May 4, 2020

Company News

Leverage the power of OKRs: Gtmhub’s Scale plan

Earlier this year, we set out on a mission to democratize OKRs through the release of our START plan. Our goal was simple – provide access to software that would enable…

By Harry Siggins

May 1, 2020

Company News

Dreams with Deadlines

Dreams with Deadlines is a podcast by the makers of Gtmhub. Every other week, you'll hear stories from ambitious people who are trying to make a mark in the world…

By Jenny Herald

April 28, 2020

Product Updates

Improve OKRs reporting with our Custom Fields for teams & users

Until now custom fields were only available for Objectives, Key Results and Key Results updates. But then we were like “What would make Gtmhub users even more insightful?”. So, we…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

April 27, 2020

Product Updates

Keep track of changes with our Insights versions

Versioning is critical because Insights, much like a Google doc, may undergo a lot of revisions or modifications by different people. It is helpful to get an insight into your…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

April 16, 2020

Company News

This just in: Gtmhub is now SOC 2 compliant

Gtmhub has recently successfully completed a SOC 2 ® Type I Audit examination for our OKR Management SaaS system. Gtmhub’s policies, procedures and infrastructure were assessed by the international business…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

April 8, 2020

Product Updates

Be easily recognized with our Customizable team avatars

Administrators are enabled to add and customize avatars or upload pictures. The avatar can be an image, a photo of the team, caricature, themed – whatever the team agrees on.…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

April 6, 2020

Product Updates

Installing Insights from the Gtmhub Marketplace

As promised, we have brought Insights to the Gtmhub Marketplace! Hooray! You are now able to install exemplary pre-configured Insights and directly connect them to your OKRs with just a…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

March 27, 2020

Product Updates

Sharing your OKRs data as a PDF

Now you can not only analyze your data and get answers from it immediately, but also export your Insightboard and turn into a PDF business report. What’s more, this also…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

March 23, 2020

Product Updates

Tracking progress with Delta Values

We cannot stress enough the importance of regular OKRs updates. Rather than simply talk the talk, we’re walking the walk. We’ve introduced Delta Values - % difference in progress from…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

March 16, 2020

Product Updates

Contributing ideas to the Gtmhub Marketplace

You know that earlier this year we introduced the industry-first Marketplace to help you ‘quick-start’ and successfully maintain an OKR process at your organization. And you remember how we promised…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

March 5, 2020

Company News Product Updates

Gtmhub: Exponential Edition

For Q2, we are almost doubling down on delivering value by planning 47 significant releases. Hence - we call it "Gtmhub: Exponential Edition."

By Ivan Osmak

March 4, 2020

Product Updates

Get more insightful with our new Performance & Process reports

Nowadays, we are enjoying beautiful and structured sets of data that can easily be turned into insights through various system integrations. What for? So, we make informed decisions and prepare…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

February 25, 2020

Product Updates

Welcome to our new connectors – Excel Online, Intercom, Basecamp, Asana

Gtmhub has hundreds of useful integrations that automatically pull data in and then turn it into meaningful insights. We have some more for you! We’re now introducing a new batch…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

February 19, 2020

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

OKRs for the Engineering team

Here, we’ll discuss some of the fundamentals of OKRs creation, including how to craft an effective engineering OKR. We’ll also provide OKR examples for inspiration at all levels of the…

By Seth Elliot

February 17, 2020

Start with OKRs Strategy meets Execution

Going Big: OKRs for large businesses

Originally developed at Intel and now used by companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook, OKRs have a proven track record of getting results for large-scale enterprises.

By Seth Elliot

February 4, 2020

Product Updates

Automating OKRs with Virtual Data Source

Instead of working directly with the 3rd party data source, you can now make your Insights work with Virtual Data Sources, which can contain complex logic, aggregate various data sources…

By Ivan Osmak

February 3, 2020

Product Updates

Installing OKRs from the industry-first Marketplace

We understand that you need some OKR examples to spark creativity and set your goals effectively. But even that isn’t enough. To solve your quick start problem, we have just…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

January 31, 2020

Start with OKRs Strategy meets Execution

Getting started with OKRs – for small businesses

It’s easy to associate OKRs with large companies rather than startups and small businesses. But, as industry guru John Doerr says in Measure What Matters: “At smaller start-ups, where people…

By Seth Elliot

January 27, 2020

Product Updates

Gtmhub introducing the first RPA (Robotic Process Automation) for OKRs

At Gtmhub, we are introducing the very first RPA (Robotic Process Automation) for OKRs in order to help large organizations deploy and manage OKRs at scale.

By Ivan Osmak

January 20, 2020

Product Updates

Get more organized with our new All-Tasks View

Our new Tasks View lets users of the Gtmhub software easily track their teams’ progress with assigned tasks. You can now comfortably say, “This is what I want to achieve”…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

January 15, 2020

Start with OKRs

Ditch New Year’s Resolutions and try OKRs instead

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) can transform your flimsy resolutions into a clear, sound and actionable plan for growth and achievement.

By Gabriela Karamalakova

January 14, 2020

Product Updates

Updating OKRs directly from MS Teams and Slack

Wouldn’t you love it if you could immediately access the data on your KR and discuss it right there and then? Yes, we get that. That’s why we decided to…

By Gabriela Karamalakova

January 8, 2020

Company News

Let’s START Accelerating Your Growth In 2020: Democratizing OKRs for All

Our START plan is a first-of-its-kind, self-serve plan for startups, small and medium sized businesses that fixes the formerly missing piece of the OKR puzzle to help young or smaller…

By Seth Elliot

January 6, 2020

Company News Product Updates

Agile at Scale – Gtmhub Q1 2020 Roadmap

We have recently announced our Series A, and the injection of capital is already visible on our roadmap. Q1 2020 represents the most significant update to the Gtmhub platform to date.…

By Ivan Osmak

December 18, 2019

Product Updates

Supercharge Alignment and Connected OKRs with Approval Workflow

Now you can use Gtmhub’s Approval Workflow feature to be sure that your key stakeholders and participants are actively engaged with your OKR initiative – and to identify and fix…

By Seth Elliot

July 31, 2019

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

Sales OKRs are NOT about sales targets

It is said that sales “lives by the number”. That number is usually some variation of revenue (bookings, billings, MRR, ARR…). The problem is that this number, as Jeff Bezos…

By Ivan Osmak

June 9, 2019

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

Why does Gtmhub not support weighted key results?

The use case of weighted key results is that some key results are more important than others – hence progress on the important key results should count for more than…

By Ivan Osmak

June 1, 2019

Product Updates

Gtmhub now integrates with ServiceNow

Last week we have announced the general availability of Gtmhub’s connector for ServiceNow. What is ServiceNow? ServiceNow is an enterprise solution which provides digital workflows for a variety of functions,…

By Ivan Osmak

April 9, 2019

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

One objective to rule them all; or how to kill it with OKRs

At the beginning of each quarter, the very first OKR I define for myself is a meta-objective: Kill it with OKRs. I’ve shared this practice with numerous people, and many…

By Ivan Osmak

April 8, 2019

OKR Insights

Outcomes over Output; or why OKRs are here to stay

OKRs are a white-hot topic at the moment. The management methodology which took roots in technology companies of Silicon Valley is now being implemented by banks, cities, corporates; small startups…

By Ivan Osmak

April 4, 2019