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What happens after OKRs?

This is a guest blog from Jeff Gothelf, Author: Lean UX and Sense & Respond. You can follow Jeff’s blog, follow Jeff on Twitter, or visit his website. So you’ve…

By Alex Galin

August 6, 2018

OKR Insights

Why and when it’s OK to have tasks as OKR?

Coming up with OKRs, in the beginning, is often hard. OKRs make a ton of sense when someone else tells you about them, but many will have a writer’s block…

By Ivan Osmak

May 27, 2018

OKR Insights

Sport and OKRs

The OKR methodology is as perfectly suited to develop a successful outcome in sport as it is in setting and attaining seemingly out of reach business goals. by Mark Richard of…

By Bo Pedersen

April 6, 2018

OKR Insights

Bonuses & OKRs at Gtmhub

When introducing OKRs, businesses often wonder how do they fit in performance appraisals or bonus schemas. Every organization will have its own take and in this post, I am going…

By Ivan Osmak

April 4, 2018

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

The Health Problem

According the WHO, obesity has tripled since 1975. 39% of people aged 18 or over are overweight or obese. These are global numbers; in the US, UK, China, and other…

By Bo Pedersen

March 13, 2018

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

Annual vs Quarterly OKRs

A common question we get is – should we set annual OKRs or quarterly OKRs? In this post, I am going to describe what we have found to work best…

By Ivan Osmak

March 6, 2018

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

Top 5 myths about OKRs

Most organizations will fail with OKRs on their first attempt. The actual reasons differ, but quite often it’s the gap between expectations and reality. In this post, I am going…

By Ivan Osmak

February 13, 2018

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

How to restart your OKRs when they fail miserably?

Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) are a great management methodology, but implementing them is notoriously hard. Very sizeable percentage of companies that decide to implement OKRs will fail within first…

By Ivan Osmak

January 26, 2018

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

OKRs vs KPIs

When people first learn about OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), a lot of times they’ll be confused how are OKRs different from KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). Admittedly, there are certain…

By Ivan Osmak

January 18, 2018

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

How to OKR: Why objective should be qualitative?

I’ve just had a conversation with a fellow agile enthusiast and a question popped up. Namely, is “Increase new sales by 50%” a good objective? The theory or best practices…

By Ivan Osmak

December 22, 2017

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

MRR or Monthly Recurring Revenue

What is MRR? MRR or Monthly Recurring Revenue is a KPI specific for SaaS (Software as a Service) businesses. In SaaS business model, customers pay regular (typically monthly) subscription for…

By Ivan Osmak

October 5, 2017

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

Ask these 3 questions to succeed with OKRs.

Bottom Line: To be successful with OKRs, ask three questions:  What do we want to achieve? How are we going to measure success? What are we going to do to…

By Bo Pedersen

August 24, 2017

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

OKRs – everything you need to know

OKRs stand for Objectives and Key Results. It’s a goal management methodology, especially well suited for ambitious, high-growth companies. This post is a tutorial of sorts, which includes both the…

By Ivan Osmak

July 28, 2017

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

OKRs in a pre-product market fit startup

Increase revenue. That is by far the most popular objective on our trial accounts. And, can you blame people. It is raison d’être for having a business. Yes, yes… make the world…

By Ivan Osmak

June 29, 2017

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

Single most important factor of successful OKRs adoption

I’d love to tell you that getting the right OKRs software, such as Gtmhub, is the most important thing to ensure successful adoption of OKRs – alas it is not…

By Ivan Osmak

June 27, 2017

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

Playbook for adopting OKRs in a startup

OKRs are all the rage among the startups these days. There is a lot of resources on what OKRs are and how to use them. While OKRs, as a concept,…

By Ivan Osmak

June 26, 2017

OKR Insights Start with OKRs

What is an OKR champion?

When a team or company adopts OKRs, establishing a role of OKR champion is one of the most important things that needs to happen. In short, the role of this person is…

By Ivan Osmak

June 14, 2017

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

Why do OKRs fail?

Not every team that decides to implement OKRs will succeed in doing so. We, at Gtmhub – just as other vendors – will give advice and point out solutions, but the…

By Ivan Osmak

June 2, 2017

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

Common OKR Mistakes – A Summary

Getting OKRs right is difficult. Although simple in construct, OKRs require commitment, discipline and have wide ranging and transformative ramifications at every level of the organization. Below are some of…

By Bo Pedersen

April 3, 2017

OKR Insights

Start planning your Q2 OKRs now

Bottom Line: Start planning your Q2 OKRs well ahead of the end of Q1 in order to ensure that you’re in a good place to kick off Q2. Communicate Communicate…

By Bo Pedersen

March 14, 2017

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

The Balanced Scorecard, Strategy Maps, and OKRs

Bottom Line: If you’re working with OKRs, you may find it useful to think about the Balanced Scorecard perspectives when setting OKRs. Which Balanced Scorecard perspectives, or categories are you supporting with…

By Bo Pedersen

March 6, 2017