Beat the Heat with OKRs: Bruce the Shark from Jaws
Jaws fulfilled one part of his OKR — terrorize Amity Island — but failed on the other (not getting caught).
July 9, 2021
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Drafting Impactful Finance OKRs – Mission Possible
Objectives and Key Results can help the Finance team achieve operational and functional excellence.
July 8, 2021
The Top 3 Killers of OKRs I See When Coaching Organizations
There are three main mistakes that people make when setting OKRs ranging from simple administrative issues to wider strategic ones.
July 5, 2021
The Lion King: Scar and his OKR
Scar achieved 67% progress on his OKR. Ultimately, he Hakuna Matata’d his second Key Result and it cost him his life.
July 2, 2021
Beware of the Dogma of Outcomes and find your own Approach
We’re close to creating the dogma of being a “real” product team, only if the focus is on Outcomes.
June 30, 2021
Product team OKRs for connecting Outcomes & Work items
Connecting product management work items to business outcomes is a struggle. OKRs are explored as the “connecting the dots” solution.
June 28, 2021
John Doe from Se7en and His OKR
John Doe’s commitment to his horrifying beliefs teach us about the importance of connecting company missions to the day-in, day-out routine.
June 25, 2021
Jerry Mouse and his OKR
The question shouldn’t be, “Was Jerry successful with his OKR?” but “Is Jerry Mouse successful as a lovable cartoon character that has tickled funny bones for decades”… “or as a fun-sized sadist that brings a humorous twist to physical and psychological torture?”
June 18, 2021
OKRs Turn COOs into Transformation Leaders
COOs can use OKRs to drive large-scale changes, needed enterprise-wide shifts, and even overarching digital and business transformation.
June 17, 2021
The 4 S’s of OKR preparation
There are 4 stages of preparation for implementing OKRs: Structure, Strategy, Systems and Staff.
June 15, 2021
Jack Torrance and his OKR
Your teams operating without a focus on what matters is like Jack at the end of the film: stuck in the maze with no idea how to get out.
June 11, 2021
COOs, Orange Juice, and OKRs: Getting the Most Squeeze from Your Operations
COOs get a better “squeeze” on operations with OKRs because, like the juicer, OKRs solve several problems for the COO. We’ll explore a non-exhaustive list of problems around alignment and engagement.
June 10, 2021
Everything You Need to Crush It as a Chief of Staff
This resource guide is dedicated to helping Chiefs of Staff make others effective and have an outcome mentality.
June 8, 2021
OKRs are simple but not easy: 3 reasons why
Crafting good OKRs is challenging. Here are three reasons they’re not as easy as you might think.
June 7, 2021
The Joker in The Dark Knight and his OKR
The Joker achieved only 62.5% Objective progress. He failed to reach his goal because of his commitment issues and a lack of plan.
June 4, 2021
A hands-on performance management guide for SMEs
Christian Rois and David Zechner are consultants at EDELWEISS CONSULTING – a leading consultancy company based in Austria. Christian is an entrepreneur, co-founder and managing partner at EDELWEISS CONSULTING, consulting executives in IT, Finance, NPOs and the public sector. David is a consultant, certified trainer, and overall an IT person with a hands-on mentality and
June 2, 2021
Thanos and his universe-shattering OKR
At 75% progress, Thanos failed to reach his objective. The primary blocker? Even as an all-powerful, all-seeing Villain with the power of the Universe in his hand, Thanos was too short-sighted to follow up his execution of the Snap. He failed to anticipate disruption.
May 28, 2021
Killmonger and his OKR
Killmonger achieved only 25% goal progress. He could have benefitted from more satisfied, engaged, and inspired Wakandians supporting his mission and strategy.
May 21, 2021
The 5 critical success factors of OKR adoption
There are five critical factors that determine the success or failure of adopting Objectives and Key Results.
May 19, 2021
Hela and her OKR
Hela achieved 45% progress. However, there were two things that prevented her from reaching her objective: She failed to consider the greatest risk to her achieving her goal. And similar to Hans Gruber, she operated with a waterfall mentality rather than agile (little “a”).
May 14, 2021
Uncovering the Chief of Staff’s Purpose
Everything you do as a Chief of Staff has the potential to drive effectiveness for the organization. It may be hard to see at first, but through the power of OKRs you can create a measurable difference for how your organization executes.
May 12, 2021
Key Results Should Pass the “So What?” Test
The technique called the “So What?” Test, is as simple as it is powerful. It can help you improve your OKRs by forcing you to create Key Results that add value.
May 10, 2021
Ultron and his OKR
Ultron achieved only 42% Objective progress. He failed to execute his strategy. Let’s review why through an OKRs lens.
May 7, 2021
Accelerate Progress as a Diversity & Inclusion Leader: A Resource Guide
Learn why OKRs are crucial for D&I. Read our whitepaper, a practical blueprint for driving measurable results. Listen to D&I experts and practitioners talk about struggles and strategies in their companies. Tip the D&I domino.
May 5, 2021
Moff Gideon and his OKR
Business downfalls are no different than Gideon’s. Sometimes we map out our plans, execute them, and find out that we come up short in the end because of something unexpected.
April 30, 2021
The road to SOC 2 Type 2 certification
An outline of Gtmhub’s approach to achieving the selective and rigorous SOC 2 Type 2 certification with the help of OKRs.
April 27, 2021
Lions and Tigers and OKRs, Oh My!: The Wicked Witch of the West and her OKR
The Wicked Witch of the West learned that she had serial temporary advantage in her world, much like in ours. Her strategy needed a strategy. To win, she needed to iterate on and diligently execute new approaches more rapidly than her enemy.
April 23, 2021
OKRs & Cognitive biases
Except for the awareness of cognitive biases you should develop, it is best to get feedback on your OKRs to counter thinking biases that might have propelled you to make the wrong conclusions about your goals and plans.
April 21, 2021
Sheldon J. Plankton and his OKR
What you focus on matters and if something isn’t working, try something different. Plankton, almost aimlessly, pursues an Objective he consistently fails at without stopping to reevaluate his methodology.
April 16, 2021
Crush the 5 Team Dysfunctions with OKRs
The biggest benefit of OKRs to crushing dysfunction is right here in the name — key results. Not just results, key ones, ones that matter for progress and engagement.
April 14, 2021