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Strategy meets Execution

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 fact is that OKRs are not a right fit for every team. In this post we will share what we’ve learned over the years working

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Why do OKRs fail?

Start with OKRs

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.

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Going Big: OKRs for large 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 absolutely need to be pulling in the same direction, OKRs are a survival tool.”

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Getting started with OKRs for small businesses

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Gtmhub raises $120 Million. The largest Series C round of funding in the OKRs software space.


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Gtmhub Raises $120 Million Series C Largest Funding Round in the OKRs Software Space

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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. Check out the new product updates that happened in February 2021.

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Measure What Matters in real life Feb 2021 Edition

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

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Why enterprises can't do OKRs without the software

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 in theory. In practice, achieving effective alignment is hard.

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Alignment for adaptive strategy execution

Voices of OKR

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, OKRs will not create impact. But how do you foster commitment when agile behavior and exhausting sprints have not yet encroached on the corporate DNA?

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How positive psychology and mental training foster commitment to OKRs

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

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OKRs don’t have to be complicated

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 – quite a lot.

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Beware of the smart people doing the OKRs implementation

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.


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Why every early-stage company should implement OKRs immediately

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

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

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.

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Gtmhub Q1 2021 Product Roadmap

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Efficiency is for robots

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 when someone does something for the first time, he decided to do things differently. Instead of an old lady playing the organ, he formed a rock band to play the same church songs.

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On rituals and rules

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 to push past that awkwardness and that uncomfortableness, and just keep practicing with it.

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OKR Confessions: Elise from City of Seattle

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 my OKRs for this quarter.” This of course is not a way to dodge extra work, but truly concentrate on what is important for the customers and the company.

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OKR Confessions: Peter from Froomle

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

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

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.

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5 tips for OKR coaches

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 this modern, digital, constantly changing economic climate?

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Can your organization adapt faster than it can be disrupted?

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 can make or break your ability to be successful?

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Key levers to successfully convert your strategy into reality with OKRs

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

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

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 factors. This article will help you understand how certain physio-psychological traits can increase or decrease the effectiveness of OKR goals.

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The science of setting goals and OKRs

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.”


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The Ultimate Outcome

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 tool, it is important to clearly articulate the rationale behind your choice for OKRs.

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

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