THE OKRs BLOG… BY BEN LAMORTE
This blog is a resource for anyone using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) or considering using OKRs to make measurable progress on their most important goals at work. Given my background in software, driver-based planning, and financial modeling, I may add a post related to these topics from time to time as well.
24 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Dedicated OKRs Tool
Large organizations including Google and Sears built proprietary systems for defining and tracking OKRs for thousands of employees. But what if you’re not a F500 company? What if you don’t have the internal resources to develop an in-house OKRs solution? Do you...
Book Preview: OKRs Examples & Types
Great news! My son’s team finally won a soccer tournament after 3 years! On a more related note to this blog, I’m pleased to share the latest preview of my upcoming book. The book will feature case studies detailing real-world stories with OKRs. My last blog features...
OKRs Book Preview
Many of my readers are asking me where they can find an OKRs book describing how to successfully launch their OKRs project. I couldn’t find one, so I’m writing one myself. Here’s a preview of the first chapter of my upcoming book on Objectives and Key Results. To...
How to Deploy OKRs, Now!
Sorry! OKRs begins with you! Did you draft your OKRs? Are you still contemplating how and if to get started with OKRs? If you’re stuck contemplating the pros and cons and analyzing how and if to deploy OKRs, I recommend you stop the analysis now. Begin your analysis...
OKRs Coaching: Quantifying Engineering’s Contribution to Sales
Why? My readers are requesting specific OKRs coaching examples and best practices for making work measurable and creating a metrics-driven culture. In this post, I share highlights from my OKRs coaching session with an Engineering VP at a mid-sized software company to...
Are you Measuring the Right Things or is Amelia Bedelia Defining Your KPIs?
One extremely competent CFO was looking for help with performance management. His team defined 5 elements of success: Identify KPIs and prototype cascading dashboards Define metrics we should track for 5 business units, 40 departments Create a metrics-driven culture...
Everyone Should Have OKRs! Q&A with a Googler
Google introduced me to Niket Desai by fate. I googled the term “OKRs template” and Niket’s OKRs template popped up #1. I’m pleased to share this Q&A with Niket on his amazing journey with OKRs as a successful entrepreneur, Googler, and investor. Niket believes...
How to Get Started with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
So you did your research on OKRs: You reviewed the Google video on OKRs. You read a bunch of blogs on OKRs. You know Intel, LinkedIn, Twitter, and dozens of hot start-ups in the Silicon Valley use the OKRs methodology to define, align, and make progress on their most...
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