Objectives and Key Results: Driving Focus, Alignment, and Engagement with OKRs (Wiley Corporate F&A)

**Everything you need to implement Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) effectively** __Objectives and Key Results__ is the first full-fledged reference guide on Objectives and Key Results, a critical thinking framework designed to help organizations create value through focus, alignment, and better communication. Written by two leading OKRs consultants and researchers, this book provides a one-stop resource for organizations looking to quantify qualitative goals and ensure each team focuses their efforts to make measureable progress on their most important goals. You’ll learn how OKRs came to be and how leading companies use them every day to help teams and employees stretch their thinking about what’s possible, build their goal-setting muscles and achieve results that reflect their full potential. From the basic framework to a detailed dissection of best practices, this informative guide walks you through real-world implementations to help you get the most out of OKRs. OKRs help employees work together, focus effort, and drive the organization forward. Key results are used to define what it means to achieve broad, qualitative goals, and imperatives like “do it better” are transformed into clear, measureable markers. From the framework’s inception in the 1980s to its popularity in today’s hyper-competitive environment, OKRs make work more engaging and feature frequent feedback cycles that enable workers to see the progress they make at work each and every day. This book shows you everything you need to know to implement OKRs effectively. * Understand the basics of OKRs and their day-to-day use * Learn how to gain the executive support critical to a successful implementation * Maintain an effective program with key assessment tips * Tailor the OKRs framework to your organization’s needs __Objectives and Key Results__ is your key resource for designing, planning, implementing, and maintaining your OKRs program for sustainable company-wide success.

Everything you need to implement Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) effectively

Objectives and Key Results is the first full-fledged reference guide on Objectives and Key Results, a critical thinking framework designed to help organizations create value through focus, alignment, and better communication. Written by two leading OKRs consultants and researchers, this book provides a one-stop resource for organizations looking to quantify qualitative goals and ensure each team focuses their efforts to make measureable progress on their most important goals. You'll learn how OKRs came to be and how leading companies use them every day to help teams and employees stretch their thinking about what's possible, build their goal-setting muscles and achieve results that reflect their full potential. From the basic framework to a detailed dissection of best practices, this informative guide walks you through real-world implementations to help you get the most out of OKRs.

OKRs help employees work together, focus effort, and drive the organization forward. Key results are used to define what it means to achieve broad, qualitative goals, and imperatives like "do it better" are transformed into clear, measureable markers. From the framework's inception in the 1980s to its popularity in today's hyper-competitive environment, OKRs make work more engaging and feature frequent feedback cycles that enable workers to see the progress they make at work each and every day. This book shows you everything you need to know to implement OKRs effectively.

• Understand the basics of OKRs and their day-to-day use
• Learn how to gain the executive support critical to a successful implementation
• Maintain an effective program with key assessment tips

• Tailor the OKRs framework to your organization's needs

Objectives and Key Results is your key resource for designing, planning, implementing, and maintaining your OKRs program for sustainable company-wide success.

Everything you need to implement Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) effectively "OKRs" "Step-by-Step" is the first full-fledged reference guide on Objectives and Key Results, a critical thinking framework designed to help organizations create value through focus, alignment, and better communication. Written by two leading OKRs consultants and researchers, this book provides a one-stop resource for organizations looking to quantify qualitative goals and ensure each team focuses their efforts to make measureable progress on their most important goals. You'll learn how OKRs came to be and how leading companies use them every day to help teams and employees stretch their thinking about what's possible, build their goal-setting muscles and achieve results that reflect their full potential. From the basic framework to a detailed dissection of best practices, this informative guide walks you through real-world implementations to help you get the most out of OKRs. OKRs help employees work together, focus effort, and drive the organization forward. Key results are used to define what it means to achieve broad, qualitative goals, and imperatives like 'do it better' are transformed into clear, measureable markers. From the framework's inception in the 1980s to its popularity in today's hyper-competitive environment, OKRs make work more engaging and feature frequent feedback cycles that enable workers to see the progress they make at work each and every day. This book shows you everything you need to know to implement OKRs effectively. Understand the basics of OKRs and their day-to-day use Learn how to gain the executive support critical to a successful implementation Maintain an effective program with key assessment tips Tailor the OKRs framework to your organization's needs "OKRs Step-by-Step" is your key resource for designing, planning, implementing, and maintaining your OKRs program for sustainable company-wide success. OKRs have become especially prevalent as of late given Google's open endorsement of the framework, and this book will capitalize on growing interest in the topic. It will consider what led us to OKRs, the basics and ins-and-outs of OKRs, executive support, the overall implementation of the framework, and maintaining success. The outline of this book will largely mirror Paul's successful Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step books, supplying practitioners with everything they need for effective OKRs implementation. Readers will benefit from a well-researched book that provides the latest theory, and more importantly, practice in OKRs. This book will provide a comprehensive walk-through of OKRs, from their beginnings at Intel in the 1980s to how to implement them effectively today and their place in the future of management Providing everything you need to implement Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) effectively, this book is your practical resource for designing, planning, implementing, and maintaining your OKRs program for sustainable company-wide success. -- Edited summary from book Content: Introduction to OKRs -- Preparing for Your OKRs Journey -- Creating Effective OKRs -- Connecting OKRs to Drive Alignment -- Managing with OKRs -- Making OKRs Sustainable -- Case Studies in OKRs Use.