Office Hours: Getting Started; 3 Universal Deployment Parameters Welcome to OKRs Office Hours As noted in an earlier post that previewed The OKRs Field Book, there are 10 questions–dubbed the Universal Deployment Parameters–that you must answer before getting started with OKRs. We call these questions “deployment parameters” and Chapter 3 of The OKRs Field Book analyzes each parameter in detail. While you can get great content from the book, I’ve always felt an interactive video would bring the book to life. After completing my first book back in 2016, my daughter asked if the book would be ..read more

The OKRs Coach Network Author’s Note: I am so pleased to see that The OKRs Field Book continues to receive positive reviews on Amazon. When we started this blog series previewing the field book, the book was rated 4.9/5.0 based on 90 ratings in the USA and it’s currently getting a 4.8 with over 100 ratings! As an insecure author, I am so grateful for every single reader who took the time to post a review, even our first 1-star review. This post, however, will be the last preview of The OKRs Field Book, and I am not only recommending you get a copy of the field book, but I am also recommend ..read more

Field Book Preview: OKRs Cycle Coaching The prior post in our series previewing The OKRs Field Book introduced OKRs training workshops and included a sample agenda for the top-level workshop. If you go into an OKRs workshop with the ten universal deployment parameters defined and spend most of the time applying OKRs theory to draft your client’s real OKRs, this training workshop is very likely to be a major success. However, your work is just beginning. Here is a story that provides the context for getting started with OKRs cycle coaching. My father, Mario Lamorte, was a master elementary s ..read more

Field Book Preview: OKRs Training Workshops In the last OKRs Field Book preview article, I reflected on why and how I developed “OKRs deployment parameters” as the foundation for a successful OKRs program. In my early days, my clients and I were often tempted to begin the OKRs coaching engagement with a training workshop to get started drafting OKRs. Doing so is a mistake as detailed in the story about the trip I made to Paris in the prior post. Don’t make this mistake. Instead, begin your engagement with a few deployment coaching sessions to align on the ten universal parameters. While agr ..read more

Implementing OKRs Step 1: Begin with a Mission Everyone can agree that a corporate mission statement is important. It describes a business’s reason for existence, the organization’s purpose and overall intention. It can also inspire customers to choose your company over competitors. A global study revealed that consumers are four to six times more likely to purchase and champion purpose-driven corporations and U.S. consumers are over 80% more likely to have a positive image of, trust in, and be loyal to brands that lead with purpose. A mission statement also encourages employees to feel eng ..read more

OKRs Field Book Preview: 10 Universal Parameters In our latest OKRs Coach Network discussion, several coaches reported that defining OKRs deployment parameters as the foundation of an OKRs program right from the start was a game changer for their OKRs coaching practice. This blog post reflects on the experience I had in my early days as an OKRs coach that led to the development of these so-called “OKRs deployment parameters.” Chapter 3 of The OKRs Field Book covers OKRs deployment coaching in detail. Here is a preview of that chapter. In 2015, I flew to Paris to facilitate an OKRs training ..read more

OKRs Field Book Preview: Roles and Duration This is the second installment of the long-overdue blog series based on The OKRs Field Book. While this book is written primarily for external OKRs coaches who help their clients succeed with OKRs, the book is also getting great feedback from internal OKRs coaches who support the OKRs program within their organization. At the time of this post, the field book is rated 4.8/5.0 on Amazon! The first post in this series defined OKRs coaching and outlined why we expect the demand for OKRs coaching to continue to grow exponentially. In this post, we go ..read more

OKRs Coaching – What and Why I am so delighted that The OKRs Field Book continues to receive super-high reviews on Amazon. Based on the rating of 4.8/5.0 with 93 reviewers over its first year, I believe it is fair to conclude that the field book is delivering significant value to a small, but growing audience of OKRs coaches. In this blog series, I introduce each section of the field book. I include excerpts and key points along the way. I invite you to post your comments in this blog or join The OKRs Coach Network if you’d like to discuss OKRs coaching best practices with OKRs coaches arou ..read more

The Sixth OKRs Coaching Mantra: Incorporate Alignment When I studied yoga, I chanted mantras as I stretched my arms and legs. I repeated the mantras hundreds of times. I internalized them as a student of yoga. The OKRs Field Book introduced the first five mantras for OKRs coaches. I’d love for OKRs coaches to internalize these mantras. I recently discovered a sixth mantra for OKRs coaches  when I was interviewed in a recent podcast. The sixth mantra for OKRs coaches is to “build alignment into the fabric of your OKRs coaching engagement.” The OKRs Field Book includes tips for building ..read more

Defining an OKR for Organizational Health Mark Gandy, the host of the CFO Bookshelf Podcast, asked me a question in the 54th minute of our most recent conversation, “How do OKRs tie in or integrate with organizational health?” As I attempted to answer Mark’s question, it became clear that defining measurable key results that reflect organizational health is often quite challenging. Some clients want to reduce staff attrition rates, but they quickly point out that some attrition can be a good thing. So, they draft a key result like, reduce unwanted attrition. But then they are faced with the ..read more