In most large companies that have a mature ORK practice, the CEO’s office or the HR team will kick off the OKR Planning cycle. If you don’t have an established OKR practice, before you begin developing objectives, decide who should lead your OKR planning discussions. This might be your CEO, operations manager, team leader, or project/account manager.
Step 2: Set up a strong foundation
- Review mission. This first step is important for keeping your objectives aligned with the company’s vision statement and overall values.
- Review company strategy
- Identify opportunities. Knowing what bets your company is making is helpful when coming up with objectives, key results, and initiatives. Try to get a consensus from your leadership team about the company’s biggest challenges.
- Use data collect all data required to establish the opportunity
Step 2: Plan company Annual OKRs
The Leadership team or the CEO jointly draft the company goals for the year. These goals should include a brief of why
Step 3: Plan Team Quarterly OKRs, bottomups
Each function or team manager will kick off their own team OKR planning process based on the company OKRs and strategy.
Step 4: Review and discuss OKRS with the team
Next, you’ll move on to developing your OKRs. This will involve
Before you start
What are OKRs?
OKR Meaning
History of OKRs
Benefits of OKRs
Are OKRs right for me?
OKR Mistakes to Avoid
A Brief Guide to OKRs
Aligning with OKRs
Strategic Planning
OKRs in Strategy
SMART, MBO, BHAG
Role of an OKR Champion
Take the OKR Quiz
The North Guide to OKRs
Getting started with OKRs
How North works
A typical OKR Cycle
Planning your OKRs
Weekly OKR Check-In
Stretch vs Committed OKRs
Aligning vs Cascading OKRs
Aligning OKR Teams
OKRs vs KPI
OKR vs KPI: with Examples
Input vs Output metrics
Good and Bad OKRs
OKRs and Agile
OKR Templates
Learning resources
Vision & Mission Templates
Google OKR Template
OKRs for Product teams
OKRs for CEOs’ teams
OKRs for Sales teams
OKRs for Marketing teams
OKRs with Google Workspace
North Features
Getting started with North
Org and Team goals
Goal Initiatives
Goal Check-ins
Give Awards
Goal Alignment
Our take on Product
OKRs for AARRR Metrics
On Product discovery
Communicating well
Metrics for Product teams
Telling stories with data
Data visualisation