Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art – Peter Drucker

As John Doerr puts it, "Ideas are precious, but Execution is everything."

And I would advocate the same.?

OKR Course:?Learnings: Part 1

Though the course provides an in-depth explanation of the implementation process, one should understand and buy an idea before implementing it.?

#okrs are Objectives (WHATs) and Key Results (HOWs) of achieving the organization's Mission (WHY).

To thrive in any Industry, you must strive, think outside the box, and develop a healthy disregard for the impossible. Would it not be beneficial to have a tool that helps you give #focusonwhatmatters and #alignment in achieving what matters most to your organization?

But why another tool? Don't we already have enough to track and measure? Why should we have another goal-setting framework?

An excellent explanation: "If your organizational problems could be materialized as a DIY self-assembly IKEA kitchen, for example, #okrs would NOT be a hammer designed for smashing the problems to bits, but rather the multipurpose Allen keys set, paired with a clear instruction manual."

But before bringing about this change, it would be beneficial to be clear about what you want to solve with #okrs. Some questions would help here:

- Do you have too many or constantly changing #priorities, distracting people from your core #strategy?

- Do you have little or no #innovation and #learningopportunity?

- Do your team members need more focus and clarity, and do they know where the company is going?

- Do your team members know their contribution to the organization's goals?

- Are your business units aligned to achieve the organization's goals?

Wear the problem-solving hat and find answers.

If you have communicated your #strategy, why, despite all your efforts, do you see problems going on repeatedly??

Some more questions:

- Does your organization write down and regularly communicate #goals?

- Who writes the goals in your organization?

- Do your goals feel like they matter? Do they affect the work your teams do day-to-day?

- Does your organization have #strategies to make its mission a reality?

- Do the team members feel they participate in #executing the strategy?

- Do all the team members know your #mission? Do they feel their work supports it?

Answers to these questions make up some foundational reasons people begin using #okrs (Objectives and Key Results) to lead their organizations.

Discuss with your #leadership Team, and conduct a #swotanalysis of the new tool.

Discuss?how?#okrs will help in #problemsolving and align your team with your decision.

- Communicate how performance will improve when teams are committed to a single strategic goal.

- Communicate how specific, relatively demanding goals increase commitment.

- Communicate how clear goals, roles, and execution plans will instigate a sense of contribution towards a higher objective.

You can choose to do what "#leaders" do best. Model #okrs and do them well at the top. Show how #okrs are guiding the organization's #strategy. Use them in team meetings and continue the process every cycle (#okrs have a 90-day cycle). Communicate in meetings how #okrs have helped you clarify, #focusonwhatmatters and #communicate your strategy, how #okrs have given you clear #goals, #purpose, and improved your performance.

Then, I'd like you to envision the ideal for your organization.?

"The key is not to prioritize what is on your schedule but to schedule your priorities. – Stephen Covey"

..... contd. in Part 2