Cracking the OKR Framework
9 Days
·Cohort-based Course
The tools, techniques and approaches I use with high-growth tech startups, scale-ups and household names.
Cracking the OKR Framework
9 Days
·Cohort-based Course
The tools, techniques and approaches I use with high-growth tech startups, scale-ups and household names.
Course overview
Can you afford to fail with OKRs?
When used well OKRs are a game changer, driving focus and creating alignment, but many organisations struggle to adopt them.
You can read endless blog posts and watch countless YouTube videos and go it alone.
Alternatively you can join a cohort based live course and learn the same techniques as the c-suites and product teams at my unicorn and household name clients.
Be the OKR leader your organisation needs.
Who is this course for
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You've tried OKRs but you didn't get the traction you expected.
This course will teach you how to adapt the framework to your context.
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With a downturn looming, you lose sleep because your team's dedication and hard work isn't delivering the outcomes your business needs.
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You’re a leader in a product-related role in a tech organisation. You've noticed an absence of focus and alignment and believe OKRs can help
Key outcomes
Turn hard work into great results
Break the cycle of building without impact. Learn how Objectives and Key Results can align teams behind outcomes for your customers and your business.
Hit the ground running and facilitate great OKR sessions
Plan your first goal-setting session immediately after the course. Feel confident hosting sessions where everybody engages and creates goals the team aspires to achieve.
Have your pilot ready to go
Think big, start small, learn fast. Employ emergent thinking to define a pilot that will have impact but will allow you to discover the approach that suits your context.
Become your organisation's OKR thought leader
You will have the insight to recognise goals that work, goals that have no impact and goals that hold teams back. You will see where bad advice has set your colleagues on the wrong OKR path. With your advice, they will focus on what matters to your customers and your business.
Build the context for enduring success
One of the best kept OKR secrets are the enabling capabilities that power outcomes thinking. You'll learn how to evaluate your capabilities and gain insights to improving them. This will help your organisation continually improve and create successful outcome after successful out
Learn how to get Senior Leader buy-in for OKRs.
This is one of the most common OKR questions. In this optional additional module you will get an actionable approach to convince your leaders to adopt the OKR framework.
Cracking the OKR Framework
Break the cycle of building without impact.
Learn how Objectives and Key Results can align teams behind outcomes for your customers and your business.
This course is not for you if
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You're a very early stage startup, pivoting rapidly to find Product Market Fit. Once you have that, let's talk!
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You're an individual contributor or solopreneur looking to create goals. OKRs work best for cross-functional teams.
Discounts are available for teams of 3+. Collaborate with your colleagues to accelerate your Objectives and Key Results learning.
Apply a best in class canvas in your organisation
Get to work with a proven canvas and tracking template. Tools that will serve you from Day 1.
See what people are saying
Jason Tunstall
James Linton
CEO
COO
LT Member
Product Manager
Questions? Email us for answers and more information on the class. We'd love to hear from you.
Meet your instructor
Ian Harvey
Founder, Outcomes Thinking
Ian Harvey is a strategic execution coach. He helps organisations and teams radically improve their outcomes by adopting OKR.
His recent outcomes experience ranges from Unicorn startups to Fortune 500 stalwarts. Sectors includes insuretech, fintech. SAAS, healthcare, research and education organisations.
Ian has spoken about OKRs and strategy at multiple conferences.
He is building this course because he's seen far too many pointless initiatives, projects and software releases. As we enter tougher times, it's more important than ever to work on what really matters.
If you want to use OKRs to help your organisation gain the superpower of focus, this course is for you.
Learning is better with cohorts
Active learning, not passive watching
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
Course syllabus
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What’s an outcome?
Most people think it’s okay to track outputs with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), but actually, that’s why many implementations fail. We’ll break down the difference between outcomes and outputs. You will be clear on why this definition is one of the most important things your organisation needs to know.
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Facilitating workshops that create winning goals
If you want your teams to have a sense of ownership of their goals, you need to engage them in the setting. The best OKRs come from a diverse range of voices. You’ll learn how to engage all styles of contributors, not just the loudest. You will practise techniques that help teams go from output to outcomes thinking.
03
Identifying High Value Metrics
OKRs use metrics to measure progress towards an objective. We will explore leading, lagging and proxy metrics and how to identify the metrics you need. You will work through case studies and practise creating metrics in various practical exercises.
04
Creating the context for continued success
We will talk about keeping goals front and centre. You will define a pilot approach to allow you to learn how they’ll work in your context. We will examine the capabilities your organisation needs to improve to make OKRs a success.
05
Engaging Check-in
Much of the literature and discourse about OKRs focuses on setting them. We will discuss why the heart of the framework is the periodic review. You will learn why 'set and forget' is your biggest enemy.
Course schedule
5-8 hours over three sessions
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
1:00pm - 2:30pm EST
We'll have three highly interactive 90 mins workshops. We will mix lecture, discussion and breakout exercises to build your skills.
2x Optional Group Q&A
1pm - 2pm EST - The following Wednesday
As you start to apply your knowledge, you will have questions. Let's share them and continue to learn together.
Optional 1:1 Coaching
1 hour - when you need it
You can schedule an additional 1:1 coaching session after the course.
Additional Course Benefits
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1:1 Coaching
Each attendee will receive an additional 60 mins coaching session after the course. This will deepen your knowledge and allow us to work through the challenges of your specific context.
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Office hours Q&A
We will schedule 2x60 mins office hours sessions for the cohort. Learn the challenges your fellow attendees are facing and how to resolve them.
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Bonus materials
You will continue to receive updates to the canvas and a guide to OKRs you can share with colleagues.
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1 month e-mail support
Applying knowledge in the real world is bound to raise questions. For the first month after the course, I will answer your queries via email.