Middle managers can strongly influence the success of OKRs. Here’s how their job changes to support these new goals.
Discipline-specific OKRs
Posted on November 7, 2022.Disciplines that function as services to product teams can have OKRs too. Here are two ways to think about how to do that.
Everything has an origin. Don’t be afraid to question it.
Posted on October 31, 2022.Just because we've always done things a certain way doesn't mean they still make sense in a modern context. Questioning means improving.
OKR Leadership: OKRs are not task lists
Posted on May 8, 2022.If your teams' OKRs are turning into lists of tasks to complete that's a red flag that you're asking the wrong questions.
OKR Leadership: Stop telling people what to do
Posted on May 2, 2022.The biggest change a leader has to make if OKRs are to succeed is to stop telling their teams what to do.
OKR Leadership: A safe culture of learning
Posted on April 25, 2022.OKRs require the psychological safety for teams to be wrong and a culture that celebrates the learning they bring from their product discovery work.
OKR Leadership: Without trust for your teams OKRs fail
Posted on April 11, 2022.Leading teams with OKRs requires several changes to the way you manage. The first and most important is trusting the team you’ve hired to do their work. Here’s how to start.
Why are you working on that?
Posted on February 21, 2022.Shared purpose and alignment come from a broad understanding of strategy. Here’s how to help your teams know why they are doing their work.
What is Agile?
Posted on January 3, 2022.You can laud the idea and still be critical of the implementation. That is the true spirit of Agile. Here’s how I came around to this idea.
Customer value and business value are the same thing
Posted on October 25, 2021.Successful businesses know that making the customer happy is their only concern. Here's why.