Since the 1950s, business leaders have embraced a variety of management techniques designed to improve employee performance. Peter Drucker introduced Management by Objectives (MBOs), a process during which management and employees define and agree upon objectives and what they need to do to achieve them. In the early 1980s, S.M.A.R.T. goals and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) became popular methods for organizations to set objectives. Then in 1999, John Doerr introduced Objectives – Key Results (OKRs) to Google, a model he first learned about at Intel, and revolutionized goal setting. Today, OKRs are a de facto standard for aligning company and individual goals.
A management methodology that helps businesses focus effort on the same important issues throughout their organization, OKRs have been cornerstones to improving operational excellence at industry leaders such as Intel, Oracle, Google and others. As employees leave these companies for start-ups and other ventures of their own, from Twitter and Zynga to LinkedIn, they are bringing the OKRs model with them as a way to drive organizational alignment.
This e-book is designed to help your organization:
• Understand the value of OKRs
• Begin to effectively set OKRs
• Choose the right OKR software
Click HERE for full access to this educational resource courtesy of Board Member, Jeremy Mort.
