A Free Guide to Establish a Quarterly OKR Cycle
Summary
The expectation to run teams and organizations in a more agile, fluid manner is continuing to grow and become the norm, not the rule. The best part of the growing popularity of OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) is how this practice creates agility because it’s based on managing and planning in quarterly increments. As we’ve noted in other guides, OKRs are all the rage, made popular by Google, as a methodology for goal setting and driving accountability throughout high-growth organizations. Driving agility comes from the management cycle of revising results and refreshing goals quarterly, with annual company-wide priorities backed by monthly progress reporting. Here are a few tips: The trickiest part of streamlining an OKR cycle is reporting on performance and establishing the next quarter’s goals at one time.