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OKR Case Study: The $50K Status Report Pageant
No-BS OKRs, Leadership Sara Lobkovich No-BS OKRs, Leadership Sara Lobkovich

OKR Case Study: The $50K Status Report Pageant

This Fortune 500 division had great OKR training. So why weren't their OKRs working? What happens when you spend heavily on OKR training but your quarterly reviews are still expensive "talking circles?" This case study shows what changed when a client stopped focusing their entire OKR effort on "writing better OKRs" and started changing how people behave in order to improve performance.

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Strategic Goal Setting: Break the Busy Habit, Boost Results
Sara Lobkovich Sara Lobkovich

Strategic Goal Setting: Break the Busy Habit, Boost Results

You know that exhausting feeling when everyone's incredibly busy, working harder than ever, but somehow you're not making meaningful progress on what actually matters? Learn what separates “being busy” from actually doing strategic goal setting in this guide from OKR Coach Sara Lobkovich.

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OKR vs KPI: Understanding the Key Differences
No-BS OKRs Sara Lobkovich No-BS OKRs Sara Lobkovich

OKR vs KPI: Understanding the Key Differences

Curious about the difference between OKRs and KPIs? This post explains how each measurement approach works, when to use them, and why keeping your metrics clear can lead to better business results. Learn how OKRs and KPIs can work together to help you focus on both tracking performance and driving real improvement.

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The Podcast

Thinkydoers is where we shift out of our heads and whiteboard drawings and work to find language for our thought-work and stories.

Each episode tackles a question, a thought experiment, or a resource intended to help you reduce frustration and friction, and increase satisfaction and flow, in your work.

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Courses & Community

Thinkydoers, frustrated change agents, overthinkers, and challengers of the status quo:

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Here you’ll find our library of free downloadable tools, results-focused online learning options, and other ways to connect through our communities. Draft Evolutionary OKRs Playbook

Free Resources to Aid Your Inner Strategist