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Architecting Change: Rethinking goal setting's role in achieving necessary change
We talk a lot around here about Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and in this episode, we dive into an adjacent topic: the role that goal setting can play in making a case for and achieving important change in our organizations. The audio for this episode is from a LinkedIn Live that I hosted recently (if you'd like to hear about our every-other Wednesday Live gatherings, join our email list). Those Live sessions are geared toward changemaker leaders and strategic implementors within organizations who are hungry for ways to increase change effectiveness, increase employee engagement, and spend more time focused on achievement of their most important priorities.
How to: Create low-fidelity index measures to fill progress data gaps
We come across a scenario often, when teams are subjectively estimating their progress (overly optimistically), and then missing the mark on their ultimate outcome goals. In the OKR biz, that's a "watermelon metric" scenario: our performance is "green" on our estimated progress all quarter and then flips to "red" when the actual data comes in at the end of the term. Green on the outside, red on the inside = the metric went watermelon….
The Goal-ification of OKRs
With the recent launch of Microsoft Viva Goals, and Asana Goals, this episode touches on how OKRs are moving more mainstream. We also share why and how — even in casual goal-setting approaches — the term “Key Results” should be treated as a term of art, with a careful definition and usage to preserve the power of Key Results in goal-setting.
What we can learn during the annual goals “silly season”
This time of year is called the "silly season" in motorsports because we're in the literal middle of our racing season AND we're all already operating in the 2023 season: planning partnerships, talent moves, and logistics for the year we won't start for another six months.
Every summer I see something really similar with my corporate clients who set goals annually…