Implementing with OKRs
Are you looking to implement a strategy that will give your business the edge over your competitors?
If so, adopting a framework that implements OKRs may be just the solution your business needs.
What are OKRs?
The term OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) was first coined by Andy Grove who was CEO at Intel Corporation, and has been successfully implemented by industry giants such as Google and Amazon ever since.
Simple in concept and application, adopting OKRs as the means to implementing your strategy allows for a powerful, measurable means of monitoring your success, helping you set achievable targets with a clear plan and timescale to follow through.
As businesses look to scale up without compromising on quality, or seek to create an accurate business plan while projecting into the future, OKRs can be instrumental in providing clarity when looking to build the bridge between daily tasks and annual goals.
OKRs are an effective means of raising accountability levels in an organisation while providing an easy to understand methodology that can be adopted throughout the organisation
Keen to learn more?
To see the effects OKRs can have on your business, reach out to secure your space today.
Programme Outline and Benefits
The Implementing with OKRs programme is designed to enable you to successfully execute a strategy within your organisation so that the daily tasks carried out by team members align with your annual goals
This includes a comprehensive introduction to OKRs, the opportunity for group discussions, practical exercises and participant feedback, coaching practice and space for personal reflection.
The key aim is to equip your organisation with the necessary skills to execute a successful OKR framework that will guarantee results that are tailored to your business’s goals and trajectories.
By joining Les’s tried and tested programme, you’ll have access to materials for self-study, as well as tools and templates that allow you to efficiently adapt OKRs to your own business’s strategy.
- You will also have the opportunity to participate in interactive workshops that cover the following topics:
- A comprehensive OKR implementation roadmap
- Best case examples and scenarios when adopting OKRs
- Potential challenges faced by organisations implementing OKRs
- Understanding cultural barriers when adopting OKRs
- OKRs vs KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
- How to set OKRs using objective criteria
- Establishing quantitative key results
- Understanding the OKR management cycle
- Using OKRs in a change of management context
- Inspiring individuals and teams towards action
- Writing successful implementation checklists
A key focus of the programme is to ensure that new practitioners have an excellent understanding of the framework, enabling them to adapt the use of OKRs in their own strategies and quickly see results. The OKR approach ensures that businesses hold themselves accountable in making progress towards their goals, with clear targets to hit so as to keep on track.
- Clarity on objectives and increased confidence, with the most effective actions to take to achieve the desired results
- Guidance on adopting the practical, step-by-step framework Les delivers to suit your own strategy and attain your business goals
- Proven results. Past clients who have embraced the process have enjoyed 10X growth, as well as significant short term success
The methodology can be tailored to each organisation, with clear goals that align with the future trajectory of your business’s plans.
Programme Participants
This programme is designed for individuals primarily concerned with providing and implementing an effective strategy across an organisation. Whether you’re a Managing Director looking to scale up your SME, or part of a senior team seeking to adopt OKRs to upgrade implementation capability, this framework hands you the tools to successfully build a step-by-step path to achieving business objectives.
What’s the programme’s schedule?
The programme follows a regular weekly rhythm over a duration of 4 weeks:
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Monday:
The week starts with a 1-hour group meeting online. Here, Les will brief participants on the work which is to be completed during the week as it relates to the design, management and review of OKRs in your business. Les will also use his extensive knowledge of growing businesses to provide context, guidance and practical tips for generating desired outcomes. -
Thursday:
Monday’s session will be followed by a 1-hour 1-2-1 meeting online, where the company’s participants are to review the work undertaken. Here, Les will discover any challenges faced, offer up alternative approaches, and ensure the work completed is of a sufficiently high-quality standard to proceed.
How much does the programme cost?
The programme adds up to one full day over 4 weeks duration and the cost is £495 (exc. VAT) per participant.
Testimonials
“Les is fantastic and impeccably organised. He is a really wise coach who shares his experience, and points of view, in ways which are extremely helpful to how my business and personal life are developing”
Victoria Sylvester - Managing Director
“Les’s pace, listening skills, clarity of communications, and attention to detail are all impressive and come dressed in high quality dry humour. Les demonstrated high integrity, empathetic style, great insights and gravitas. His work with our team to manage a challenging programme was excellent and exceeded expectations”
Todd Navin - General Manager Finance & Administration
“Les has been a source of wisdom for me as we work our way forward building a new team, restructuring operations, and build for the future. He has an assured manner which combines support and challenge as a good critical friend should. In my 1-2-1s with Les I have been struck by his knowledge and insight, sharp and perceptive questioning, as well as his appetite for holding my feet to the fire!”
Stephen Nickson - Owner & Managing Director
“Les worked with us during a very difficult and challenging time for the dentistry profession. He provided an invaluable sounding board as a strategic advisor “thinking ahead” across a number of different projects.
I value his advice on major decisions. An indispensable member of the team.”
Prof Paul Tipton
“Les gave us a fun filled day and it was only obvious he had worked us hard when we stood back and looked at all the output we had achieved as a team. He got the best from every person in the room with his direct and engaging style that blends sharp wit with very serious subject matter. Absolutely brilliant. An exceptional day”
Nick Taylor - Chief Executive
“A 1-2-1 with Les is the equivalent of an excellent non-executive director who, with an understanding of the business, can “stand back” and give informed, impartial, and very practical advice”
Michael Jefferies - Managing Director
“Les works at pace, professionally, and with minimum fuss to quickly deliver results. He exudes a natural authority and earns respect from those he comes into contact with his sharp mind and warm heart”
Mark Papworth - Group CEO
“Les exhibits a willingness to lead teams on a “new adventure” with good humour, clear thinking, and that all important ingredient – humility. Pure magic”
Lyn Rees - Group CEO
“Les runs a fantastic workshop. Engaging, fun, great stories, practical insights and all delivered in a way which drives engagement and gets the creative juices flowing. Les is the go to guy for making the complex simple, the difficult easy, and putting a smile on people’s faces – exceptional”
Kelvin Coyle - Managing Director
“Our engagement with Les was incredibly fruitful. He engaged with the team, exploring and challenging patterns of work to identify improvement opportunities which we are now implementing that will result in a significantly more effective organisation in future”
Gavin Huxtable - Steam Business Development Director
“The 1-2-1s with Les are very open as well as being very detailed. Les always follows through on each point and goes the extra mile to assist and help. His experience in business and life really resonate with me and have helped me in many areas in business as well as personally”
Dale Heathcote - Managing Director
“The growth workshop with senior management was excellent. Les provided thought provoking challenges with good humour in a well structured day. Highly guaranteed to provide the spark for a breakthrough and fresh thinking“
Anthony Attard - Group CEO
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