Expert advice on how to successfully implement OKRs and drive adoption

Melanie Wessels is an OKR (Objectives and Key Results) & Goal Setting Expert at "OKRs For Success". She's an experienced coach, motivator, and writer with a demonstrated history of working in the tech industry. Her specialty is in goal-setting, OKR implementations, workplace wellness, new-age agility, and business spirituality.

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• What are OKRs - 1:00
• Difference between SMART goals and OKRs - 1:49
• Benefits of OKRs as a goal-setting framework - 2:37
  
• How to excite teams to embrace and adopt OKRs - 3:47
  
• How she goes about selecting what OKRs to set first - 5:30
• How important is it to get buy-in from the C-suite - 7:14
• Tactics to deploy in order to get buy-in from the right people - 8:20
• How to set OKRs in the right way - 9:10
• How can organizations develop a mindset shift to embrace OKRs -10:15
• How many OKRs should you set - 11:02
• Advice for OKRs beginners - 11:57
• What to do with OKRs if you're a smaller organization - 12:47
• What are the lessons she learned about OKRs over the years - 13:47
  

The OKRs framework can be extremely beneficial for achieving organizational goals and even the ones in your personal life! If you're curious how you can start with OKRs, or want to learn more about them and how to introduce them to your organization, make sure to check out our detailed Ebook on the subject!