OKRs are a framework for employers and employees to discuss how the work of an individual employee is connected to the overall business strategy. When championed by management and implemented throughout a business,
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OKRs help organizations:
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Because they are visible to everyone—top-down, bottom-up and cross functionally—OKRs ensure everyone is working toward the same result.
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Objectives should be significant to the company and personally meaningful, as well as aspirational. They should also be aligned and supported by the entire organization.
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Key results should be measurable, limited in number and time-bound. Example: Put a man on the moon by the end of the decade
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Example: Build a lunar module weighing under 40,000 pounds by December 1965