The OKRs Field Book
A Step-by-Step Guide for Objectives and Key Results Coaches
1. Edition April 2022
192 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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Take your OKRs coaching skills to the next level with this practical handbook.
In The OKRs Field Book: A Step-by-Step Guide for Objectives and Key Results Coaches, Ben Lamorte, a seasoned coach and management science expert, provides a structured approach for implementing objectives and key results. This book provides tips and tools that enable you to coach your OKRs clients with confidence. Lamorte analyzes foundational questions that must be answered prior to deploying OKRs and the roles required to sustain an OKRs program.
Packed with excerpts from actual OKRs coaching sessions, this step-by-step guide shines a light on the OKRs coaching process. You learn how to help your client refine key results that look like tasks into key results that reflect measurable outcomes. In addition to sample training workshop agendas and coaching emails, Lamorte introduces the first comprehensive list of OKRs coaching questions. The field book covers how to:
* Structure an OKRs coaching engagement using a three-phased approach.
* Avoid common pitfalls such as cascading OKRs based on the org chart.
* Ensure your client asks the right questions at each step of the OKRs cycle.
Perfect for external coaches and business mentors looking for a repeatable structure to help their clients succeed with OKRs, The OKRs Field Book is also an indispensable resource for internal coaches looking to support their organization's OKRs program.
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: What Is OKRs Coaching? Why Is It So Important Now? 13
Current State of OKRs and Why Now is the Time to Develop OKRs Coaching Skills 14
Notes 25
Chapter 2: The OKRs Coaching Engagement: Phases, Duration, and Roles 29
Phases in an OKRs Coaching Engagement 31
Duration of an OKRs Coaching Engagement 33
Roles in an OKRs Coaching Engagement 35
Notes 43
Chapter 3: Playbook for Phase 1 - Deployment Coaching 45
Begin with "Why?" 47
Ten Universal Deployment Parameters 49
Notes 84
Chapter 4: Playbook for Phase 2 - Training 89
Begin with Introductions and Context 90
Theory and Application: The Two Parts of an OKRs Training Workshop 91
Notes 104
Chapter 5: Playbook for Phase 3 - Cycle Coaching 109
Step 1: Set and Align OKRs 111
Step 2: Check in and Monitor 123
Step 3: Reflect and Reset 127
OKRs Cycle Coaching Case Study 131
Notes 140
Epilogue 143
Appendix 157
Glossary 163
About the Contributors 169
Index 171
