CHAPTER 5

Cascading: Single OKRs to Rule Them All

Focus is the thing that makes the difference between excelling and flailing about in mediocrity.

—Christina Wodtke

Chapter Highlights

The secret of high-performing organizations

Lean OKRs

Swarming around company OKRs

OKR cadence and timelines

Selecting single OKRs

Integrating OKRs at all levels: ultimate, company, and team

While I was working for another FinTech company focused on private investment, the CEO asked me to help the executive team to implement OKRs and to roll them out throughout the entire organization. I knew they were missing a clear strategy and clear measures of success, and they couldn’t explain their big, hairy, audacious goal (BHAG) simply, meaning they didn’t ...

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