The Blog
173 articles on OKR, strategy, leadership and high-performing teams.
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OKR vs BSC vs KPI: which goal framework should you use? (with table)
OKR, the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and KPI all promise to focus a business. They do very different jobs. Here is the side-by-side comparison, when to use each, and what most leaders get wrong.
15 June 2026 -
OKR Coaching vs OKR Mentoring: What is the Difference?
OKR coaching and OKR mentoring get used interchangeably. They are not the same. Here is the honest distinction, and why our OKR coaching includes mentoring, advisory and change management in one engagement.
1 June 2026 -
OKR Coaching vs OKR Consulting: Which Do You Actually Need?
Coaching builds your team's ability to run OKR. Consulting builds the OKR program itself. Here is how to know which you actually need, and why most leaders pick wrong.
1 June 2026 -
OKR Confidence Scoring Explained (The 0 to 1 Scale)
Confidence scoring is a weekly 0 to 1 read on whether a team will hit its key results. Here is how the scale works, why it keeps OKR alive, and how to run it.
1 June 2026 -
The 4 Sins of OKR Indifference (Why OKR Programs Die)
OKR rarely fails on the framework. It dies from indifference. Here are the four ways teams let OKR go quiet, and how to design them out.
1 June 2026 -
The Ultimate OKR Getting Started Guide for 2026
The five steps that determine whether your first OKR cycle works or quietly dies. Lessons from 70+ rollouts at companies like Domino's, MLC Life Insurance, Scalapay, Altro APAC, ELMO and BAE Systems. Includes the prompts to use with AI and the Weekly Impact format that actually runs.
31 May 2026 -
OKRs for Fintech Startups Scaling Fast
Discover how fintech startups use OKRs to align teams, accelerate growth, and scale product, revenue, and operations with measurable outcomes.
6 May 2026 -
Align E-commerce Marketing and Merchandising with OKRs
Discover how OKRs align e-commerce marketing and merchandising teams to improve sell-through, conversion rates, and campaign performance.
22 Apr 2026 -
E-commerce OKRs to Improve Conversion Rates
Learn how e-commerce teams use OKRs to improve conversion rates, optimize funnels, and align marketing, product, and growth goals.
8 Apr 2026 -
OKR Coaching for Plant Managers & Engineers
Improve efficiency, quality, and continuous improvement with OKR coaching for plant managers and process engineers in manufacturing environments.
10 Feb 2026 -
Compliance & Risk Management Through OKRs
Use OKRs to strengthen compliance and risk management. Improve visibility, accountability, and audit readiness with outcome-driven governance goals.
19 Jan 2026 -
OKRs to Improve Sales Pipeline Quality
How sales teams use OKRs to strengthen pipeline quality, improve forecasting accuracy, prioritize high-value opportunities, and drive more consistent revenue growth.
22 Dec 2025 -
OKRs to Improve Client Delivery for Consulting Firms
How consulting firms use OKRs to improve client delivery, strengthen alignment, and create predictable, high-quality outcomes across every engagement.
10 Dec 2025 -
OKRs for Legal Teams: Improve Efficiency and Client Outcomes
Discover how OKRs help law firms and legal teams boost efficiency, improve collaboration, and deliver better client outcomes through measurable goals.
19 Nov 2025 -
How to Measure Program Impact & Manage Volunteers with OKRs
Learn how nonprofits can use OKRs to measure program success, engage volunteers, and align teams toward meaningful, mission-driven impact.
6 Nov 2025 -
Using OKRs to Scale Online Courses & Memberships
Learn how to scale online courses and memberships using OKRs. Improve enrolments, retention, and recurring revenue with clear objectives and metrics.
22 Oct 2025 -
Setting OKRs in Mental Health & Wellness Services
Discover how mental health and wellness services can set OKRs to improve patient outcomes, staff wellbeing, and access to care while staying mission-driven.
15 Oct 2025 -
How to Facilitate Bubble-Up Insight: 6 Methods That Actually Work
Asking for input isn’t enough. Learn 6 facilitation techniques that create psychological safety, structure, and real insight from your team during strategic planning.
8 Oct 2025 -
Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Why the Best Strategy Uses Both
Good strategy isn't handed down or bubbled up, it's built together. Learn how to combine top-down direction with bottom-up insight to shape smarter, faster decisions.
1 Oct 2025 -
Annual Operating Plan or OKR - Which Is Better?
Objective Key Results (OKR) and Annual Operating Plans (AOP) aren’t competing tools, they’re complementary. Shift your mindset and make both work to drive clarity, flexibility, and impact.
22 Sept 2025 -
How Product Management Teams Use OKRs to Build Better SaaS Products
Learn how SaaS product management teams use OKRs to align vision, prioritize features, and deliver measurable impact for customers and business growth.
29 Aug 2025 -
How Executive Leaders Can Drive Success with OKRs
Discover how executive leadership teams can use OKRs to align strategy, improve decision-making, and accelerate organizational growth.
29 Aug 2025 -
How In-House Marketing Teams Can Use OKRs
Learn how in-house marketing teams can use OKRs to align strategy, boost campaign results, and track performance across the entire marketing funnel.
29 Aug 2025 -
How Engineering Teams Use OKRs to Align and Deliver Faster
Explore how to set ambitious stretch goals with OKRs that drive results while protecting your team from stress and burnout.
29 Aug 2025 -
Set Stretch OKRs Without Burning Out Your Team
Explore how to set ambitious stretch goals with OKRs that drive results while protecting your team from stress and burnout.
28 Aug 2025 -
How I Use Design Sprints to Go From Stuck to Tested in 4 Days
Tired of endless debates and slow progress? Here’s a real-world breakdown of the 4-day Design Sprint I use to go from stuck to tested—fast.
8 May 2025 -
What Actually Makes an OKR Great?
Stop creating to-do lists disguised as OKR. Learn 5 practical strategies to write objectives that inspire action and key results that truly measure progress.
25 Apr 2025 -
Common Pitfalls in OKR Implementation and How Coaching Can Help
Struggling with OKR implementation? Avoid common OKR mistakes and learn how expert OKR coaching can help teams set, track, and achieve meaningful objectives.
4 Mar 2025 -
How to use AI effectively in your OKR Setting?
11 Dec 2024 -
Slice your projects for continuous value
I hate being late. I hate it even more when my projects are late. I follow the mantra from the great film Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Al Pacino no less!
14 Oct 2024 -
Best Free OKR Tools 2026 (with pros and cons)
The top free OKR tools compared by confidence scoring, weekly check-ins, AI/MCP capability and mobile support. Updated for 2026.
22 July 2024 -
How to implement OKR (the ultimate guide)
Here's how to implement OKR in 7 simple steps to unlock growth fast. Step one: Create buy in with why we're doing OKR and the benefit to the team.
12 July 2024 -
Outcome Mindset
Full warning, this article is going to be pretty polarizing. It outlines what it takes to be a successful business and the hallmarks of a failing business.
4 July 2024 -
How to add and align your OKR in Quantive
Learn how to add and align OKRs in Quantive. A step-by-step guide to creating measurable, aligned objectives and tracking key results with confidence.
6 Feb 2024 -
How to implement OKR in your SAAS | Examples & Templates
Follow these simple steps and tips (that anyone can follow) to implement OKR in your SaaS business. Unlock your growth.
30 Oct 2023 -
How problem statements help you set the right OKR every time
No one likes being told what to do. Yet so often in business, that's exactly what we do. We talk to people in terms of what we’d like them to do.
15 May 2023 -
How to breakdown User Stories to deliver value sooner
Having worked with many clients across multiple industries, one of the big things I see teams struggle with is how best to slice stories.
5 Oct 2022 -
What is the ROI of doing OKR?
OKR has an insanely high ROI with clear benefits. Sometimes, we need a bit of help convincing others. This is how the numbers stack up!
8 Aug 2022 -
Alignment with Scrum of Scums
Create alignment and focus towards your OKRs with a Scrum of Scrums.
27 June 2022 -
How the OKR Playback aligns your business
OKR helps you align, but how? The OKR Playback session is for teams share their OKRs, capture dependencies and check the plan with leaders.
1 June 2022 -
The difference between Values, Principles and Behaviors
A simple comparison of the difference between Company Values, Principles and Behaviors. Create an aligned team with the right values.
24 May 2022 -
What Are Leading and Lagging Indicators?
Discover the difference between leading and lagging indicators, with examples and practical tips. Learn how these metrics improve performance measurement and goal setting.
17 May 2022 -
Problem Statements
No one likes being told what to do. Yet so often in business, that's exactly what we do. We talk to people in terms of what we’d like them to do.
11 May 2022 -
5 Mistakes You Might Be Making in Using Business OKRs
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) can be seen as one way to translate and carry goals.
7 Apr 2022 -
OKR Prerequisites
There’s certain elements of your organization which need to be in place (or actively being worked on) in order to make OKR successful.
9 Mar 2022 -
How to write OKRs – a simple guide
An OKR writing guide with examples. The Objective is what you want to achieve & Key Results are 2-5 success measures. But, avoid the mistake everyone makes!
17 Feb 2022 -
OKR: Revolutionising Silicon Valley and Now Your Company
The COVID-19 crisis may have caused so much pain and grief. But it opened numerous opportunities for the brave. The New York Times…
6 Feb 2022 -
Our Guide to Improving Your Organization’s Strategic Agility
The world is uncertain and ambiguous. Change is the only constant, and the organizations that succeed are those that can adapt and thrive…
31 Jan 2022 -
5 Best Practices in Setting Objectives and Key Results
If you want to improve your organization’s performance, you should consider using the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) methodology. This…
26 Jan 2022 -
Using OKR and CFR in Continuous Performance Management
Learn how OKRs and CFRs work together to support continuous performance without micromanagement or burnout.
10 Jan 2022 -
Transactional vs Transformational Leadership – The Difference
Understand the difference between transactional and transformational leadership, and how both styles impact team performance, motivation, and long-term growth.
4 Jan 2022 -
5 Benefits of Using OKRs in Establishing Business Goals
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) is a tool used for communicating the goals and objectives a business would like to achieve. By…
29 Dec 2021 -
How to Make Effective Objectives and Key Results
OKRs, short for Objectives and Key Results, is something all businesses need to have, but, unfortunately, not all companies know how to…
21 Dec 2021 -
Keeping Business Strategies Agile – 5 Principles to Follow
Developing agile, timely, and quick strategies is the key component to any successful business, not just to keep it afloat but also to…
17 Dec 2021 -
3 Tips That Will Aid in Successful Digital Transformations
Technology has transformed and continues to transform our everyday lives. Indeed, technological innovations have made life infinitely…
10 Dec 2021 -
Grow Your Business: Distinguishing Strategy from OKR
Knowing the difference between strategy and OKR is inevitably part of the process when you’re growing your business. Many professionals…
29 Nov 2021 -
3 Mistakes Keeping You From Building An Aligned Organization
There are several obstacles to establishing a cohesive organization. These impediments hinder businesses from achieving their intended…
23 Nov 2021 -
Why Transformational Leadership Is Good for Business
Every business needs a good leader who will lead it to success. No matter how impressive your products or services are or how talented…
16 Nov 2021 -
Strategic Thinking: The Key to Business Success
Running a business is never easy, as everything requires careful planning and quick decision-making. Instead of assuming what the company…
9 Nov 2021 -
4 Common OKR Mistakes Your Team Needs to Avoid
Every business that strives to boost its staff’s efficiency and productivity can benefit from implementing Objectives and Key Results…
5 Nov 2021 -
Improving Your Product Management Using the Right OKRs
In a competitive landscape where businesses left and right strive to boost their operational efficiency to stand out from the crowd, your…
1 Nov 2021 -
Implementing OKRs in Startups: A Guide for Small Businesses
Setting Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) can keep companies focused and stay aligned on common goals. While they have become the best…
27 Oct 2021 -
5 Characteristics an Effective Business Leader Must Possess
Effective business leadership is not something that you can achieve overnight. Anyone can call themselves a leader, but that doesn’t…
20 Oct 2021 -
Implementing OKRs and Embracing Organizational Changes
A successful company is always purposeful and innovative to consistently render the best performance their clients deserve.
6 Oct 2021 -
A Guide to Setting Company OKRs: 7 Simple Steps
Learn how, and why, setting company OKRs is critical to the success of your business. Read here to learn about the 7 simple steps to start today!
1 Oct 2021 -
How Strategic Agility Can Lead to an Organization’s Success
In an extremely fast paced world, change is pretty much the only thing you can rely on happening.
17 Sept 2021 -
What’s the Best Organizational Alignment for My Business?
One man’s vision may have sparked the foundation of an organization, but for it to grow, survive, and thrive, there must be unity created through teamwork and…
10 Sept 2021 -
Tips to Laying the Foundation for Successful OKR Culture
A growing business will often face a myriad of different challenges before it reaches its peak.
2 Sept 2021 -
What Aussie Companies’ OKRs Should Focus On Amid Remote Work
Setting your Objectives and Key Results is crucial in keeping your business afloat.
24 Aug 2021 -
Lead With Strategic Agility: How to Thrive During Pandemic
Businesses are bound to face problems over time. However, the global pandemic is a different kind of issue that truly challenged many business leaders.
16 Aug 2021 -
Your OKRs Can Ruin Your Business! But How Exactly
Alignment and focus are crucial in the workplace. This is where Objectives and Key Results (OKR) comes into the picture.
10 Aug 2021 -
Why You Need Nurturing Leaders to Grow Your Business
You may have the best strategies in the world but your business still couldn’t reach the heights you want for it. Why do you think that is?
5 Aug 2021 -
What Makes a Better Business? The 4 S’s of OKR Preparation
Every successful business and a household name in the industry knows that the key to success is staying on top of the company’s progress from top to bottom.
29 July 2021 -
How to Get Your Top-Level Objectives and Key Results Right
When creating Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), many companies tend to focus on creating one stop shop solutions for their company level OKRs.
23 July 2021 -
Organizational Alignment: The Way to Reach Optimum Performance
One of the most critical parts of creating a strategy is finding the best approach to manifest them into reality.
19 July 2021 -
Is It Good for OKRs to Be Used for Financial Business Goals
There are a lot of avenues you can explore in order to grow your business. Of course, before any other steps are taken, it’s crucial to have plans in place.
6 July 2021 -
Keeping OKRs Around While Your Business Is in Crisis
Companies are always advised to avoid any crisis that may hinder their business growth and success.
1 July 2021 -
What You Should Focus On Aligning Your Organization
Every business, no matter what industry it belongs to, must learn to have an organizational alignment that involves streamlining procedures and getting the…
24 June 2021 -
OKR Goals: Convincing Your Organization to Adopt OKR and Its Principles
After more than a year of struggling, the coronavirus pandemic is still raging across the world, rendering a critical blow to most of our…
16 June 2021 -
OKR Mid-Cycle Review Process: A Quick Guide
Deep dive into the OKR Mid-Cycle Review Process with out detailed guide. Learn how to celebrate wins, remove your biggest blocker and plan to close strong!
11 June 2021 -
How You Can Grow Your Business with Strategic Agility
Agility isn’t just a skill necessary for athletes—companies also need it to achieve success! Agile doesn’t just refer to physical…
8 June 2021 -
Why Your Business Needs to Prioritize Organizational Alignment
Leaders hold a crucial role in every organization. They’re responsible for rallying the team, uplifting everyone’s spirits, and ensuring…
31 May 2021 -
How Leaders Can Build Strategic Agility Through Resilience
Changes are a normal part of every organization. They can be mild or harsh, but every change can turn to magic by doing the right action….
20 May 2021 -
Effective Ways to Encourage Growth in Your Small Business
Small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) know how difficult it is to make their mark on a competitive landscape. They need to make smart…
12 May 2021 -
How to Effectively Communicate Key Results to Your Team
The Objectives and Key Results (OKR) approach to goal setting has been used by many big players in the tech industry and beyond. Its…
30 Apr 2021 -
How to Write Effective OKRs that Encourage Your Team
Objectives and Key Results or OKRs create a guide of your vision for your business, but these things shouldn’t just be something…
24 Apr 2021 -
Effective Tips for Incorporating OKRs to Help Improve Your Company
If you’ve been managing a business for a while now and don’t see enough results to prove you’re on the right path towards success, you…
15 Apr 2021 -
How the OKR Framework Can Take You to the Next Level – Part 2
No matter their size or niche, all organizations need to have a clear strategy for uniting their teams to reach a common goal. Your team…
8 Apr 2021 -
How the OKR Framework Can Take You to the Next Level – Part 1
Do you know what Google, Intel, Netflix, Twitter, Dell, and Dropbox have in common? To achieve resounding global success in the tech…
1 Apr 2021 -
How to track your OKR: Agenda + template
Track your OKR with a 15 minute check in to discuss progress, the plan for the week ahead and call out blockers.
25 Mar 2021 -
Improving Your Business’s Strategic Agility and Why You Need It
Business owners have one common goal: make their company lead the back in their industry. But how do you do that when everyone else is…
18 Mar 2021 -
How to run your OKR Workshop in 5 simple steps
Your ultimate guide to running an OKR Workshop. Learn how to set prework, set the agenda, facilitate it, follow up actions and track the OKR.
15 Mar 2021 -
6 Tips for Achieving Your Business OKR Goals
Companies set Objectives and Key Results (OKR) hoping for successful business outcomes, but many eventually forget about them. As a…
11 Mar 2021 -
Why Employees and Teams Need to Formalize Their OKRs
It is exciting to have big dreams, ones that can change your life. However, getting to even the first milestone will be plenty of work,…
4 Mar 2021 -
Growth Is Great, But Not When You’re Unprepared!
Everyone wants to grow, whether it’s in life or business. As adults, this desire for growth manifests in our motivation to succeed in our…
24 Feb 2021 -
3 Ways to Ensure Your Organization’s Goals are Fully Aligned
It should go without saying that organizations can only achieve success if their members work together towards united goals. However,…
16 Feb 2021 -
A Beginner’s Guide To Business: Leadership Tips You Should Know
When you look at successful business owners, they’ll have a few common attributes that you’ll notice straight off. One of these qualities…
9 Feb 2021 -
How to Survive 2021 by Having Objectives and Key Results
Maintaining a business in today’s ever-changing landscape poses endless challenges, specifically affecting those who aren’t used to…
3 Feb 2021 -
Misconceptions on Alignment and How to Best Go About It
A number of organizations’ leaders will generally say that alignment is crucial for them. Given how dynamic the environment has become…
26 Jan 2021 -
What You Need to Know About Agile Organization Structures
In a perfect world, all departments and teams that belong to an organization will work together in harmony to help each other reach…
20 Jan 2021 -
How to Master Organizational Alignment
Expanding your company is a challenge that’s much harder than starting it. Beginning with a small team is an excellent way to keep your…
12 Jan 2021 -
Objectives and Key Results FAQ
Introducing OKR is harder for you than it should be because you’re missing the detail As a child, my first skiing experience was a…
5 Jan 2021 -
5 Myths About Small Business OKRs And The Truth About Them
If you want your project to succeed, you need to set clear goals for it. Having goals in business often translates into implementing…
4 Jan 2021 -
OKRs Can Assist Companies in Navigating the New Normal
When the global pandemic occurred, the onset essentially presented a challenging situation that was unprecedented. For the first time,…
22 Dec 2020 -
Strategic Agility: 4 Questions to Help Your Company Practice It
Growing your business means implementing the best practices possible. Given the numerous techniques and strategies out there to help your…
15 Dec 2020 -
3 Ways to Help Employees Develop a Learning Habit
Learning is a continuous process that involves plenty of highs and lows, but knowing how to develop a good learning habit can make all…
8 Dec 2020 -
3 Types of Soft Skills to Make You a Valuable Asset
With 2021 fast approaching as we inch closer to the final month of this whirlwind of a year, the chances are that we’ve all spent some…
1 Dec 2020 -
3 Ways CEOs Can Improve Their Company’s Organizational Alignment
It’s evident that having a productive, dedicated, and engaged workforce is crucial to success in any kind of business. To keep their…
26 Nov 2020 -
Complement your OKRs with Powerful Health Metrics
A successful company tracks far more than revenue. To enable them to grow sustainably, it requires a thorough analysis of the work to…
20 Nov 2020 -
3 Effective Tips for Improving Your OKR Implementation
For your business to reach greater heights, all teams have to be in sync. Operations, marketing, sales, and any other departments must be…
18 Nov 2020 -
4 Tips for Building Powerful Communication Skills as a Leader
As a leader, what you say or do leaves a significant impact on your followers. It is for this reason that you need to build smart habits,…
11 Nov 2020 -
Why Your Business Should Use the OKR Goal Setting System
Learn why OKR Goal Setting Systems are an advantage for your business strategy. Read more here to find examples and frameworks.
4 Nov 2020 -
A Culture of Trust: How OKRs Enhance the Workplace
Learn how a company OKR framework fosters a culture of trust, transparency, and empowerment—key ingredients for building high-impact teams.
27 Oct 2020 -
Tips to Encourage a Growth-Centered Mindset in the Workplace
In a typical workplace setting, supervisors and managers are expected to lead the team. At the same time, employees should also know how…
21 Oct 2020 -
Why Startups Invest in OKRs and Organizational Alignment
OKRs or Objectives and Key Results is an important organizational alignment solution for different startup businesses. This is due to its…
13 Oct 2020 -
Designing a Healthy Home Office for Maximum Productivity
We tend to talk a lot about leadership, OKR and ways of working to build high performing teams in our blogs. However this week, it’s time…
10 Oct 2020 -
Establishing Strategic Alignment
If your business’ structure and resources don’t align correctly with the strategies you uphold and the environment you work in, your…
7 Oct 2020 -
The Role of Digital Transformation in Business Resilience
Although the world continues to exist alongside the damage and aftereffects of COVID-19, digital transformation has made its way from…
29 Sept 2020 -
How to Help Your Sales Team Keep Up using Agile Methodology
Your sales team plays more than one role in helping your business succeed. They are the business’s improvement drivers. In an…
25 Sept 2020 -
3 Reasons Why Creating OKRs Fosters Employee Engagement
Employee engagement, like other abstract concepts, can be challenging to define. There is plenty of literature on its various…
16 Sept 2020 -
5 Ways You Could Build a Culture of Leadership at Work
Growing a business does not just mean landing more clients or getting people to buy more of your products. Long-term growth means…
8 Sept 2020 -
How Transformational Leadership Boosts Your Business
Everyone has room to improve, and even an already great leader can still be better. For example, a leader might have the right management…
1 Sept 2020 -
How To Ensure Organizational Alignment in a Company
Any successful organization has alignment among its departments. If you work in a siloed company, you inevitably have unknown gaps that…
26 Aug 2020 -
How OKRs Can Help Remote Teams During This Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the lives of many people. Many companies across industries had to adjust their business…
18 Aug 2020 -
How to Successfully Establish OKRs When Working Remotely
Since the start of the coronavirus lockdowns, most of the world has adopted remote working for their organizations. Nearly all jobs that…
11 Aug 2020 -
4 Traits of a Strategically Agile Leader
Leaders are crucial to the success of a company primarily on the bases of management and leading by example. If a leader appears…
5 Aug 2020 -
OKR vs KPI: what is the difference? (with examples and table)
OKR is a goal setting framework to execute on your strategy and improve. KPI tracks whether the business is running well. See how, with examples and a side-by-side comparison table.
29 July 2020 -
How to Develop a High-Performance Work Team — A Step-By-Step Guide
A great team at work inspires change and transformation. It motivates you to go to the office every morning, without the dreaded Monday…
21 July 2020 -
Cultivating Leadership Skills That Help You Grow Your Business
Discover five key leadership skills every founder and executive needs to grow a high-impact business. Includes practical tips and strategic next steps.
15 July 2020 -
3 Steps to Achieve Organizational Alignment in Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is essential to every organization, regardless of its size and the industry it is in. If you are looking to grow your…
9 July 2020 -
4 Ways OKR Goals Fail & How to Address Them Effectively
Setting Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) is an effective way to maximize results and set the tone for your organization at the beginning…
1 July 2020 -
3 Essential Leadership Skills That Drive Results
Driving results is critical in the growth and success of your organization. It refers to making sure that your entire team performs at…
24 June 2020 -
OKR For Small & Big Businesses: What It Is & What It Can Do
Objectives and Key Results (OKR) is a popular framework used by many businesses today. Even if you have an excellent team, employees may…
17 June 2020 -
3 Ways to Instill Strategic Agility in Your Business
In today’s society, trends and needs constantly shift, creating a chaotic pattern that many small businesses won’t easily make sense of….
9 June 2020 -
3 Effective Tips to Encourage Ownership in Your Team
Being a leader can be empowering and exciting, but the challenges that come with it are undeniable at the same time. There are also extra…
3 June 2020 -
3 Tips to Becoming an Effective Leader in the Workplace
Strong leadership is vital to any business setting, paving the way for many advantages that are necessary for success. These include…
27 May 2020 -
Are individual OKRs a good idea?
If you’ve been practicing OKRs, you’ve no doubt looked into how OKRs apply at the individual level. Right now we’re seeing a lot of…
22 May 2020 -
The Essential Elements of Achieving Organizational Alignment
Many company executives these days have heard about the concept of organizational alignment. They know that it’s a crucial factor to…
20 May 2020 -
3 Types of Intelligence That Any Leader Should Have
Being in a leadership role in any type of business requires many different characteristics. From trustworthiness to confidence, certain…
12 May 2020 -
Our Guide: Questions for Setting Team Objectives & Key Results
A good way for making your business goal clear to people at various levels in the company is by converting objectives into key results or…
5 May 2020 -
How to Develop Strategic Agility in 2020
Today’s business landscape rewards those that can exhibit change and flexibility. In order to keep up with the rapidly changing market…
28 Apr 2020 -
3 Reasons Why You Could Be a Better Leader
As a leader, you might have a lot of responsibility at work. Perhaps you have subordinates to coach or mentor, as well as clients with…
21 Apr 2020 -
How Technology Really Contributes to Workplace Productivity
Managers love the word “productivity.” Companies are always looking for ways to make their workforces more productive—from team building…
14 Apr 2020 -
5 Key Characteristics of an Excellent Leader
To be a true leader, you need to be more than just someone who is in power or has a copious amount of expertise in your industry—you need…
8 Apr 2020 -
OKR Alignment: Winning is easy when you’re aligned
The underlying success factor behind any high-impact team is alignment. When a team focuses on one particular outcome, they create an…
6 Apr 2020 -
4 Traits That Will Help You Make Successful OKRs
No team works well without goal-setting. If you don’t set expectations within your team, chances are they won’t perform well, no matter…
1 Apr 2020 -
High-Performance Distribution: SKILLFIRE Remote Kit
What are some of your tips for enabling high performing distributed teams? Here’s a consolidated kit of practices we use. Download the…
25 Mar 2020 -
3 Effective Leadership Practices You Should Follow in 2020
Being a manager doesn’t automatically make you a leader. Effective leadership is about helping your team understand and believe in your…
24 Mar 2020 -
Best OKR Examples for every team (with tips)
Want some great OKR Examples to help with company and team OKR setting? See loads of OKR ideas for every team and tips on how to write them!
19 Mar 2020 -
How “Enable Others to Act” Can Make You a Successful Leader
Quality leadership within an organization is crucial. You can randomly put individuals in leadership positions, but that isn’t a…
17 Mar 2020 -
How to Improve Your Strategic Agility in 2020
In order to evolve, businesses need to have the ability to respond quickly to changes in market conditions or customer needs, regardless…
10 Mar 2020 -
What to Consider When Crafting Goals That Help Skyrocket Company Productivity
Big corporations and conglomerates have one thing in common— goal setting systems. These systems help establish goals that help drive the…
26 Feb 2020 -
3 Organization Agility Challenges & How to Overcome Them
Discover how to overcome silos, resistance, and slow decision-making with practical steps to improve organizational agility and team alignment.
18 Feb 2020 -
The Importance of Effective Leadership in a Business
One of the drivers of success in any business is enabling leadership. It is effective leadership that can produce a committed and engaged…
11 Feb 2020 -
Leadership 101: Inspiring From the Ground Up – 3 Tips for Success
You would know a transformational leader when you encounter one; their energy and enthusiasm for their work inspire their teammates. This…
4 Feb 2020 -
6 Effective Ways to Promote Team Cohesion in the Workplace
There are many benefits to ensuring your team works as a cohesive unit. Some of these include increased productivity and greater…
30 Jan 2020 -
4 Effective Ways to Boost Your Organizational Agility
Organizational agility is paramount for the success of any given business. Agility refers to the “ability of an organization to renew…
23 Jan 2020 -
7 Most Impactful OKR tips from an Intel Leader
Intel Corporation is well renowned for being the cradle of the Objectives & Key Results (OKR) movement. Andy Grove, then CEO of Intel,…
16 Jan 2020 -
7 Ways Transformational Leadership Leads to Overall Business Success
Leadership is paramount in any organization. After all, these are the individuals responsible for steering a business or company in the…
16 Jan 2020 -
7 Ways to Get the Most out of Your Personal Assistant
We were recently asked by one of our clients how to get the most out of your Personal Assistant. I promised to come back with some…
12 Dec 2019 -
LAST 2019 SKILLFIRE OKR Workshop Slides
We’ve had a lot of enquiries to share the slides from our session on LAST Conference, so we’re publishing them below for all to see.
30 Sept 2019 -
How to: Facilitating a Story Elaboration Workshop
How well does your team understand the intent behind each user story and how it will be implemented? High performing teams have an…
27 Sept 2019 -
Executive Prioritization Matrix: Maximize Impact & Save Time
Prioritize what matters most. Use the executive prioritization matrix to improve focus, reduce burnout, and boost strategic leadership impact.
24 Sept 2019 -
How to Hire a Brilliant Product Manager
At First Round Capital talk, Todd Jackson, the VP Product of Dropbox, discussed how you can find, evaluate and close top Project…
4 Aug 2019 -
Our Top 3 Takeaways from the book Trillion Dollar Coach
Article in brief: The book Trillion Dollar Coach exploring the coaching career of the late Bill Campbell by Alan Eagle, Eric Schmidt, and…
10 July 2019 -
Building Alignment with an OKR Marketplace
At SKILLIFRE we’ve been exploring the wonderful world of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) with many top companies around Australia for…
30 May 2019 -
Enabling Leadership at all levels with Servant Leadership
While working at a start-up the now CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, says his desk was strewn with old disgusting coffee mugs, which would…
20 Apr 2019 -
Melbourne Agile, Lean & Innovation meet ups we love
Love learning and discovering new ideas? So do we! Here is a list of Melbourne’s top Agile, Innovation and Technology Meet Ups for your…
20 Apr 2019 -
How to Slice Stories for Maximum Value
Having worked with many clients across multiple industries, one of the big things I see teams struggle with is how best to slice stories….
16 Feb 2019 -
What is OKR? A simple guide with examples (2026)
OKR (Objectives and Key Results) is the goal framework used by Google, Netflix and Amazon to align teams around what matters. Here's how to use it in your business.
16 Nov 2017 -
How to do a 2 minute team health check and why!
Well, it’s the start of a new year, and a time for teams to wipe the slate clean and take a fresh outlook on the year ahead and…
4 Jan 2017 -
Scaling Agile: How to get it right for your context!
Increasingly, organizations are trying to “go agile” using one of the many scaled agile frameworks on offer. These frameworks often…
24 Feb 2016 -
Don Reinertsen’s Talk on Flow to the Limited WIP Society – 8 Big Ideas
In Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development Don Reinertsen takes an economic/scientific…
1 Feb 2016