The OKRs Field Book: A Step-by-Step Guide for Objectives and Key Results Coaches

by Ben Lamorte

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119816423
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/09/2022
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	608,795
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ben Lamorte is the founder of OKRs.com and The OKRs Coach Network. He has more OKRs coaching experience than anyone on the planet and is a mentor to dozens of OKRs coaches around the world. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Table of Contents

Preface xi

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