Christina Wodtke: Surprise! OKRs aren’t for everybody!

Aug 13, 2024

In this conversation with OKR pioneer and best-selling author Christina Wodtke, we suspect that OKRs are in fact being overused. It’s best to have very few OKRs that focus the whole organization on giant efforts. Instead, what’s happening in many cases is that there’s a feeling that every function, and sometimes every person, needs OKRs in order to align with strategy and feel like “one of the cool kids.” To do that is to miss the arguably greater importance of “business as usual,” what Christina calls “heartbeat work.” Also, we talk about the inseparability of team climate for OKR success, and the importance of effective feedback and performance coaching. As Christina says, “Most problems are people problems.”
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About the host

Daniel Montgomery is Founder and Managing Director of Agile Strategies. His diverse career has included strategic planning, IT project management, and leadership development. He has taught strategic planning and goal setting for the past 20 years, and has led the development of strategic plans for a diverse range of clients including Fortune 500s, start-ups, nonprofits, government agencies, and small businesses.