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How to Setup and Launch Your OKR Program the right way:
The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide
In this report, we include the 11 critical steps you need to complete the first OKR phase, the “Setup and Launch” of your OKR Program.
Written for Strategy and Operations executives and OKR program managers, we have included the most important steps to plan and launch your OKR program – based on insights from 120+ OKR implementations in the last 7 years.
Insights trusted by executives at Fortune 500, Mid-Sized, and High-Growth companies
Wave Nine OKR Experts work with executive leaders, program managers, coach communities, and everyone in between to make strategy execution with OKRs a better process.
In this report
Set your OKR program up for success with Setup and Launch
Avoid loss of budget, time, and reputation by rushing into an OKR program without the necessary preparation.
This first of four reports, “How to Setup and Launch your OKR Program the right way”, includes all the steps you need to take to create an impactful and fast moving OKR program.
Everything you need to do BEFORE setting OKRs
Most Teams start an OKR implementation by setting OKRs right away – without doing the necessary preparation.
In 11 simple steps, we’ve condensed all the important preparations to be done AFTER the decision to launch an OKR program has been made, and the program is actually launched.
Build communities to increase buy-in and lower resistance
Building executive champions as well as communities of OKR experts is critical to ensure that your organization is well prepared to take on an OKR implementation.
In the report, read about the 3 critical Briefing and Kick-Off meetings to hold before launching!
Create excitement and momentum before you launch
Communications and transparency are your friends when it comes to creating excitement and momentum for your OKR program. Learn how you can use your executive champions in “Preparing Executive Communication to the org” (Step 6 in the report)
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Andrew Huxter
Wave Nine really helped us understand the “real-world” potential of OKRs and enabled us to build and embed them successfully into the commercial organisation. The insights they shared in leading us through the cycle has really driven a change in how we prioritise and enabled us to establish a very productive new operating rhythm.
Jeff Rachlin
Wave Nine helped us come together as a team to create a shared set of goals, objectives, and key results. Embedding their experts into our teams has accelerated the OKR rollout throughout the organization and we have achieved greater focus and results. We really appreciate the support of Wave Nine and would recommend them to organizations looking to kick start their OKR initiatives.
Khaldoon Al Harmi
Strategic Planning and Evaluation at KFAS
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the whole Wave Nine team for their great efforts and support. You have been brilliant throughout; we couldn't have asked for more from you.
Craig Snaguski
When we first tried implementing OKRs, we worked with another firm, but they didn’t have anywhere near the same level of engagement that Wave Nine would show.
In the end, we got so much more from Wave Nine's expertise that it turned into a continuous engagement.
Larry Sanford
I was impressed by the Wave Nine team’s engagement from the start. They were highly responsive and they worked to understand our business. They came to serve as an extension of our company, making sure we were doing everything right as we streamlined our implementation.
Nick Sullivan
What Kiwibank really enjoyed was that with Wave Nine, OKRs are such an intuitive system that makes you live and breathe OKRs, rather than just setting and forgetting OKRs.
Get Strategy Execution with OKRs right the first time!
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