The Importance Of Planning

| Category: Plan.

We’ve heard these phrases many times — think before you act, look before you leap, and so on. The key theme behind these phrases is Planning. Planning allows you to: Identify and define what you want to achieve How you are going to achieve the desired outcome? Essentially, what are the steps to get there?… Read more

difference between OKRs and Performance Management

| Category: OKR Management.

Looking at the wide use of OKRs in business today, it’s clear to see that this goal management tool is as relevant today as it was more than four decades ago. Contrastingly, Performance Management initiatives such as Annual Performance Reviews have a dwindling presence in many Fortune 500 companies. OKRs Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)… Read more

okr-payoffs

| Category: OKR Management, Featured.

Good OKR programs in any company can win a competitive advantage for the company in its own way, one of the main reasons being intense focus on corporate goals and team’s goals rather than that of individuals. You have to ensure that your OKRs are aligned with the strategy of the organization and then choose… Read more

Progress, Plans, and Problems (PPP) methodology

| Category: OKR Management, Featured.

Managers need a reliable method for syncing up with their teams to maintain forward momentum and productivity, no matter how large or small their company or project is. The progress, plans, and problems (PPP) framework is an effective status management method used by several hugely successful businesses, including Apple, Facebook, and Skype. This simple but… Read more

decision-fatique

| Category: Behavioral Economics.

Decision Fatigue refers to the mental exhaustion that is caused after rigorous decision-making sessions. It addresses how the quality of decisions deteriorates after an individual is overloaded with too many decisions to make. Many of us use Netflix or some other online streaming service. We browse through the movie choices presented to us and think… Read more

ikea-effect-and-okr-boosting-employee-engagement

| Category: Behavioral Economics.

More and more, employee engagement has come to be considered one of the most important pillars of successful corporate strategy. According to the 2018 SHRM/Globoforce Employee Recognition Report, leaders are using human-centered approaches to resolve retention, recruitment, and culture management challenges. This large-scale acknowledgement of the importance of employee engagement has led to an increase… Read more

Deliver Amazing Customer Support

| Category: Customer Support OKRs.

Every organization needs a governing and an operating support to manage the goals. So to manage the goal and to monitor the performance of the employee OKR tools has to be used, as it acts as a bridge between the strategy and the achievement of goals that disciplines the execution of ideas. Customers are the… Read more

behavior_economics

| Category: Behavioral Economics.

How many of us have landed our ideal dream job? According to the Gallup report, only 33% of the US workforce and 15% of the world’s workforce are engaged in their work. We define engagement as a genuine interest in what you do for a living. Most people are just trying to make money to… Read more

provide-excellent-implementation-experience

| Category: Onboarding OKRs.

A Product implementation team wants to provide an excellent implementation experience for customers.How can they measure if they are delivering excellent implementation experience? These are some potential indicators:

The Role Loss Aversion Plays in the Goal Setting Process

| Category: Behavioral Economics.

Loss aversion as its name implies occurs when the psychological impact of losing something outweighs the pleasure of gaining. The economists have identified loss aversion as one of the most common and powerful behavioral biases. Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel winning psychologist and economist, views his work on loss aversion as his most important. Kahneman through… Read more

The Alphabet P

| Category: Power of the Letter P.

The alphabet P is a pretty powerful alphabet among the English alphabets. According to the post “which English letter is the starting letter for the maximum words?”, the alphabet P is only 2nd with about 24,472 words, among all the 26 letters in English. There are other estimates that put the count of words starting… Read more

never-underestimate-the-spirit-of-a-true-entrepreneur

| Category: Persistence.

If you have been paying attention to the many inspiring stories of today’s renowned entrepreneurs, you will notice that they did not become successful overnight. You can learn how to start a business by looking to those nurtured their entrepreneurial skills by fixing and building gadgets in their garages and basements. They were selling lemonade… Read more