Objectives and Key Results (OKR)

Note: This is not a Performance Review document. If you’re looking for that, Its here. This is a goal setting and goal tracking document.

• Objectives and Key Results (OKR for short) are a way of goal setting and goal tracking on a perosnal, individual and the company level.
• This will look tedious at first, but once you get a hang of it - It’ll will help you grow personally as the company grows. We want you to grow professionally and personally and strive to be better every single day. OKR’s will be set on a quarterly basis (Jan, Apr, July, Oct) for individual level and on a yearly basis for the company.
• These will be public for everyone to see. Everyone can see your OKR and Everyone can see comapany’s OKR’s. The idea is everyone can learn from by seeing everyone else’s OKR.
• There are two parts to this equation - Objectives and Key Results

Objectives

• What are three things that you want to achieve this quarter?
• Make sure one of these three things is personal and the other two are professional.
• We want to make sure you grow personally as well as professionally.
• A good example of Individual Objectives are :
  • [Personal] Learn how to swim or Read a book on Marketing / Sales / Personal Development / Investing, etc.
  • [Professional] Increase CloudBoost Revenues by xx%,
• A good example of Company’s Objectives are (These are yearly objectives) :
  • Increase CloudBoost Revenues by xx%
  • Build a Sales and Marketing team
  • Start a new product line.

Important: Set objectives higher than you think you can reach. These should be ambitious. Set goals higher. You’ll be surprised to discover your potential on how far you can go.

Key Results

• Now that you have objectives listed, Key Results are the measurable steps you would take to achieve those objectives.
• Measurable is the keyword here. If its not measureable. Its not worthy to be a Key Result.
• A good example of Companies Key Results are (from the objectives above)
• Hire Sales Lead by June (Notice: By June is measurable)
• Hire 2 Sales People by October
• Partner with AWS and Azure which will increase CloudBoost Revenenues by xx%.