Objectives + Key Results (OKR) Leadership;: How to apply Silicon Valley’s secret sauce to your career, team or organization

by Doug Gray

Leaders practice leadership, just as physicians practice medicine and attorneys practice law. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are the secret sauce that drives the largest migration of financial assets and technological innovation ever recorded in human history to Silicon Valley, California, USA, since the 1970s. OKR Leadership -- the process for managers and leaders to practice what matters – is the secret sauce that drives transformational leadership, employee engagement and the next generation of management consulting. Join the OKR Leadership movement. See details at www.Action-Learning.com or www.OKRLeadership.com. This practical and valuable book will help you practice OKR Leadership in your career, team or organization immediately.  

149 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 14, 2019

Reviews

[Asim Ghaffar · Rating 1 out of 5]

OKR Leadership by Doug Gray is a misleading title for what is essentially a leadership book with a sprinkling of OKR elements. Rather than focusing on the well-known OKR methodology, the book veers into a leadership framework that often feels disconnected from its stated purpose. Gray’s approach, including advocating for numbers in objectives, contradicts advice from more authoritative sources on OKRs, adding to the confusion. The writing itself needs editing but importantly it lacks substance, with paragraphs that seem random and disconnected from the central theme of OKRs.

While there are occasional thought-provoking questions and new concepts like ISO human capital standards and psychological capital, the book is riddled with factual errors and unclear connections to OKRs. The inconsistent terminology and gimmicky concepts like "Ad-Fit" undermine its credibility. Overall, it falls short both as an OKR guide and as a leadership book, making it difficult to recommend to anyone looking for practical insights on OKRs.

At best 3/10.

[Lukasz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Metoda pracy według "objectives" i "key results" jest upowszechniowa w przedsiębiorstwach które odnoszą wielkie sukcesy na rynku światowym. Większość firm w kalifornijskiej Dolinie Krzemowej stosuje motodę Objectives Key Results. W sumie to całkiem rozsądny sposób zarządzania celami. Polega na tym iż najpierw definiujemy jakiś cel, bardziej ogólny i na dłuższą metę. Następnie zastanawiamy się nad tym jakie konkretne zadania w perspektywie kilku dni, kilku tygodni, maksymalnie w perspektywie trzech miesięcy są dla nas osiągalne i potrzebne do zrealizowania. Najpierw definiujemy długofalowy cel a następnie zadania na krótką metę.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

A helpful book that finds its strengths in looking through various leadership issues and how OKRs might be integrated into those areas of leadership. If you are looking for straight OKR "nuts and bolts" this book has some solid info but it may be helpful to have basic understanding of OKRs beforehand. The strength of the book is Gray's helping OKR practitioners to move beyond simply how to format or write OKRs and into OKRs as a style of leadership. This is where it does very well.

[Nopadol Rompho · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another book that talked about OKRs, one of the most popular management concepts. It's o.k. and more focus on 'leadership' than OKRs methodology. You need to know more about OKRs before reading this book, I think. It's useful by the way.