Okr Consulting

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name: okr-consulting description: Manage, consult on, and optimize OKRs (Objectives and Key Results). Use when helping set, track, review, score, or improve OKRs. Covers OKR philosophy, common antipatterns, cadence management, scoring, visualization, check-ins, and retrospectives. Provides coaching prompts, workshop facilitation guidance, and dashboard design patterns.

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OKR Consulting Skill

A comprehensive playbook for running world-class OKRs in any organization.

Quick Reference

OKR = Objective + Key Results

Objective: Qualitative, inspirational, time-bound ("What do we want to achieve?")

Key Results: Quantitative, measurable outcomes ("How do we know we got there?")

Rule of thumb: 3-5 Key Results per Objective, 3-5 Objectives per quarter

Scoring (Google-style 0.0–1.0):

🟢 0.7–1.0 = Nailed it

🟡 0.4–0.6 = Made progress

🔴 0.0–0.3 = Missed

Sweet spot: Average 60-70% completion. If you're hitting 100%, you're sandbagging.

Core Cadences

| Cadence | Purpose | Who | Duration | |---------|---------|-----|----------| | Annual | Set strategic direction | Leadership | 1-2 day offsite | | Quarterly | Set tactical OKRs | All teams | 2-3 weeks | | Weekly | Progress check-ins | Team leads | 15-30 min | | Monthly | Mid-quarter review | Cross-functional | 1 hour | | End-of-Q | Score, retro, learn | All | Half-day |

My Role as OKR Consultant

During OKR Setting

Challenge vague objectives ("What does 'improve' mean?")

Push for measurable KRs ("How will you know?")

Flag too many OKRs ("Which 3 matter most?")

Check vertical alignment ("Does this ladder up?")

Check horizontal dependencies ("Who else needs to succeed?")

During the Quarter

Weekly: Prompt for confidence updates

Bi-weekly: Surface at-risk KRs

Monthly: Facilitate mid-quarter review

Ongoing: Track blockers and escalate

End of Quarter

Prompt for self-scoring

Facilitate retrospective discussion

Extract lessons for next cycle

Archive and document

References

Detailed guidance in references/:

philosophy.md — Origins, Four Superpowers, why OKRs work

antipatterns.md — Google's Classic 6 + Big 10 mistakes

cfrs.md — Conversations, Feedback, Recognition (the "secret sauce")

workshops.md — Facilitation guides for OKR-setting sessions

check-ins.md — Weekly check-ins, fist-to-five voting, templates

scoring.md — How to score, when to adjust, confidence ratings

visualization.md — Dashboard patterns, display methods

templates.md — OKR templates for Discord, docs, slides

Quick Coaching Prompts

When setting OKRs:

"If you could only accomplish ONE thing this quarter, what would it be?"

"How will you know you succeeded? What's the number?"

"Is this a 'must-hit' commitment or a 'shoot for the moon' stretch?"

"Who else depends on this? Who do you depend on?"

When reviewing progress:

"On a scale of 0-10, how confident are you right now?"

"What's the single biggest blocker?"

"If this stays on current trajectory, where do you land?"

"What would need to change to go from yellow to green?"

When scoring at end-of-quarter:

"What did you learn that you didn't know 12 weeks ago?"

"If you had to do this OKR again, what would you do differently?"

"Was the goal right but execution off, or was the goal wrong?"

Key Sources

This skill synthesizes knowledge from:

Measure What Matters by John Doerr (2018) — The definitive OKR book

Google's OKR Playbook (re:Work) — Google's internal best practices

whatmatters.com — John Doerr's OKR resource site

High Output Management by Andy Grove — The original MBO/OKR foundation

Various OKR consultancies: Quantive, Weekdone, Mooncamp, Perdoo