Guiding Star OKRs : A New Approach to Setting and Achieving Goals.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nöteberg, Staffan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goal setting in personnel management.

Teams in the workplace--Management.

Teams in the workplace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : Pragmatic Programmers, LLC, The, 2025.

Summary:

Tired of traditional OKRs that stifle innovation and demotivate teams? The Guiding Star OKR framework offers a refreshing new approach to goal setting, emphasizing purpose, unified direction, and adaptability. Bestselling author Staffan Nöteberg distills knowledge from diverse industries, teaching you to create a compelling "Guiding Star" vision that inspires, aligns, and empowers teams. Learn to foster intrinsic motivation, embrace continuous adaptation, and unlock strategic agility for sustainable success in today's ever-changing business world. Tired of goals that feel like a chore, only to be abandoned when things get tough? The Guiding Star OKR framework offers a refreshing new approach to goal setting, one that emphasizes purpose, unified direction, and the freedom to adapt when needed. Unlike traditional OKRs that can stifle innovation and demotivate teams, this book teaches you to create a compelling "Guiding Star" vision that inspires everyone to pull in the same direction. Discover how to foster intrinsic motivation, giving your team the autonomy to pursue their goals with passion and creativity. Establish a clear and inspiring vision that illuminates a common way forward for the organization. Learn to embrace continuous adaptation, making sure your organization stays agile in a rapidly changing world. Whether you're a leader looking to transform your company culture, or a team member seeking greater purpose in your work, the Guiding Star OKR framework offers a proven path to sustainable success.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Strategy Challenge

Balancing the Trifecta of Strategic Execution

Why You Might Find This Book Valuable

A New Approach to Strategy

A Map of the Book

Scaling Collaboration Is Natural

Part I-Setting the Foundation

1. Guiding Star Objectives

Begin with the End in Mind

Objectives as Engaging Campfire Stories

Objectives as Overarching Principles

Objectives as a Direction, Not a Goal

Creating Guiding Star Objectives

Urgent ≠ Important

Guiding Stars at Different Levels

Key Takeaways

What's Next?

2. Guiding Star Key Results

What Is a Key Result?

Purpose-Driven Development

Key Results Indicate, They Don't Prove

The "Easy to Measure" Fallacy

Key Results Cannot Be Delegated

When Will We Celebrate?

Facilitating an OKR Draft Brainstorming Session

Part II-Guiding Stars in Action

3. Discovering Customer Opportunities

What Is the Opportunities and Outcomes Artifact?

Discovering the Customer's Job Statements

Mapping Your Customer's Value Chain

Tech Trends and Your Customer's Market

Opportunities and Outcomes Inspire Your OKRs

4. Catchball: Defining Guiding Stars Cross-Collaboratively

A Collaborative Exercise

Why Hierarchy Still Matters (Even if You Hate It)

Big OODA Is the Secret to Faster and Better Goals

The Role of the Guiding Star Sponsor

Different Levels May Have Different Cadences

Shared OKRs Drive Collaborative Work

Strategy Broadcast Provides Clarity and Participation

5. Pupation: Integrating Guiding Stars with Agile Planning

The Essential Period Between Caterpillar and Chrysalis

The Role of the Guiding Star Liaison

The Team of Teams.

Always Maintain a Unified Task List

6. Calibration: Fine-Tuning Guiding Stars

Calibration as an OODA Loop

Components of Calibration

Facilitating a Calibration Session

Strategy Drives Execution

7. Cross-Pollination: Everyone's Ears, Insights, and Ideas

Embrace Quenched Disorder

What Is Cross-Pollination?

Cross-Pollination Is as Necessary as Calibration

Scaffolding with Informal Networks

Autocatalysis-If We Have It in Us, It Will Emerge

Facilitating a Cross-Pollination Session

There Are No Formal Meeting Notes in Cross-Pollination

Part III-Succeeding with Guiding Stars

8. Seven Principles of Good Strategy

Principle 1: Craft a Common Direction

Principle 2: Discover Transformative Leaps

Principle 3: Influence Execution Substantially

Principle 4: Use and Enhance Collective Intelligence

Principle 5: Self-Organize for Scalability

Principle 6: Adapt Direction

Principle 7: Persist Through Timeboxing

Applying the Principles to Guiding Star OKRs

9. Implementing the Guiding Star OKR Framework

Preparing the Evolutionary Transformation

Iterate the Transformation

Why Not Linear Implementation?

More than Just Following the Stars

10. Overcoming Guiding Star Challenges

Implementation and Adoption

Leadership

Culture

Strategy and Goals

A1. Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Electronic book.

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Other Format:

Print version: Nöteberg, Staffan Guiding Star OKRs

ISBN:

9798888651629

OCLC:

1526842522