OKR Accelerator Programme

Preparation

Design call

Before the first session, we’ll have up to 60 minutes with you and any key stakeholders to review your unique context and agree any customisations to the programme.

• Identify which teams will participate
• Customise the content & agenda
• Answer any preliminary questions
• Understand organisational readiness for OKRs
• Identify and address underlying hindrances

Online course

Participants will receive access to my online course ahead of the first workshop so they can learn:

• OKR origins & mindset
• How OKRs differ from project management
• Common structure and grammar of OKRs
• Examples of good OKRs
• Fun ways to test their knowledge
• OKRs vs health metrics & KPIs
• And much more!

💪 Outcomes: Foundational understanding of OKR method, teams are ready to get hands-on

Getting started

Week 1: Setting OKRs

In this first session, we’ll learn the OKR foundations and set real OKRs for up to five teams in a real 8-week OKR cycle.

Together we’ll discover:

• OKR origins, mindset, and grammar
• How OKRs connect strategy and execution
• How OKRs fit into wider corporate mission, vision, etc
• The way activities support (and differ from) OKRs
• Using OKRs with health metrics and KPIs for total visibility
• Supporting R&D, customer success, and operations teams with OKRs
• Setting OKrs with my flexible “OKR Map” technique

Plus 90 minutes of facilitation to set real OKRs

💪 Outcomes: Draft OKRs for each team

Align, refine, and layer

Week 2: OKR alignment

In this second session, we will learn about “cascading & laddering” OKRs through multiple layers of an organisation and practice using my “OKR Gallery Walk” to negotiate and refine OKRs while identifying and addressing dependencies.

• Negotiate & strengthen draft OKRs
• Understand how “multi-layer” OKRs work
• Discuss “cascading” vs “laddering” and “market-based alignment”
• Conduct a formal OKR Gallery Walk

💪 Outcomes: Strong, well-aligned OKRs that fit your structure

Review and adjust

Week 3: OKR check-ins

In the third workshop, we will learn and practice the most important part of the OKR framework–the weekly check-in.

• Practice my powerful and easy OKR check-in method
• Set-up and use my simple OKR tracking templates
• Understand why we measure confidence over progress
• See how check-ins improve OKR quality
• Learn how rapid check-ins replace cumbersome reporting & governance
• Experience how OKR check-ins deepen organisational learning
• See how sharing OKR confidence builds trust
• Schedule your weekly, supported check-in sessions

💪 Outcome: Teams prepared & committed to performing regular check-ins

Continuous support

Weeks 4-7: Office hours

After the first three workshops, teams will receive continuous hands-on support and feedback via:

• Weekly 30-60 min “office hours” calls for accountability, facilitating check-ins, & troubleshooting
• Support via Slack or Teams, email, and video messaging
• Build an internal OKR community of practice_
• Access my online video course

See the OKR Accelerator welcome letter for more information.

Close and reset

Week 8: Completing the cycle

At the end of the programme we will hold a session to help teams score & close their OKRs, capture valuable lessons, and retrospect on improvements to the OKR process for the next cycle.

• Close teams’ OKRs
• Explore pros and cons of OKR scoring
• Capture & share outcomes & critical learnings
• Retrospect on the OKR process
• Agree continuous improvement actions
• Enjoy a structured Q&A session
• Prepare for the next OKR cycle

💪 Outcomes: Teams have closed their OKRs, agreed how to improve the process, and are ready to begin the next cycle.

Need something smaller?

If you’re not ready for an 8 week multi-team programme, check out my half-day single team Jumpstart programme:

• Single team
• Half a day
• Set OKRs
• Learn to check-in
• Learn the theory via my online course