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WendyPatFong
Microsoft
MicrosoftWho Owns your Company's OKR Program
Having spent the last 10+ years in the OKR space, I have seen a wide range of stakeholders owning their company's OKR program. I am often tasked with answering "Who is the best suited" and I always ...
Great share Wendy
In my experience, the success of OKRs in an organisation hangs on where the sponsorship is coming from and where ownership lies. On the basis that OKRs are being used to drive growth and transformation (and not to run business-as-usual) then ownership is best sat with the team responsible for running the strategic planning process, and if that team doesn't exist then Cheif of Staff or COO makes sense.
The big mistake I've seen is where HR have ownership. HR have a big contribution to make but if they own OKRs then I often see them being used to just replace the objectives in individual performance management.
In my experience, the success of OKRs in an organisation hangs on where the sponsorship is coming from and where ownership lies. On the basis that OKRs are being used to drive growth and transformation (and not to run business-as-usual) then ownership is best sat with the team responsible for running the strategic planning process, and if that team doesn't exist then Cheif of Staff or COO makes sense.
The big mistake I've seen is where HR have ownership. HR have a big contribution to make but if they own OKRs then I often see them being used to just replace the objectives in individual performance management.