Setting Priorities with OKRs topics

Org Admin Role

Rosina_Chadwick — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:02:40 GMT

Does anyone know why I can still see the role 'Admin' in the members tab? Following the retirement of Org Admin and Team Admin roles I can still see Org Admins but Team Admins have successfully updated to Team Owners. We have a case raised with MS but would be good to understand if anyone else has the same anomaly.

How to make Rhythm of Business and setting OKR expectations a priority across teams

JoeOttinger — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 16:21:49 GMT

The key takeaway: OKRs become part of your existing rhythm of business not a separate work stream

OKRs are not a separate works stream, but instead help provide structure and accountability for your existing meetings. They are part of your weekly operational meetings, monthly and quarterly business reviews, and 1:1 meetings. The updated OKRs that result from these meetings allow others who are dependent on your work, or on whom you are dependent, to communicate and collaborate more effectively. This is where Viva Goals plays a big role. In addition, ROB meetings help to reflect on past performance, and how to work more effectively in the future. It supports the "sometimes it is necessary to go slow to go fast" saying. Make OKRs part of your ROB meetings and see how it can lead to better outcomes.

Who Owns your Company's OKR Program

WendyPatFong — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:11:26 GMT

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 answer with everyone's favourite answer "it depends".

A handful of factors to think about:

What is the purpose of you doing OKR? What would be an ideal state?
What are the gaps that you think OKR will solve?
What are your short term and long term outcomes for doing OKR?
How do you plan on measuring the success of your deployment?
Who are you deploying to first (size)?

I would argue that in any scenarios, you have an owner of the process and an owner for the program. For example, in larger organizations, it is not uncommon to have a Chief of Staff as the owner of a process, and a project/program manager as the owner of the program. Process encompasses aspects such as ensuring we have a strategy doc, we have our top priorities, we know what metrics are important, we believe in bottom up alignment etc. whereas program includes the cadence for us to update the OKRs, how do we pull reports, prepping MBRs/QBRs, coaching others. Another example within Microsoft, for my specific team, my Principal PM drives the process of OKRs and I am a champion driving the program.

If we are to look for similarities in the 2 examples, process owner should be a stakeholder that is involved in strategic planning of the team/dept/org. They are the driver of setting the right framework for alignment, lead by example with accountability and transparency, and encourage a growth and agile mindset from others. Program owner is often an OKR champion who is interested in supporting leaders and their own orgs in creating a seamless experience while fully reaping the benefits of OKR.

Would be interested to learn from all of you - who own OKR within your organization.

Aligning Employee Execution with Business Strategy

BrittHarper90 — Thu, 18 May 2023 21:22:41 GMT

If you haven't had a chance to check out this ebook, Aligning Employee Execution with Business Strategy, on our Viva Goals Adoption site you should check it out - it discusses what makes an OKR program successful, and what can cause it to fail.

Here are the 8 elements that make an OKR program successful (the ebook goes into more detail on each element):

Organization-wide adoption of OKRs
OKRs underpin the culture of the organization
Executive sponsorship
Established business rhythms
Greater transparency across levels and teams
Greater alignment across teams and the organization
Enhanced scoring and reflection
Dedicated ownership of OKR program management

Give it a read, and let me know your thoughts!

Viva Community launch day giveaway!

BrittHarper90 — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:40:28 GMT

Hey Community Members!

In celebration of the launch of the Viva Community today, we’re giving away Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Vetri Vellore’s book, OKRs for All!

Here’s how to enter: Comment/reply in this thread to this question, "Fill in the blank: ________ would make the goal-setting process at my organization better." The first 50 community members to do so, will receive the OKRs for All book!

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