Setting OKRs & Goals

Scope

Covers

• Turning strategy (or a North Star) into a small set of team/company OKRs
• Writing objectives that drive weekly execution (not just aspirational statements)
• Designing robust key results (prefer absolute counts; guard against gaming)
• Adding “default-on” systems/habits that make progress inevitable
• Defining review cadence + end-of-cycle grading to create a learning loop

When to use

• “Set our Q2 OKRs.”
• “Write objectives and key results for this team.”
• “We need quarterly goals that actually change behavior week-to-week.”
• “Our metrics are getting gamed / teams are optimizing the wrong thing.”
• “We need an OKR review + grading process.”