Ultimate technique to intentional goals
Organisations fail because of poor leaders, bad goals or unethical practices.
Bad goals are those that didn’t necessarily start bad, they may have just got mis-aligned or uninspiring along the way… and hence failed to rally an organisation or a team to work towards making them a reality….
Continuing with our intentional living series, today we go deeper into the world of goals and learn a famous technique to set intentional goals.
Would you or Would you?
Would you agree that a goal or an objective should give direction and enable action to progress towards that direction?
Would you also agree that many times we lose focus of the goal and don’t have a check point to realise that we may have wandered off in a wrong direction?
Would you further agree that sometimes we set objectives and many days later wonder why we had set it up in the first place?
If you agreed with any of these, it suggests that you could definitely use this technique that i’m about to share….
The technique of OKR
It’s called OKR or Objectives and Key Results… a technique devised by Dr. Andy Grove and popularised by John Doerr.
The technique is used by many large organisations world-wide, but the beauty of this is its a a powerful way to create objectives not just at work, but also at home, for kids or for your personal growth.
An objective is a clearly defined goal, that’s significant, concrete, action oriented & inspiring — use these as a checklist when you set objectives
Key results are 1–3 specific measures used to track the achievement of that goal. They should be specific & time bound, aggressive & realistic, measurable & verifiable.
Simple yet effective
Here’s an example
Objective: Scale online business by 10x in 1 year.
Key Results: 1. Increase website visitors to 100+ per day; 2. Enhance customer satisfaction with NPS above 50; 3. Re-design website for ease of use.
Objectives give direction, and Key Results tell you if you are in the right direction and how far or near are you to the goal post.
The power of this technique is you won’t set objectives that don’t inspire or aren’t concrete or aren’t significant enough.
The technique assists in intentional living because it:
— helps us decide what matters most
— helps us be more flexible
— helps us align our objectives to our values and purpose
Go ahead and connect your purpose to your objectives and make this an inspiring and intentional year.
