Giant Talk: Where Strategy Meets Results

In this episode we chat with Johannes, CEO of OKR Software Provider "Workpath". We discuss how to ensure the methodology creates tangible outcomes for your business. Johannes transforms enterprises into agile network organisations using the latest approaches to goal management and leadership. Take a listen to find out a bit more about what this means...

 

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As a big thank you to you our podcast listeners we are now offering you 20% off the 100% e-learning Activator Course. To redeem this offer simply enter code 'gianttalk' when you register here.

So we're diving back into the geeky nuts and bolts of OKRs here and looking at how KPIs can work with them. We also try to dispel some of the myths out there too!

This has to be one of the most common conversations we have in the early days of OKRs with a client.

Tune in to find out how and when to plug your KPIs into your OKRs for amazing results!

 

Ready to be stretched by new ideas? Want to jump to the next level when it comes to OKRs? If the answer is 'yes' then the OKR Coach Academy has been designed to help you. 

The There Be Giants OKR Coach Academy provides OKR Coach Training to enable the successful application of the OKR methodology within your organisation.

As a big thank you to you our podcast listeners we are now offering you 20% off the 100% e-learning Activator Course. To redeem this offer simply enter code 'gianttalk' when you register here.

Welcome to Giant Talk the World's First OKR podcast hosted by Viv Parry.

In this episode we welcome both Charlotte Dean of P3 People Management and also our Founder Roger Longden to talk about the contentious issue of using OKRs in performance management.

Charlotte brings her many years of experience in helping businesses to build and run performance management systems for clients.

Roger brings his insights on what makes OKRs effective.

We mix them both together and what comes up is some great debate and some solid conclusions.

 

Ready to be stretched by new ideas? Want to jump to the next level when it comes to OKRs? If the answer is 'yes' then the OKR Coach Academy has been designed to help you. 

The There Be Giants OKR Coach Academy provides OKR Coach Training to enable the successful application of the OKR methodology within your organisation.

As a big thank you to you our podcast listeners we are now offering you 20% off the 100% e-learning Activator Course. To redeem this offer simply enter code 'gianttalk' when you register here.

Welcome to Giant Talk the World's First OKR podcast hosted by Viv Parry.

In this episode we welcome Roger Longden back into the steamy shed to focus on subjects that are at the core of the Objective and Key Results Methodology; that is Values and Culture.

Culture is the collection of behaviours and norms in an organisation, the unspoken rules.

Having a positive transparent culture is a fundamental to successful implementation of OKRs.

We also dive deeper into growth mind-set. In Roger’s words “teaching an old dog new tricks.”

Later on we talk about neuroplasticity and telephone directories. Do you remember those?

We chat about There Be Giant’s values giving some insight into how we work.

It’s essentially all about how we achieve results for our clients with values and culture at the epicentre of our work. 

 

Ready to be stretched by new ideas? Want to jump to the next level when it comes to OKRs? If the answer is 'yes' then the OKR Coach Academy has been designed to help you. 

The There Be Giants OKR Coach Academy provides OKR Coach Training to enable the successful application of the OKR methodology within your organisation.

As a big thank you to you our podcast listeners we are now offering you 20% off the 100% e-learning Activator Course. To redeem this offer simply enter code 'gianttalk' when you register here.

Welcome to Giant Talk, the World’s first OKR podcast hosted by me Viv Parry

We’re in new territory on this episode.

We’re still in our trusty little shed but we’re in a virtual meeting with our friends over in Portland Oregon. It's 5.30 am for them and a lot later for us.

The sun’s coming up in the background and Matt’s in the company condo. The shutters are down and RJ’s in his cave.

But despite the differences in time zone, language nuances and desires to be visible or not we get into a pretty awesome and connected conversation.

During the podcast we all get pretty excited about the subject matter and the guys from Koan come out with some amazing phrases.

Firstly understanding what their company name is about really tells us a lot about the company culture and mission.

Koan is a Buddhist word – leadership is about passing on enlightenment through questions and the process of reflection.

Here’s just a few of the conversational nuggets that come out of the episode.

“Can small behaviours, done repeatedly lead to massive results? “

Objectives are “a rallying cry”

Implementing OKRs ignite the spark of initial change

Mission is the North star guiding the business and Vision is the multi year plan.

Matt loves getting up at 5.30am and RJ is a wizard in the kitchen a master of the fermenting yeast !

I also miss out on Matt saying bhag …..how did he get away with that without me noticing !!!

Big Hairy Audacious Goals.

Love these guys.

Take me to Portland now ……….

 

Ready to be stretched by new ideas? Want to jump to the next level when it comes to OKRs? If the answer is 'yes' then the OKR Coach Academy has been designed to help you. 

The There Be Giants OKR Coach Academy provides OKR Coach Training to enable the successful application of the OKR methodology within your organisation.

As a big thank you to you our podcast listeners we are now offering you 20% off the 100% e-learning Activator Course. To redeem this offer simply enter code 'gianttalk' when you register here.

We are really excited to announce a world first, the launch of the Official OKR podcast Giant Talk.

Viv Parry seasoned business advisor and mentor host these podcasts all about finding solutions to the challenges of growing tech businesses, along with some deep dives into the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) methodology.

We know that understanding people is one of the critical success factors in business so we also try to get a bit closer to the human in our conversations.

In this episode we’re delighted to be talking to one of the most recent Giant Lawrence Walsh. 

We chat about customer service, lace pinnies, business growth and the importance of leadership and positive culture. 

There’s lots of stuff about professional and career development and the failure of the annual appraisal. 

And a great discussion about the importance of purpose, empowerment, transparency and autonomy

We also get into some real nitty gritty on cross-functional OKRs preventing silo working,

Bringing all the organisation together and promoting collaborative working. 

If you’re looking for some nuggets about regular check ins then this is the podcast for you. 

There’s also an update on the OKR Coach portal for anyone looking for an OKR community. 

Please leave us a review and subscribe if you want to hear more.

 

Ready to be stretched by new ideas? Want to jump to the next level when it comes to OKRs? If the answer is 'yes' then the OKR Coach Academy has been designed to help you. 

The There Be Giants OKR Coach Academy provides OKR Coach Training to enable the successful application of the OKR methodology within your organisation.

As a big thank you to you our podcast listeners we are now offering you 20% off the 100% e-learning Activator Course. To redeem this offer simply enter code 'gianttalk' when you register here.

Hosted by Viv Parry seasoned business advisor and mentor it’s a regular podcast in which we have some stellar conversations with our much admired and revered business heroes.

In our podcasts we talk about and help to find solutions to the challenges of growing tech businesses, along with some deep dives into the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) methodology.

Unlike some consultants we don’t offer prescriptive solutions, the methodology is about enabling people to grow their business themselves.

Coaching is at the core of our approach so in this episode we are delighted to be talking with Georgia Parker from Whole Spectrum about coaching enabled transformational leadership.

We talk about growth, leadership, transformation, love, kindness, butterflies and Mary Poppins.

It’s a must listen episode but comes with a warning, you may end up hypnotised by Georgia’s beautiful voice.

Please leave us a review and subscribe if you want to hear more.

 

Ready to be stretched by new ideas? Want to jump to the next level when it comes to OKRs? If the answer is 'yes' then the OKR Coach Academy has been designed to help you. 

The There Be Giants OKR Coach Academy provides OKR Coach Training to enable the successful application of the OKR methodology within your organisation.

As a big thank you to you our podcast listeners we are now offering you 20% off the 100% e-learning Activator Course. To redeem this offer simply enter code 'gianttalk' when you register here.

Hosted by Viv Parry seasoned business advisor and mentor, it’s a regular podcast with talk and tips aimed at finding solutions to the challenges of growing tech businesses, along with some deep dives into the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) methodology.

In this episode we’ve got Roger Longden back again with some real crunchy nuggets on how to craft great OKRs.

Roger brings these insights from real live experiences of working with many clients.

It’s a short episode but a critical one for anyone looking to introduce and embed the OKR methodology.

Please leave us a review and subscribe if you want to hear more.

 

Ready to be stretched by new ideas? Want to jump to the next level when it comes to OKRs? If the answer is 'yes' then the OKR Coach Academy has been designed to help you. 

The There Be Giants OKR Coach Academy provides OKR Coach Training to enable the successful application of the OKR methodology within your organisation.

As a big thank you to you our podcast listeners we are now offering you 20% off the 100% e-learning Activator Course. To redeem this offer simply enter code 'gianttalk' when you register here.

We are really excited to announce a world first, the launch of the Official OKR podcast Giant Talk.

Hosted by Viv Parry seasoned business advisor and mentor, it’s a weekly podcast in which we have some stellar conversations with our much admired and revered business heroes.

In our podcasts we talk about and help to find solutions to the challenges of growing tech businesses, along with some deep dives into the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) methodology.

In this episode we get to hear more of Roger’s dulcet tones as we talk about some of the nitty gritty around Objectives and Key Results:

What’s the right number of OKRs for an organisation?

How do you make them work with geographically remote teams?

How do you make them stick?

How do OKRs fit alongside KPIs?

There are some really great knowledge nuggets in this podcast as we talk about the importance of culture and how applying the OKR methodology can turn groups of individuals into teams.

Please leave a review and subscribe if you want to hear more.

 

Ready to be stretched by new ideas? Want to jump to the next level when it comes to OKRs? If the answer is 'yes' then the OKR Coach Academy has been designed to help you. 

The There Be Giants OKR Coach Academy provides OKR Coach Training to enable the successful application of the OKR methodology within your organisation.

As a big thank you to you our podcast listeners we are now offering you 20% off the 100% e-learning Activator Course. To redeem this offer simply enter code 'gianttalk' when you register here.

We are really excited to announce a world first, the launch of the Official OKR podcast Giant Talk.

Hosted by Viv Parry seasoned business advisor and mentor, it’s a weekly podcast in which we have some stellar conversations with our much admired and revered business heroes.

In our podcasts we talk about and help to find solutions to the challenges of growing tech businesses, along with some deep dives into the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) methodology.

We know that understanding people is one of the critical success factors in business so we also try to get a bit closer to the human behind the tech in our conversations.

In this episode we’re delighted to be talking to the founder of There Be Giants, Roger Longden.

We chat about what led him from corporate world to helping businesses achieve stellar growth with his own Giant methodology. We also hear about the impact of rowing on Roger’s approach to performance management.

As if all that wasn’t enough, we talk about Roger’s his super heroes and his mentor. Yes even Giants need inspiration and help!

Please leave us a review and subscribe if you want to hear more.

 

Ready to be stretched by new ideas? Want to jump to the next level when it comes to OKRs? If the answer is 'yes' then the OKR Coach Academy has been designed to help you. 

The There Be Giants OKR Coach Academy provides OKR Coach Training to enable the successful application of the OKR methodology within your organisation.

As a big thank you to you our podcast listeners we are now offering you 20% off the 100% e-learning Activator Course. To redeem this offer simply enter code 'gianttalk' when you register here.