Leaders of Growth

#21 Zack Ross on getting started with OKR in SaaS

January 14, 2022 Arthur Nobel
Leaders of Growth
#21 Zack Ross on getting started with OKR in SaaS
Show Notes

In this episode, Arthur Nobel discusses the OKR framework with our guest Zack Ross. They touch upon topics like implementing the OKR framework, do's and don'ts, how to determine priorities, OKR based compensation, the role that management plays, and more.

Zack Ross is an OKR consultant and the founder of OKRWorkshop.com and OKRsTraining.com. He is also a Senior Technical Program Manager at VMware and a Global OKRs Coach and Mentor at Google.

Listen out for:

00:00 Background

5:10 Getting Started With OKRs

11:00 Common Challenges When Implementing OKR

14:20 How to Determine Priorities

16:40 Setting OKR Across the Organization

21:00 To What Extent Do CEOs should get involved in defining OKRs?

23:40 How to get Commitment 

29:00 OKR-based Compensations

37:30 Committed OKRs vs. Aspirational OKRs

40:10 How to use this framework in contexts of high uncertainty?

45:00 Tools and Content Recommendations