Hi Reader,

Whoo boy friends it's been a whirlwind over here so buckle up and let's dive in.

👉 I'd love your answer on this LinkedIn poll: What is the biggest barrier that slows progress toward achieving your strategy?

👉 Need a metric to base a strategy achievement leading indicator key result on? I've got you!

v2 of our Strategy Achievement Score quiz is now live. If you finish the quiz and share your email at the end, you'll get an actual numerical score that you can use as a KPI or as the basis of a key result, then I'll follow up by email with a few "quick wins" to help you improve your score quickly.

👉 OKR Mentors just released a case study featuring Cindy White, the leader of the Pearson OKR Center of Excellence and Pearson's three year (and counting) journey with OKR adoption at scale.

My confidentiality obligations mean I rarely get to talk about my enterprise work. I can say that it was an absolute privilege to moderate Cindy's session, and have a chance to highlight her, her team, Pearson's leadership, and their collective dedication to learning and improving with OKRs on a global stage. Check out the case study on OKR Mentors website.

And last... it's that time of year again...

My availability for strategic services is now open!

If you may need support for your upcoming planning cycles, let me know?

Answering that question will not put you on a lead nurture or email list or anything like that.

So why am I asking?

For a bunch of reasons, I'm considering structuring my enterprise deals differently this year, to be able to say "yes" to more opportunities that pop up during Q4/Q1. Having an idea of potential demand will help me make those design decisions, and, make a call about how much of my time to reserve for non-enterprise engagements.

Next week, we'll have a fun new Thinkydoers episode live with guest Sally Ivester, a ... ahem ... slightly more fresh-faced than me big tech chief of staff. Sally has a passion for helping individual contributors (including earlier-career staffers) learn skills that support career successfulness.

I'll also share some highlights from the Coaching No-BS OKRs course that's running live this week and next week. (If you missed out, and would like to know when I offer the next cohort, click here and I'll keep you posted!)

This week's P.S. is silly, not poignant. I use software to find automatic highlights in my video recordings and it suggested this clip from the first day of coach training... and who am I to argue?! 🤣