I help changemaker leaders, teams, and other Thinkydoers understand their strengths, increase their quantifiable impact, and become fulfilled in their careers (without masking or mind-reading). My "how?" Accessible, efficient approaches to strategy creation, alignment, and operationalizing for goal achievement, with a special focus on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). The approaches I coach and teach today build on well-honed expertise leading adult learning, instructional design, marketing, creative strategy and strategic operations at some of the world’s largest enterprises, and in public sector and political roles. In my individual coaching work via Thinkydoers, I help people who are "wired differently" (or otherwise "not from Leadership Central Casting") build authentic, rewarding careers as the leaders of change our world needs today. When not working with Red Currant Collective, my "other life" is in professional motorcycle racing. 🏍️
Global OKR Forum THIS Thursday: Will I see you there?
Hi Reader!
What's your plan for Thursday?
Tickets are still available for the OKR Forum 2024, a gathering of OKR Practitioners from global brands, including Cindy White, the leader of Pearson's OKR Center of Excellence speaking about Pearson's three-year journey with OKRs.
Cindy is a remarkable change leader within Pearson -- she leads a highly skilled OKR COE that sits across multiple organizations within Pearson, a large education enterprise. I have the privilege of asking the questions for Cindy's session, and it will be a fun and informative conversation with deep insight about some of Pearson's challenges and learnings from deploying OKRs at large scale.
- Discounted tickets (25% off) are available via the event page using the coupon code SPEAKER25
- And, if you work with a non-profit or price is a barrier to attending, drop me a reply: I have two free tickets I'd love to find a great home for.
| Register now! |
In addition to Cindy's session, there are a few other sessions I personally can't wait to see:
- "Why implementing OKRs all-at-once was a failure and what to do instead" with the CCO of Safetica
- "I hate OKRs, but I love its benefits" with three participants from NewStore
- "Fujitsu's journey of transformation with OKRs" with Fujitsu's Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer
and more (plus networking with other in-house OKR pros and external OKR experts.
Live time zones are a challenge for us west coast folks (my panel with Cindy kicks off at 6:30am Pacific so I'm prepping the good coffee) but it's going to be worth it.
Drop me a note if you'd like to be considered for one of my two free speaker's tickets, and I hope to see you online at the event!
Thanks all,
- Sara
No-BS OKRs + Career Fulfillment for Rebelutionary Leaders and Thinkydoers
I help changemaker leaders, teams, and other Thinkydoers understand their strengths, increase their quantifiable impact, and become fulfilled in their careers (without masking or mind-reading). My "how?" Accessible, efficient approaches to strategy creation, alignment, and operationalizing for goal achievement, with a special focus on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). The approaches I coach and teach today build on well-honed expertise leading adult learning, instructional design, marketing, creative strategy and strategic operations at some of the world’s largest enterprises, and in public sector and political roles. In my individual coaching work via Thinkydoers, I help people who are "wired differently" (or otherwise "not from Leadership Central Casting") build authentic, rewarding careers as the leaders of change our world needs today. When not working with Red Currant Collective, my "other life" is in professional motorcycle racing. 🏍️
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