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Strategy Ignite

Your organization has made a transformative decision: to build your strategy with Objectives and Key Results. OKRs are trusted by the world’s leading companies and have earned their reputation as a cornerstone of impactful business outcomes.

As the business experts in OKRs, Wave Nine presents Strategy Ignite, our end-to-end program of learning and implementation.

Strategy Ignite brings you the power of OKRs using WorkBoard, the industry-leading platform for OKR management.

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Your Journey

Over the next few weeks, we’ll guide you in setting up an OKR program with WorkBoard that creates clarity and energy for executing your strategy with predictability and profitability. Think of it as learning to surf. We’ll be with you until you’re an excellent surfer, mastering the waves of strategy execution.

Setup and Launch

Approximately 4 weeks

OKR Cycle 1

1 Quarter

OKR Cycle 2

1 Quarter

Scale & Measure

Ongoing

Step 1: Commit the Time

Moving to OKRs can be a big shift. Even if you’ve used OKRs before, you’ll need to put in the learning time up front to stay in sync with your colleagues. The beginning of the OKR cycle is intentionally quick – OKRs are written in just two to three weeks – so coming prepared is key.

Be sure to set aside a few blocks to dig into the self-guided learnings in the next three steps right away.

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Step 2: Get Started with OKRs

Learning and applying OKRs is an investment that brings rewards not only to your  organization but to you as well, through:

  • Greater insight to company strategy
  • Direct alignment of your work to top-level company objectives
  • Transparent and objective measures of success
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  • Attend the all-hands meeting to kick off your organization's OKR program
  • Take these self-guided trainings on Wave Nine Academy:
  • OKR Crash Course [N minutes]
  • Online Master Class [N minutes] (OR DO WE SAVE THIS FOR STEP 4?)
  • Craft your first OKRs in your team's OKR Wrokshop

Step 3: Get Started with WorkBoard

WorkBoard is intuitive software that empowers you and your team to:

  • Make visible progress on your OKRs
  • Easy get-and-provide-insight to your progress
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  • Log into WorkBoard using the link you received in email
  • Set up your profile
  • Take the self-guided training Welcome to WorkBoard [B minutes]
  • Should we add OKRs with WorkBoard too?
  • If applicable, integrate WorkBoard with Microsoft Teams, Slack, and/or your calendar
  • Begin using WorkBoard to track your progress in weekly updates

Step 4: Become an Expert

OKRs have been called “deceptively simple” because despite their compact appearance, it takes practice to get great at writing effective OKRs. In fact, it’s normal to need a few quarters before it feels intuitive.

If you or your team encounter challenges along the way, you’re not alone. If you like, you may continue your learning journey for insights on how to overcome situations and get the most from WorkBoard and OKRs.

  • Greater insight to company strategy
  • Direct alignment of your work to top-level company objectives
  • Transparent and objective measures of success
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  • Your Digital Operating Rhythm in WorkBoard
  • Outcome Mindset Method
  • OKR FastPass Program
  • Running a Great OKR Session with Your Team
  • Certified Level 2 OKR Coach
  • OKR Coach Certification in the Outcome Mindset Method
  • WorkBoard Pro

With High Clarity And High Energy You Achieve
Strategic Agility And Unlock

Clarity

Energy

Resources for you and your team

WorkBoard Implementation
Program & Change Management
OKR Process Design
Trainings & Certifications
Workshops and Coaching
  • User Provisioning Sheet
  • 1:34 Minutes Video on how to fill in the User Provisioning Sheet
  • Single Sign-on (SSO) Activation
  • Integrations with Other Business Software
  • Activating MS Teams Integration
  • Connect Google or Outlook Calendar with WorkBoard
  • Onboarding Survey
  • Team Formation & Key Roles
  • Example Program Implementation OKRs
  • BPO Team Kickoff Presentation PDF
  • Communication Guidelines
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Onboarding Survey
  • Team Formation & Key Roles
  • Example Program Implementation OKRs
  • BPO Team Kickoff Presentation PDF
  • Communication Guidelines
  • Glossary of Terms
  • WorkBoard Platform
  • WorkBoard Learn is a self-paced Learning Management System (LMS) available to your teams at all times
  • WorkBoard Help Center
  • WorkBoard Localization Tracker

Resources for you and your team

All resources, such as links to trainings, are collected here for easy access. First, be sure to read the detailed descriptions of each phase of the Implementation Process, above, to understand how and when to use these resources.

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