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Self-Driven

OKR Goal Management

Set your own goals, drive your own results

Core Idea

The core of OKR (Objectives and Key Results) is not top-down assignment of metrics, but letting members participate in goal setting. Goals you set yourself are goals you're more motivated to achieve.

How to Implement

Goal Setting

  • Team goals are discussed and set together by managers and members, not unilaterally imposed
  • Individual OKRs are proposed by members themselves, with managers helping to align with team direction
  • Goals should be somewhat challenging, but not impossible to achieve
  • Each objective has 2-4 measurable Key Results

OKR Cycle

  • Set OKRs on a quarterly basis
  • Briefly review progress each week in team meetings
  • Do a mid-quarter check-in, adjusting if necessary
  • Score and retrospect at the end of the quarter, summarizing learnings

Tips

  • OKR is not a performance evaluation tool — don't tie it directly to rewards and penalties
  • Encourage setting ambitious goals — achieving 70% is a good result
  • The focus is on alignment and self-motivation, not number tracking
  • Individual OKRs should relate to team OKRs, but don't need to be identical

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