Building a best-in-class team and working principles
Who you hire will define your success
A paramount building block to the growth of your company are the very people who truly believe in your company’s vision. Attracting and retaining talent is perhaps one of the most difficult and frustrating parts of running a business and has been a key element to the success I’ve enjoyed in my career.
My approach to working is principled in an open, friendly and ambitious environment where team members have visibility into each other, where communication is everything, where working standards are extremely high and underpinned by a real obsession for quality and hands-on execution.
The OKR methodology outlined below explains the principle.
The OKR method
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The Objectives and Key Results (OKR) method is a collaborative goal-setting tool used by teams and individuals to set challenging, ambitious goals with measurable results.
Developed by Andy Grove, today the methodology is used by some of the world’s most valuable companies including Google, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, and Intel.
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The OKR system not only allows to identify the overall objectives set from the bottom up, but also to effectively measure them (key results) while offering visibility into each other’s set of priorities at a company-wide level, team level and at a personal level.
OKRs are meant to be uncomfortable and will push your teams to new levels of performance.
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Any goal has to be measurable. You can’t track what you don’t measure. Did the team hit their target? Yes or No? There’s no ‘ifs’ or surprises and certainly no ‘maybes’.
Key results are the levers your team will pull to hit their objective.
