Course Code: HRM 740
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Objective & Key Result (OKR) Professional
Course Sector:
HR Strategy and Training
Course Dates and Locations
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Days
Location
Fees
Enrollment
01
04 - 06 Aug 2025
3 Days
London, UK
$3,950
02
28 - 30 Sep 2025
3 Days
Muscat, Oman
$3,250
03
17 - 19 Nov 2025
3 Days
Dubai, UAE
$3,250
Introduction
Training course introducion / brief

OKR stands for Objectives and Key Results, and is a popular management technique or tool that companies utilize to focus and implement the strategy. It is vital for organizations to have a certified OKR professional to ensure that organizational OKRs are focused on results, implemented, and aligned with strategy.

 

This training course is designed to provide participants with the relevant concepts and best practices on how to set, manage, implement and align objectives and key results with organizational strategy. This will allow participants to prepare and be equipped with knowledge as a Certified OKR Professional.

Course Objectives
At the end of the training course, participants will be able to

  • Design best practice OKRs that are aspirational, committed, strategic, and/or tactical
  • Create buy-in and a culture of goal setting, accountability, and performance improvement
  • Improve performance of departments, teams, programs, projects, and team members
  • Align OKRs with strategy while still maintaining agility
  • Shift focus from activities to results
  • Manage an OKR program roll out
  • Enable young managers to guide employee development of strong OKRs
  • Gain the necessary knowledge and skills to take the exam and become a Certified OKR Professional.

Course Audience
Who is this course for, and can benefit the most

  • Managers and Team Leaders
  • Project Managers
  • Executives and Business Leaders
  • HR Professionals
  • Entrepreneurs and Start-up Founders
  • Consultants and Coaches
  • Anyone Interested in Goal Setting and Performance Management

Course Outline
The course aims and learning outcomes

OKR Overview: Understanding OKRs

  • What are OKRs?
  • History of OKRs
  • OKRs and strategic agility
  • Benefits of OKRs
  • Case studies and examples

 

Introduction to OKRs

  • What is an Objective?
  • What is a Key Result?
  • What is an Action/Activity or Initiative?
  • Building OKRs step by step:
  • Understand strategic context
  • Develop objectives
  • Develop key results
  • Align and adapt
  • Identify and implement initiatives and actions
  • The OKR reporting cycle:
  • Develop or revise
  • Share, review and check in
  • Grade and reflect


Mastering OKRs

  • OKR online tutorial review
  • How to use the OKR template
  • Common mistakes and how to avoid them
  • Using OKRs in different organizational types

Understanding Strategic Context

  • Strategic agility
  • Developing objectives

 

OKR Development Basics

  • Developing Objectives
  • Describing objectives and intended results
  • Different types of OKRs: Strategic versus tactical or operational, aspirational versus committed
  • Scoring OKRs and managing expectations
  • Key result best practices
  • Creating measurable results using concrete language
  • Differentiating activities, initiatives, outputs and outcomes
  • Activity: Developing Key Results

Aligning OKRs

  • OKR Reporting and review process
  • Facilitating OKR development
  • Facilitation best practices
  • Facilitating leaders and managers
  • Coaching teams to differentiate between results and activities

Principles in Change Management

  • Managing the program roll out
  • No-judgment accountability
  • Engagement
  • Gamification
  • Activity: Developing aligned objectives


Managing Performance Over Time

  • OKRs and Other Frameworks
  • OKRs versus MBO
  • OKRs versus KPIs
  • OKRs with Agile
  • OKRs with Balanced Scorecard
  • Perspectives
  • Strategy Maps
  • OKR Automation

 

Activity:

  • Developing an agile reporting cycle
  • Developing a strategy map

Providers and Associations
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Boost certificate of completion
BOOST's Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC” is always given to the delegates after completing the training course, and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%, besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.
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COURSE METHODOLOGY

Our Training programs are implemented by combining the participants' academic knowledge and practical practice (30% theoretical / 70% practical activities).

At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.

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