In the process of using this tool, there are many States, such as giving up many times, regaining many times and adjusting many times. In the process of using this tool for more than a year, some problems are gradually discovered.
First of all, do you think OKR is a good tool for target management?
The first time I met OKR, it was recommended by my favorite education blogger, so I signed up for his OKR training camp, officially learned the use of OKR tools for the first time, and read a lot of books about OKR. Fortunately, the external lecturer invited by the company's internal training also gave us a course on OKR target management.
So at that time, I firmly believed that OKR was the best tool for target management. But in the following period of use, I found that I was not as enthusiastic as I was at the beginning. Later, I reflected on the source, only to know that at first I admired the OKR tool method very much, not because of my inner trust in OKR tools, but because of the halo effect created by the recommendation of people around me, which made me feel that I was the best.
When you don't have enough trust and obsession with this set of tools and methods, you can't really synchronize your goals with your thoughts; It may just be done for the sake of completion, and it is impossible to achieve perfect and flowing moments.
After continuous recognition and support, in the process of trial and error again and again, I realized that the model of the target management tool I wanted was consistent with the OKR management method. From blind worship to confusion to final acceptance and recognition, it is inseparable from my strong will to manage by objectives.
In fact, no matter what kind of tools and methods, they all have their own unique advantages and disadvantages. Only by truly believing in yourself and delivering wholeheartedly can we exert our power.
Secondly, is the goal you set really your goal?
The first time I used the OKR target management tool, I finished it through the homework assigned by the study group. In order to make the target look more distinctive and reflect its own connotation and profundity, various modifiers are used, haha; Now that I think about it, I thought it was pretty cute at that time.
When talking to friends in the internet circle about tools and methods, they also said that the company is following Google's example, and all employees are using OKR tools to manage their goals, but there is no clear standard to judge whether the goals are correct or reasonable. In many cases, the criterion of their OKR scheme is to change from the past KPI assessment to a template, and the goal is not their own goal, but the big goal of the team and organization; Therefore, the goal setting can't really reflect the standards set by OKR.
In the past, I often made the same wrong goal, which also made me give up halfway. Goals are no longer redundant goals in your mind or things that are closely related to you.
If you want to use the management by objectives tool better, the most basic thing is whether the goals you set are directly related to yourself. Since it is a personal goal management tool, this goal must first be directly related to the individual and within your responsibility. If those goals beyond these ranges are divorced from reality.
Third, is this goal really what you want to achieve?
I remember my initial goal was to lose weight, because I worked at home for a long time during the epidemic and lacked exercise, so the first goal of my writing group was to leak my waist within one month, and random KR was also the key result around the goal. Logically speaking, there is no problem with this OKR formulation, and the disassembly of O and KR in OKR tools is also very specific.
However, the reality is that I will still sit at my desk every day for the next month and have no idea about fitness. Afterwards, I realized in my self-reflection and recovery that this goal is not the one I was sure and promised to accomplish from the beginning, but just to finish my homework. Losing weight is the most common goal, so it is the safest and safest to choose it.
This is also a rule that I set for myself when I used and made OKR tools in the later period. This goal must be something I am very sure and eager to achieve. I should be responsible for myself, rather than being a tool for others to show myself.
Finally, is your goal valuable to you or others?
The motivation for a good goal to persist is, on the one hand, one's own desire for the goal, on the other hand, constant positive feedback in the process of implementation. When your goal is out of value, it is difficult to get positive feedback from the outside world, so when making OKR tools, it is difficult not only to stick to this goal, but also to make the key results more accurate.
No matter how perfect the plan is, it cannot be separated from efficient implementation. Action is the foundation of all actions. Use good tools to contribute to your life.