# Managing Performance with OKRs

> Set ambitious, measurable Objectives and Key Results, align teams and run a quarterly rhythm that drives focus.

- **Provider:** Afriskora Training Solutions
- **Category:** Business Analysis & Strategy
- **Duration:** 3 days
- **Formats:** classroom (cities across Africa), live virtual (Zoom/Teams), in-house for teams
- **Certificate:** Afriskora Certificate of Completion, verifiable online
- **Booking:** request dates and a quote; invoice and EFT payment
- **Web page:** https://afriskora.co.za/courses/business-analysis-strategy/managing-performance-with-okrs
- **Request dates:** https://afriskora.co.za/request-training?course=managing-performance-with-okrs

## Overview

Objectives and Key Results help organisations focus on what matters most and connect daily work to strategy. This course teaches how to write good OKRs, cascade and align them without bureaucracy, run check-ins and retrospectives, and integrate OKRs with existing KPIs, scorecards and performance reviews.

## Who should attend

- Executives and strategy managers
- Team leaders and project managers
- HR and performance management practitioners
- Start-up and scale-up leaders

## Learning outcomes

- Explain how OKRs differ from KPIs and traditional targets
- Write clear objectives and measurable key results
- Align OKRs across teams without top-down cascading
- Run weekly check-ins and quarterly reviews
- Integrate OKRs with performance management sensibly

## Course outline

### Module 1: OKR foundations

- Origins and principles
- OKRs versus KPIs
- Committed and aspirational OKRs
- Common mistakes

### Module 2: Writing and aligning

- Writing objectives
- Measurable key results
- Alignment and dependencies
- OKR drafting workshop

### Module 3: Running the rhythm

- Check-ins and dashboards
- Scoring and retrospectives
- OKRs and performance reviews
- Rollout plan