Books
There are numerous excellent books on the OKR model globally. Now the information is also available in Finnish, applied to the Finnish market and with Finnish case studies. Reading Henri Sora’s and Juuso Hämäläinen’s practical OKR guide is a good way to get to grips with what the OKR model is all about and what it takes to implement it. The books have been translated into English and French.
- Strategia arkeen OKR-mallilla (2020)
- Strategia arkeen OKR-mallilla – 4. revised edition (2022)
- La méthode OKR : Objectives & Key Results (2022)
- Implementing OKRs: The Practitioner’s Guide for Executives, Managers and Team Leaders (2023)
Strategia arkeen OKR-mallilla (2020)
From inspiration to action and results
A practical guide to support the business change process
Concrete support for the implementation of OKR ModelsStep-by-step and business cases from Finland.
Every leader faces the same fundamental challenge: how to implement the strategy and put it into practice. The volatility and uncertainty of the current business environment has added to this challenge. As a leader, how do you get people to work towards common goals, keep them motivated and increase their willingness to change?
The OKR model is simple – easy to understand and teach, sometimes difficult to implement. That’s why implementation projects often face unexpected challenges. This book will help you avoid the typical pitfalls and successfully implement the model.
OKRs were made famous by Google, but the model has been adopted by numerous companies and organisations both in the world and in Finland. Many of them have achieved tremendous success through effective goal management.
This book takes you through the practical steps needed to fully implement OKRs in your organisation, without shying away from the tricky issues of change management. It provides easy-to-understand examples and case studies from real companies to help you turn inspiration into action and results.
The book is written for boards, CEOs, management teams, change leaders, torchbearers and anyone thinking about using the OKR model or seeking support for an existing change process.
The book is sold out.
Strategia arkeen OKR-mallilla – 4. revised edition (2022)
The popular Strategia arkeen OKR-mallilla -book has been revised
The OKR model has evolved between the first and fourth editions of the book. We have been involved in some interesting and successful OKR deployments, so we included new business cases.
Over 30 pages of more material!
As per readers’ requests, the revised edition delves deeper into the influence of organisational culture on the implementation of the OKR model. Additionally, the book presents an extensive discourse on conducting retrospectives and leveraging them company-wide. It further features fresh client experiences from Finnish entities, including KELA, Kotipizza, Yle, Futurice, and Custobar. The book is in Finnish.
An audiobook version (in Finnish) of the book is also available.
La méthode OKR : Objectives & Key Results (2022)
Implementing OKR’s – French edition (2022)
A revised edition suitable for the French market
A practical guide with French business cases
The book explains clearly and with numerous examples what OKRs are, what their benefits are and how the method can be applied in an organisation, regardless of the number of employees. It is suitable for boards, management teams and managers who need to lead change in an organisation.
La méthode OKR : Objectives & Key Results is an extension of the first edition of Implementing OKR’s, co-authored with Elie Casamitjana. The book includes additions of a corporate cases from Société Générale and Peugeot. The book is in French.
Implementing OKRs: The Practitioner’s Guide for Executives, Managers and Team Leaders (2023)
Now available in English due to popular demand.
Discover the practical leadership methods beyond the OKR hype! This book walks you through the practical steps required to fully implement OKRs in your organization, and doesn’t shy away from the sometimes sticky change management-related issues. It provides you with ease-to-understand examples and case studies from actual companies to help you transform the excitement into action and ultimate results.
This book goes beyond sharing mere inspirational stories about OKRs
Every leader faces the same fundamental challenge: how to execute the strategy. The volatility and uncertainty of the current business environment made this challenge even more intense.
So do you, as a leader, get people to work towards common goals, keep them motivated and increase their receptivity to change?
The solution is a state-of-the-art goal-setting method called Objectives and Key Results, OKR for short. OKR transforms strategy into easy-to-understand goals the entire organization then works towards together – and succeeds!