OKR Meetup: Ben Lamorte, Omid Akhavan & OKRs.com (All-hands) (7.6.2022, 16.00)

At this event for our OKR Mastermind members, you can get inspiration from Ben Lamorte and Omid Akhavan. Both are members of the internationally recognized OKRs.com coaching team.
 
Especially Ben, being the founder of OKRs.com and as an author of two books on OKRs, is one of the leading figures of the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) framework worldwide.

Agenda

  • Launch of the meetup, introduction 
  • Ben’s and Omid’s intro (presentation, experience sharing, examples)
  • Discussion on OKR challenges with OKR Mastermind members

Topics open for discussion:

  • OKRs best practices
  • The work of an OKRs coach and his/her role
  • OKRs coaching session - how it works
  • Ben’s books
  • OKRs.com and the OKRs Coach Network
  • Questions and Answers on various related topics

Ben Lamorte

Ben is founder of OKRs.com and is an internationally recognized OKRs coach guru. Ben has more OKRs coaching experience than anyone on the planet. He coaches business leaders focused on defining and making measurable progress on their most important goals. Building off his success helping 100s of managers draft and refine their team’s Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), he founded OKRs.com in 2014. Lamorte has helped over a hundred organizations deploy OKRs including eBay, Adobe, Capital One, Zalando, CareerBuilder, and GoNoodle. In addition to the USA, OKRs.com has clients based in Singapore, Australia, China, Saudi Arabia, Poland, South Africa, France, Germany, Israel, India, Norway, the Netherlands, the UK, and even Canada.  

Ben’s first book, Objectives and Key Results: Driving Focus, Alignment, and Engagement with OKRs (co-authored with P. Niven), was published by Wiley in 2016. Ben studied Engineering and Mathematics at University of California, Davis and holds a graduate degree in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.

Ben’s second book is “The OKRs Field Book: A Step-by-Step Guide for Objectives and Key Results Coaches”. It is the first book dedicated to OKRs coaching. It is not an introduction to OKRs. Instead, this book is written for external and internal coaches looking to take their OKRs coaching skills to the next level. It provides a comprehensive framework to guide users through the phases and steps necessary to make your OKRs coaching project a success.

Omid Akhavan

Omid is an award-winning management consultant, trainer, and coach. He began his consulting career at IBM (USA), where he worked as a Managing Strategy & Transformation Consultant. For 15 years, Omid has helped organizations in areas such as operational excellence, process improvement, business transformation, strategy execution, and performance management. 

Omid shifted his focus exclusively to OKRs in 2018. He has now trained 1,000+ employees and helped 50+ organizations to optimize their use of OKRs. In 2019, Omid received his OKRs Coach certification from OKRs.com and now works with Ben to deliver OKRs coaching around the world, with a focus on the EMEA market to address Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

In addition to a graduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University, Omid has professional certifications including Lean Coach/Master (IBM), Transformational Leadership (IBM), Six Sigma Black Belt (ASU), and Project Management Professional (PMI).

OKRs.com and the OKRs Coach Network

The OKRs.com coaching team includes coaches from around the world, having over 20 years of collective OKRs coaching experience. Their offices are based in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. 

In 2020, the OKRs Coach Network was launched for anyone looking to join the global network of OKRs coaches. The mission of the network is to enable OKRs coaches to connect and exchange best practices in order to develop OKRs coaching skills that improve alignment, focus, engagement, communication and learning in the global workplace. 

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The event is invitation-only
As a OKR Mastermind member you will get an invitation to your calendar. 
Format: Zoom, no recording
Language of the meeting: English 
Duration: 16.00 - 17.30 CEST/UTC +2 hours 
Non-member and can’t miss it? Write to mira (at) okrmastermind.cz