This introduction to OKRs by renowned OKR coach Felipe Castro covers everything you need to know about the basics of objectives and key results. Useful topics include ‘How ambitious should your OKRs be?’ and ‘Why you should separate OKR and compensation.’ The guide also looks at the connection between strategic and tactical OKRs and the importance of having value-based rather than activity-based OKRs (because the end result should be ‘success’ rather than ‘tasks achieved.’)

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Castro created the concept of the OKR Cycle and gives readers a detailed outline of what a typical OKR Cycle should look like.

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This guide is mainly aimed at first-time OKR users, but seasoned OKR users will also find it valuable as a recap of key elements. The guide is downloadable for free on Castro’s website and runs to 50 pages of PDF. It is around a 30-minute read, though a team could usefully spend a morning or a day working through it section by section and considering how to use OKRs in their own context.