Measure what matters

Goals

Goals

Hello, listeners, members and subscribers! Our sixteenth Moonshots Master episode is here and we are leaping into Leadership and Goal setting, off the back of our Achieving Your Goals series!

To truly get us going, we hear from the master, John Doerr, who inspires us by stating it's crucial to choose the right goals for the right reasons, in business and in our personal lives, and how Google, Bono, And The Gates Foundation Rock The World With OKRS. We then learn from Laura Wilkinson, an Olympic gold medalist, who discusses the importance of setting goals, and why accidents like winning an Olympic Gold don’t just happen.

Now we can dive into Christina R Wodtke, who speaks about ‘What Matters’ and how you flow OKRs through your organisation, as well as the importance of empowerment. We also have Expert Program Management who states how to keep your balance when setting goals, and the value of Self assessment.

To help us kick-start our behaviour today, we learn from Kim Scott, who breaks down Radical Candor and introduces the 4 quadrants. We close, fully inspired and keen to begin, with Terrence Donahue and Michael D Watkins, who talk about the benefits of planning where you’re going forward, and the Next 90 Days.

Our recommended reading list includes some key titles that will help you go even deeper into the topic:

  1. John Doerr, Measure What Matters

  2. Caroline Adams Miller and Michael B. Frisch, Creating Your Best Life: The Ultimate Life List Guide

  3. Christina R Wodtke, Radical Focus

  4. Kim Scott, Radical Candor

  5. Michael D Watkins, The First 90 Days

  6. Michael Hyatt, Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals

What key lesson are you taking from the Master Series shows? Get in touch and let us know! Thanks for listening. That’s a wrap.

If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else." – Lawrence J. Peter

New Episode: Christina R Wodtke: Radical Focus

New Episode: Christina R Wodtke: Radical Focus

Radical Focus tackles the OKR movement and better goal setting through the powerful story of Hanna and Jack’s struggling tea startup. When the two receive an ultimatum from their only investor, they must learn how to employ Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) with radical focus to get the right things done. Will they be able to accomplish the few critical actions that will save their startup? Or will they end up mired in distractions and choices as their time runs out?

Christina Wodkte pulls from her experience with Silicon Valley’s hottest companies to teach practical insights on goal setting in fable form. How do you inspire a diverse team to work together, going all out in pursuit of a single, challenging goal? How do you stay motivated despite setbacks and failures?

Ready to move your team in the right direction? Read this book together, and learn Wodtke’s powerful system of decision-making to create your focus and find success.

New Episode: John Doerr: Measure What Matters

New Episode: John Doerr: Measure What Matters

Is your company focused on the right things? Do you understand what goals will move your company forward, and how to measure them? OKRs can help. Measure What Matters shows you how to use the OKR management system to identify your priorities, set ambitious goals, clearly measure and track them, and motivate and align everyone on your team.

This system helped Larry Page and Sergey Brin turn a small startup called Google into one of the most innovative companies in the world. Whether your business is large or small, OKRs are invaluable tools. Learn to implement the same management system used by Google, Intel, LinkedIn, Disney, Twitter, and Spotify.

Ideas are easy. Execution is everything.
John Doerr