In this article, we’ll provide strategic OKR examples that when implemented can serve as a launching pad for growth in 2019. Obviously, every company is different, and we won’t pretend to know your specific needs and priorities. But these examples will provide inspiration for the type of goals you
The rules of work management are changing. And Workfront customers are often the ones writing them.
That’s exactly why we created the Lion Awards — to showcase the groundbreaking work that Workfront customers are doing to transform work management within their organization. Winners will be
Join us at Leap 2019 in Dallas, Texas to hear Mary Ann Erickson present about best practices for implementing work management. Daniel Pink, author of Drive, and Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone will keynote.
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Mary Ann Erickson is the Workflow Systems Engineer for Allianz Partners, a
Companies often confuse OKRs with tasks. Those conversations inspired us to write this post because OKR goals (or generally any organizational goals) are completely different than tasks. In fact, managing and tracking goals at an enterprise level has nothing to do with tracking tasks. Understanding
“To err is human,” wrote 18th-century English poet Alexander Pope.
Nowhere is this truth more apparent than in the modern enterprise. Despite our capacity for altruism and creativity, we humans also tend to mess things up on a fairly regular basis.
We commit minor foibles like getting distracted
This post is part of our ongoing interview series with masters of modern work.
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Brian Carroll, founder of Markempa, has been interested in empathy since the start of his career.
He was a sales development rep doing cold calls to sales managers, and he was struggling to get appointments. He
Invariably, when working with new clients, the first questions asked are:
“What should be included in my initial objectives?”
“How do I ensure we set good objectives?”
“Can you provide examples of OKRs?”
An OKR best practice is to start with top
Managing digital content across all the phases of work, whether in progress or finalized, has traditionally been an intimidating challenge often avoided altogether. But there’s no dodging the reality: Asset management is critical, and it literally pays for a business to responsibly manage its
OKRs (objectives and key results) are an extremely effective goal setting practice. While they are simple and especially easy to use once your organization develops a rhythm with them, as with any other new practice, organizations can make mistakes when first introducing OKRs.
Here, we’ve compiled
Up and down Utah’s Wasatch Front, where Workfront is headquartered, a series of billboards featuring oversize images of human ears have assaulted the eyes of those who travel I-15 for years.
“We Hear You” is the slogan of local car dealer Ken Garff, and they have extended the visual metaphor almost
By Jon Ogden | Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Workfront
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It was the early 1980s, and Intel was bleeding money. Memory chips — the staple of their business for more than a decade — had become an insanely competitive market. They weren't keeping pace.
As a result, they had to make a
This interview is part of a series with masters of modern work. Also see our interviews with Scott Shippy, Josh Blackwood, and Greg Stine.
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Cameron Masters studied communications in college and then worked in digital marketing. Like others we’ve interviewed for this series, he didn’t initially
