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OKR FOUNDATION CERTIFICATION
Start building up your OKR Knowledge and get an excellent understanding how OKRs work
Four short modules, a hands-on drafting lesson and a certificate on completion. Put your Objectives and Key Results in front of your team next week.
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5 modules
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17 min 17 sec
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10 languages
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OVERVIEW
Every OKR journey starts with the basics
This course is for anyone getting started with OKRs. Our step-by-step guide takes you from why OKRs work to drafting, checking and tracking your own set. It is facilitated by OKR experts who support individuals and teams around the globe in implementing OKRs successfully. In the hands-on lesson you draft your own set of OKRs and check it against our Objective and Key Result checklists.
What you will learn
OKR Foundation
How the course runs
Short video lessons
17 lessons, about 20 minutes in total. Watch at your own pace, whenever suits you.
Checklists and a quiz
Check your Objectives and key results against our checklists, then test yourself.
Certificate of completion
Earn your OKR Foundation certificate. Verifiable online and ready to share on LinkedIn.
OUTCOMES
What you will be able to do
Sixteen practical capabilities, grouped by module.
1
Explain why OKRs work
Explain why organizations use OKRs
Describe what an OKR is
Tell an OKR apart from a KPI
Draft a good OKR
2
Write Objectives that stretch
Set your first Objective
Identify the purpose behind it
Reach beyond the usual
Question your Objectives
3
Measure with key results
Set your key results
Choose the right type of key result
Improve weak key results
Define what success looks like
4
Run OKRs in a cadence
Align OKRs across teams
Track OKRs with regular check-ins
Build your OKR cadence
Apply OKR best practices
HOW IT RUNS
Four modules, at your own pace
About 20 minutes of video in total, plus checklists, a quiz and a bonus exercise. Lifetime access, so you can return any time.
Module 1
The foundation of OKR
Why OKRs work and how they differ from KPIs.
Module 2
Objectives to achieve your goals
Set a purposeful Objective, then stretch and question it.
Module 3
Key results to measure your progress
Choose the right type of key result and sharpen it.
Module 4
Implementing OKRs
Alignment, check-ins and your OKR cadence.
Bonus
Surfacing ideas before OKRs
A bonus exercise to get ideas out before you draft.
CURRICULUM
Four modules, at your own pace
5 sections, 21 video lessons, 4 quizzes. 17 min 17 sec
WHY OKR?
01:01
WHAT IS AN OKR?
00:45
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OKR VS KPI?
01:09
HOW TO DRAFT A GOOD OKR?
01:21
THE FOUNDATION OF OKR – ENGLISH
SET YOUR FIRST OBJECTIVE
00:55
IDENTIFY YOUR PURPOSE
00:57
GROW AND REACH BEYOND THE USUAL
00:50
QUESTION YOUR OBJECTIVES
00:50
OBJECTIVE – CHECKLIST – ENGLISH
SET YOUR KEY RESULTS
01:12
TYPES OF KEY RESULTS
01:00
IMPROVE YOUR KEY RESULTS
01:10
DEFINING SUCCESS WITH OKR
01:07
KEY RESULTS – CHECKLIST – ENGLISH
MAKE YOUR OKR ALIGN
01:10
TRACK OKR BY REGULAR CHECK-IN
00:59
BUILD YOUR OKR CADENCE
01:01
OKR BEST PRACTICES
01:50
IMPLEMENTING OKR – QUIZ – ENGLISH
OKR Brain Dump | Say It As It Is
Your coaches
Who it is for
No prerequisites. Suited to anyone getting started with OKRs.
What is included
Certificate of completion
17 video lessons
4 quizzes
OKR checklists
Lifetime access
Available in 10 languages
Hands-on OKR drafting lesson
OKR brain dump exercise
Your certificate
Complete the course to earn your OKR Foundation certificate. It counts as Level 1 of the OKR Institute certification path.
Verify any OKR Institute certificate at
learn.okrinstitute.org/validate-certificate
REVIEWS
What certified practitioners say
What changed for learners after the course.
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The OKR Foundation Certification by OKR Institute was very insightful and well-structured. It helped me personally understand the core principles of OKRs and how to set meaningful objectives and measurable key results that align with organizational goals.
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Great Learning
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Very enriching course
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Concise yet thorough
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It was great experience and learning
TEAM TRAINING
Skill up your whole team
Team training for medium and large teams from 5 seats. We will set your people up on the Foundation course and plan the next steps toward a certified OKR practice.
FAQ
Questions before you enroll
Yes. Enrollment is free and no card is required.
Lifetime access. Return to the lessons and checklists whenever you need them.
Complete the course to earn your OKR Foundation certificate. It is verifiable online through the certificate validation page and can be shared on LinkedIn.
Yes. The course is available in 10 languages. Use the language pills at the top of the page to switch.
OKR Practitioner (C-OKRP): five live sessions with a certified coach, for when you are ready to run OKRs with a team.
Still deciding?
Look through the lessons, keep the brochure for later or bring your team along.
CERTIFICATION PATH
Train your OKR champions together
Practitioner is the credential most organizations ask for when they name an OKR champion.
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