Make progress on what matters most
An OKR implementation gives your teams one shared answer to what matters most this quarter — and the focus to get there together. I work with your leadership team and your teams to put that rhythm in place.
Free and without obligation. I come with questions, not slides.
THIS CYCLE — MAX 5 OBJECTIVES
NOT FOR NOW
Good ideas that get their turn later. Visibly parked, never lost, and back on the table at the next planning.
THE PROCESS
One quarter from first training to first results
A proposal, not a fixed programme — we shape it together in the call, and agree there what a great first cycle would look like for you.
Same reference examplesEveryone leaves the training with one understanding of OKRs, which saves hours of debate later.
The real choicesWhat the company will move this year — and what deliberately waits.
Ownership, not complianceCoaching a team’s own draft builds ownership faster than writing it for them.
The routine sticksConfidence, blockers, lessons learned — then straight into the next set of OKRs.
Max 5 objectives per team, per cycle. No exceptions.
Focus is the real gift OKRs give a team. Five is ambitious enough to matter and few enough that everyone can name them without looking. Protecting those five is what makes the big topics genuinely move — and every good idea that waits gets its turn at the next planning.
EXPERIENCE
OKR implementation since 2018
From single-team pilots to company-wide rollouts across several countries and brands. Product, software and R&D organisations are a natural fit: the work is already outcome-oriented, and the difficulty is prioritisation rather than measurement.
Zertus Group
Company-wide OKR rollout across Europe, covering Dextro Energy, Galea and 19 further brands — one shared rhythm across separate entities and countries.
Herosoftware & Doktor.de
OKR implementation in a software company and in a fast-moving digital health business — both cases where the “not for now” list mattered more than the framework.
Further implementations personally led include Harvey Norman in Ireland and Domino’s Pizza in Germany. A selection of organisations I have supported:
Happy to arrange a direct conversation with an OKR sponsor from a comparable organisation — I ask my clients first, so we set that up after the call.
WHAT MAKES IT WORK
Four things that make OKRs stick
Focus that holds all quarter
The teams that protect their five objectives are the teams that finish them.
The “not for now” list becomes a visible, welcome part of every check-in.Ambition that fits the year
OKRs come alive when there is real room to move them, alongside the customer and project work already committed.
Annual OKRs sized against the capacity that is genuinely free, so the plan is one you can win.Outcomes rather than activity
The moment key results describe what will change rather than what gets done, the whole thing clicks.
Coaching through the first two cycles of drafts, which is where that shift happens.Room to aim high
Teams reach further when OKRs are a shared ambition to learn from, not an individual score.
Agreed openly with the leadership team before the first team session.INVESTMENT
A transparent day rate, and a scope we size together
Where you land in that range depends on how many teams take part and how much of the work is on-site — exactly what we define together in the call.
Joern Steinz (MBA)
OKR Coach & Consultant
I have been helping organisations implement OKRs since 2018, with a focus on practical application and measurable outcomes. Before that, consultant at Accenture and Corporate Development Manager at XING; MBA from EADA Business School, Barcelona. I teach at the International School of Management and the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg in Heilbronn. You work with me throughout — the same person in the leadership session and in the team coaching.
Let’s talk about what matters most
Thirty minutes to hear where you want to make real progress this year — and I will tell you openly whether OKRs are the right way to get there, and what the scope would look like.
Book a 30-minute callJoern Steinz · hello@okr-consultants.com · 0049 175 566 4329
I look forward to hearing from you.