Strategy execution workshop · OKR Consultants
Strategy execution workshop: a few clear priorities, one team, momentum that lasts
Your strategy is clear – now it has to happen. In our strategy execution workshop your leadership team picks the three to five priorities that decide the year, gives each one an owner and sets up the rhythm that keeps them moving for the next 90 days and beyond.
At a glance
When execution stalls
What a strategy execution workshop solves
Most strategies do not fail on paper. They fail in the months after the offsite, when daily business takes over again. These are the moments when a strategy execution workshop pays off.
The process on one page
Focus in the workshop, momentum in the 90 days after
Six steps: three in the room, three in the weeks that follow. The workshop creates focus; the rhythm afterwards turns it into results.
Prep session
Your strategy, your numbers and what is stuck today
Face reality
A candid look at results, market and running initiatives
Pick the critical few
Three to five priorities that decide the year, plus a stop list
Commit the team
One owner, resources and real support for each priority
Set 90-day OKRs
Measurable results for the first quarter
Review every month
A focused review of progress, blockers and decisions
Reset check at 90 days
Keep, adjust or replace each priority
Next 90 days
New OKRs on the same priorities, or the next battle
You leave with three to five critical priorities, one owner for each, a stop list that frees capacity, company-level OKRs for the next 90 days and a monthly rhythm that keeps the whole team moving.
Strategic reset
When you need a strategic reset
Sometimes the plan is not just slow, the world around it has changed. Then the workshop becomes a strategic reset: a fast, honest look at reality and a few priorities the company must win to stay ahead.
The market shifts
New competitors, new technology
Which of our assumptions no longer hold?
AI, new players or changing customer needs call for a different answer, quickly.
Reset: the few moves that secure your position.
Growth or margin under pressure
The numbers call for focus
Where do we put our limited resources now?
When budgets tighten, spreading effort thin is the most expensive option.
Reset: fewer priorities, more force behind each.
A new leadership team
Traction in the first 100 days
What do we want to be known for in a year?
A new CEO or a newly formed team needs shared priorities and early, visible wins.
Reset: one direction and quick wins that build trust.
What to expect
The strategy execution workshop and the 90 days after
A proposed flow that we tailor together in the prep session to your strategy, your numbers and your team.
In the room
The workshop
From an honest picture to a few priorities with ownersPurpose, decision rights, ground rules
What must be decided today, who decides, and how the team works together.
Result: a clear contract for the workshop.
1 · Face reality
Results, customer signals, competitors and the initiatives already running go on the wall. Everyone writes first, then the team compares notes.
Result: one honest picture of where you stand.
2 · Pick the critical few
Options compete against clear criteria: impact, urgency, capability and effort. The team picks three to five priorities, never more, and names what it stops to make room.
Result: three to five critical priorities and a stop list.
3 · Commit the team
Each priority gets one owner, a cross-functional team and the resources it needs. A candid round checks whether every leader is really behind each one.
Result: owners, resources and real commitment.
The first 30 days
First steps per priority, the message to the wider company and the date of the first monthly review.
Result: a start that happens the next day.
After the workshop
The 90-day cadence
From priorities to OKRs, reviews and resultsKick-off with the teams
Owners take their priority to their teams and translate it into first actions.
Result: everyone knows what changes now.
4 · Set 90-day OKRs
Each priority becomes one objective with measurable key results, drafted by the owners and sharpened together.
Result: company-level OKRs for the next 90 days.
5 · Priority review
A focused leadership-team session per month: progress on the scoreboard, blockers, decisions. Short, factual, every month.
Result: issues are solved while they are still small.
6 · Reset check
Keep, adjust or replace each priority, set the next OKRs and decide whether a new battle deserves a place on the list.
Result: the next cycle starts with fresh energy.
How we keep the momentum
Five habits that carry a strategy through the year
A workshop gives energy. These five habits keep it alive when daily business returns.
One owner per priority
Every priority has one name next to it, with the authority to act.
Stop before you start
A stop list frees the people and budget the priorities need.
A visible scoreboard
Progress on the key results is visible to the whole team, every week.
Monthly priority review
A short, factual session to clear blockers and take decisions.
Reset check at 90 days
Keep, adjust or replace each priority with fresh evidence.
Preparation
Well prepared, so the workshop starts with the real issues
What we do
- Run a one-hour prep session with you and the people who decide
- Collect where execution is stuck through a short pre-survey
- Turn your numbers into a compact fact base for the workshop
- Facilitate the workshop and capture every decision in the room
- On request, facilitate the monthly reviews and the 90-day reset check
What we need from you
- Your current strategy, plan or priorities, however rough
- Key figures and the list of initiatives already running
- About 20 minutes per leader for the pre-survey
- A room with plenty of wall space or whiteboards
- Clarity on who makes the final call when views differ
Outcomes
What your leadership team takes home
Inspired by the work of Peter Killing, Thomas Malnight and Tracey Keys on focusing leadership teams on a few critical priorities, and by Andy Grove and John Doerr on Objectives and Key Results. Our own facilitation format, not affiliated with the authors or their publishers.
Your facilitator
Joern Steinz (MBA)
Joern has facilitated more than 1.000 workshops since 2014 and has supported companies with OKRs since 2019, in around 60 engagements. Before that he worked at Accenture and in corporate development at XING and the freenet Group, and he holds an MBA from EADA Business School in Barcelona.
He is at his best when a leadership team has to turn many good intentions into a few clear priorities, measurable OKRs and a rhythm that lasts.
Selected clients
FAQ
Questions about the strategy execution workshop
What is a strategy execution workshop?
A facilitated session in which the leadership team turns its strategy into a few critical priorities with owners, resources and measurable results, and sets up the rhythm that keeps them moving afterwards.
How is it different from a strategic planning meeting?
Strategic planning decides where the company is heading. Strategy execution makes sure it actually gets there. If you still need to make the big choices first, see our strategic planning meeting facilitation.
When do we need a strategic reset?
When the market shifts, growth or margins come under pressure, or a new leadership team takes over. Then a fast, honest look at reality and a short list of critical priorities matter more than a long plan.
Why no more than five priorities?
Because a leadership team can keep only a handful of things moving at the same time. Every additional priority takes people, budget and attention away from the ones that matter most.
How do you keep the momentum after the workshop?
With one owner per priority, 90-day OKRs, a monthly priority review and a reset check after 90 days. We can facilitate the reviews or coach your team to run them. More on running OKRs in practice under OKR management.
Who should take part, and in which language?
The leadership team, usually five to ten people, including the person who makes the final call. We facilitate in English or German, on site across Europe.
Let’s talk
Let’s get your strategy moving
Tell us where execution is stuck. In 30 minutes we find out whether a strategy execution workshop is the right next step for your leadership team.
Book a 30-minute callJoern Steinz · hello@okr-consultants.com · 0049 175 566 4329