4 Posts found for Author: Kevin Fishner

After OKRs are set, there’s no ritual for reviewing them, so they quickly get out of date. Then employees start resenting them because the effort to actually create the goals was a waste of time — and OKRs slowly die because no one looks at them anymore. Expectations aren’t enough. It’s the ritual that keeps the priorities top of mind and folks focused on what’s … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Kevin Fishner | Source: First Round Review | Subject: Management

While early employees help set implicit norms, building systems early in a company’s lifecycle sets explicit norms. How do decisions get made? How are meetings structured? How are goals set? These systems are much easier to build when the company is small, and very challenging to put into place as the company grows.

Content: Quotation | Author: Kevin Fishner | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior

OKRs only work if there is a ritual of reviewing progress and holding owners accountable for hitting their goals.

Content: Quotation | Author: Kevin Fishner | Source: First Round Review | Subject: Management

While I definitely agree that people are your most important asset, I’ve noticed that most content doesn’t talk as much about the systems. While early employees are of course a driving factor for the company culture, they’re only half the equation. The other half is the foundational systems. The comparison I like to draw is the nature versus nurture debate. Both your genes and your … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Kevin Fishner | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior