OKRS - Key Persons
"We needed an OKRs Coach to help us create and implement OKRs. Gerri taught, coached, listened, and engaged our entire team and provided the tools we needed to stand up our OKR program and take it to the next level."
Job Titles:
- Planning & Decision Technology Manager, ExxonMobil
"Omid helped us structure a great OKRs program and brought clarity to our entire leadership team; CAFU is now a high-performing organization. I highly recommend Omid's coaching to any growing organization looking to deploy an effective OKRs program that can unleash their full potential."
Job Titles:
- Global Talent Director, MiQ Digital
Job Titles:
- Founder and CEO of the Strategy & Innovation Institute
- OKRs.Com Certified Coach
Dr. Brian K. Gladden is the founder and CEO of The Strategy & Innovation Institute (SI2) - a management consulting firm that helps Mid-Sized Businesses Grow, Innovate, & Execute So Your Company Thrives.
As an expert in strategic planning, and corporate innovation, Brian helps executive teams create the vision and roadmap to find new customer segments and develop a culture of innovation.
The process is about assessing where you are now as an organization, where you want to go, and how to get there. Dr. Gladden realized that the last step in the process of executing and measuring innovation initiatives was missing. He researched frameworks such as The Balanced Scorecard to help fill the gap, but realized they were not dynamic enough, nor used by the whole enterprise. He was introduced to OKRs in 2019, and then met Ben Lamorte and started collaborating in 2021. He joined the OKRs.com team in 2023.
Dr. Gladden holds a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Strategy & Innovation - Capella University; MBA - University of Warwick, Coventry, England. He lives with his wife and two teenage daughters in Rocklin, California.
Areas of Expertise
Leveraging OKRs to execute strategy as a framework for managing growth initiatives and priorities
Job Titles:
- Senior Strategy Director & Chief of Staff, Careem
"Omid is a real OKRs expert. He was able to answer all our questions and tailor the OKRs framework to precisely what our company needed. Omid's training workshop with our entire executive team along with his ongoing 1:1 coaching support dramatically improved the quality of our OKRs. Overall, Omid's coaching has made a positive impact on our organization."
Gerri is a goal-oriented Business and Performance Alignment Coach. She has 20 years of experience building and managing high-performing cross-functional teams as an accredited team coach. She is known for excellent interpersonal, communication, coaching and mentoring skills.
Gerri immediately saw the value of OKRs coaching which builds off her background as an International Coaching Federation-accredited Executive Coach with PCC level of certification. Her clients span all sizes and industries and include Panasonic Automotive Sound Systems, The Coca Cola Company, Cushman & Wakefield, Fiserv, and Susan G. Komen Greater Atlanta.
Gerri graduated from the University of North Florida school of Business after completing her undergraduate studies with a degree in Sociology from the University of Florida.
"Gerri has been instrumental in helping the management team at Pablo Group develop, deploy, execute, and measure our OKRs. Gerri was more than a consultant to our team. She was an active advisor invested in our success as a business and an engaging coach advocating for full team participation focused on helping us find our answers. As an advisor, Gerri was invested in the success of our organization by challenging us to think critically about our OKRs. As a coach, she encouraged comments and questions that drove collaboration and took our fundamental knowledge of OKRs to higher levels throughout the OKR cycle. Our team is set up for future success thanks to the coaching and tools provided by Gerri, and we feel we have a trusted advisor that can be leveraged at any time in the future. I happily recommend Gerri to our colleagues."
"Omid has helped us to shift from task-driven to outcome-driven priorities for our team."
Job Titles:
- Coach
- Expert
- OKRs.Com Certified Coach
Omid is an award-winning management consultant, trainer, and coach. He began his consulting career at IBM (USA), where he worked as a Managing Strategy & Transformation Consultant. For 15 years, Omid has helped organizations in areas such as operational excellence, process improvement, business transformation, strategy execution, and performance management.
Omid shifted his focus exclusively to OKRs in 2018. He has now trained 1,000+ employees and helped 50+ organizations to optimize their use of OKRs. In 2019, Omid received his OKRs Coach certification from OKRs.com and now works with Ben to deliver OKRs coaching around the world.
In addition to a graduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University, Omid has professional certifications including Lean Coach/Master (IBM), Transformational Leadership (IBM), Six Sigma Black Belt (ASU), and Project Management Professional (PMI).
"Omid's support was invaluable. He helped us write OKRs more effectively and supported our OKRs program in several ways from refining our approach for OKRs globally, to training and coaching teams and OKR champions across all countries and central functions. Teams provided very positive feedback and were impressed with Omid's knowledge and expertise."
Job Titles:
- VP of Product Management, Dentsu International
"Omid helped us diagnose our OKRs framework and coached us to improve it based on best practices and our unique requirements. His consulting experience and deep knowledge of OKRs helped us successfully launch v2.0 of our OKR framework. I recommend him to any organization that requires external help to (re)design, launch or improve their OKRs framework."
Job Titles:
- Director of Services, Pablo Group
"Gerri helped me understand the best way to apply OKRs methods for my company. The acceleration we had thanks to the work done with Gerri has been impressive."
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder & Managing Director, the LegalTech Fund