Normally the OSKAR method is used for coaching, and I believe it to be a very effective way of helping your clients. However, it can also be used to set objectives and help you achieve them. Here’s how using the OSKAR method to set effective objectives could be of use to you and your organisation.
The five steps in OSKAR coaching are:
- Outcome
- Scaling
- Know-How
- Affirm & Action
- Review
1. Outcome
Normally you would use this to establish what the person being coached wants to get out of the session. However, there is nothing to stop you using it to look at what you or your organisation wants to achieve either as the result of an individual project or to set an ultimate objective. Either way, at this stage, we are looking at defining a “future perfect” situation.
2. Scaling
For me, this is one of the most important parts of the method. Once the “future perfect” has been defined you then scale where you, or your organisation is on a scale of 1 – 10. 1 representing not yet started and 10 is future perfect. Every time you then do a review, daily, weekly or monthly you can score where you are and see if you are moving forwards, backwards or remaining static. Giving a scale number during the review really focuses the mind as to how things are progressing.
3. Know-How
What skills and knowledge do you currently have to enable you to move forward toward the objective and which do you need to acquire? As you progress toward your objective new requirements may become apparent as well as a realisation that current skills need updating or have become redundant.
4. Affirm & Action
Each time you scale the project, affirm those things that have gone or are going well and determine what actions need to be taken. Remember that small steps are more effective than trying to do everything at once Often It’s The Small Things That Matter
5. Review
Regularly review progress and consider what is going better? What have you done which has made changes successful and what do you think will change next?
There you have it then, a simple but effective way of making sure you are continuously moving toward your objective.
…and the OSKAR goes to ………… IT’S YOU!!!
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