June 02, 2021 by Bill Platt
As the pandemic forced them to work remotely, Rocky s PRS students adapted and thrived.
Clockwise from top left, Rep. John O’Brien and Rep. Vicki Strong of the Vermont House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry ask questions of Kate Yuan ’23 and Vanessa Haggans ’23 after the Policy Research Shop students testified about their research on the regional food supply system at a hearing on May 6.
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Students in the Class of 1964 Policy Research Shop notched a first in the program s 16 years of working with legislative policymakers by presenting testimony on a total of four different policy papers before house committees in two states New Hampshire and Vermont on the same day.
1. Make OKRs your new mantra
“Objectives and Key Results, or OKRs, are not only a great way to align priorities with passion and purpose, they’re also a great mantra to fall back to when we all get lost in the fog of a typical Blursday in the middle of the week. OKRs for your team and supporting OKRs for their teams provide a constant reminder of what everyone agreed is the most important for the quarter and for the year ahead. As leaders, repeating and providing status updates on your OKRs at every chance reminds employees that they should fall back to their OKRs whenever they reach a crossroads as to what to focus on next.”