// end of kim code

Book a free strategy call

Let’s start with your company details

This helps us understand the context of your organization and how our OKR expertise can best fit your needs.

Wave Nine – OKR Consulting

EXECUTE YOUR STRATEGY WITH OKRs

Turn strategic planning into constant progress. 250+ companies have increased transparency, alignment and accountability with Wave Nine, the #1 OKR consultancy.

The proven approach for leaders at:

The Strategy Execution Gap

Your strategy is ambitious, but too often a gap exists between the strategic vision and frontline execution. Teams pull in different directions, everyone is putting in effort without measurable impact, and projects are stuck at 80% completion. 

"Every meeting is full of dashboards, but none of them tell us if we’re truly on track."

Leaders drown in metrics, arguing about the right data while focusing on lagging financials. What’s missing is visibility into whether teams at every level are making progress on the outcomes that matter.

"Every team is optimizing locally, but we’re not moving forward as one company."

Departments chase their own goals, but without transparency across functions, silos grow, dependencies stall, and progress slows. Alignment is often assumed, and teams are frustrated by a lack of collaboration.

"The CEO announced the new strategy six months ago, and nothing changed."

The big presentation looked great on paper, but nothing shifted in how teams actually work. Without an operating rhythm that links strategy to daily execution, ambition never turns into results.

The Result: Breakthrough Performance

When transparency, alignment, and accountability are connected, strategy moves from the slide deck to the front line. The system shifts from friction to focus.

Wave Nine Inc. puzzle logo symbolizing strategic alignment and transformation — brand strategy agency focused on business impact and clarity.

Before

Spreadsheets that show activity, not business impact.

Silos where teams hit targets, but the company loses ground.

Strategy sessions that produce beautiful decks instead of operational change.

After

Transparency: Finally, clear business impact stories for every strategic priority.

Alignment: CEO announcements → team delivery, connecting every team to the company win.

Accountability: Clear ownership of outcomes, reviewed through weekly progress, not quarterly reports. Quellen

Ready to Close the Gap?

If these situations feel familiar, it's because leaders at the world's most successful companies faced them, too. They solved it by rewiring the connection between strategy and execution.

Philipp Schett - Founder & Managing Partner of Wavenine
"You know your business. We know execution. In our first call, we'll connect the two."
Philipp Schett
Founder & Managing Partner

The Path to Measurable Results

Connect boardroom strategy to frontline execution
— in weeks, not months.

OKR Implementation

Hands-on consulting, coaching and training. We implement a customized OKR framework tailored to your business and culture, from pilot to enterprise scale (1000+ employees).

  • See measurable results in the first quarter

  • Embed a culture of transparency, alignment and accountability

  • Work with experts, then build up in-house capability

OKR Setting Workshops

Live coaching and collaborative sessions to set high-performing OKRs. Translate top-level strategy into focused, measurable team priorities.

  • Turn abstract strategy into concrete priorities and measurable goals

  • Involve teams directly to drive engagement and buy-in

  • Create visible alignment across functions from the very start

OKR Training

Embed lasting OKR habits through comprehensive training. From executives to frontline workers, our training approach is personalized and practical. And our OKR coach certification enables internal experts to scale the expertise.

  • Build in-house expertise with OKR coach certification

  • Build a shared language and understanding of OKRs

  • Shift culture from output-focused to outcome-driven

OKR Software Rollouts

Turnkey platform setup and adoption support. Leverage the #1 enterprise OKR software with seamless data migration and premium support.

  • Move beyond spreadsheets and slides to a single source of truth

  • Enable easy real-time tracking, reporting, and reviews

  • Integrate OKRs into daily workflows and existing tools

Philipp Schett - Founder & Managing Partner of Wavenine

You know the challenge

Strategy sounds clear at the top - but gets lost as it travels through the organization

Leadership agrees on the big bets, but by the time they’re translated into goals, metrics, and projects, clarity is gone. Teams report success locally, yet the company isn’t moving forward together. Without transparency into outcomes, alignment across functions, and accountability for execution, strategy never leaves the slide deck. We have helped 250+ companies close the gap between strategy and execution.

#1

WorkBoard Global Reseller

10+

Years of OKR consulting

250+

Large Scale Implementations

1.000+

Leaders Coached

Customer Success Stories

From Challenge to Competitive Advantage

How leaders turn the strategy execution gap into measurable business results.

250+

OKR Implementations

Embed OKRs into your company’s culture with Wave Nine’s hands-on approach

TALA logo – client of Wave Nine Inc., featured in brand strategy and transformation case study for scalable business growth.

“Wave Nine did their homework, learned about our challenges, and came prepared. They worked well with our teams to create a highly-collaborative OKR strategy.”

The proven approach for leaders at:

Customer testimonials

Our clients achieve unparalleled transparency, alignment, and accountability

"We have two remarkable coaches in Philipp and Johannes, who walked us hand-in-hand through our adoption. Whether it meant working with the C-Suite or with individual managers, they rolled up their sleeves and did what it took to get us to the next level of OKR maturity."

David Ricley

Director of Customer Care

Union Wireless

"Wave Nine’s consultants are very good at finding solutions, and working with Caroline increased my ability to message the importance of OKRs throughout the organization. She helped us increase our staff’s WorkBoard skillset."

Tricia Woodworth

IT Operations Manager

CHW

“Our Wave Nine consultant was excellent. He gave us really good training around OKRs, and he helped us focus our minds so we could build high-quality OKRs.

Peter Drummond

VP of Product Management

SITA

"Wave Nine’s dedication was amazing. We really didn’t want to bring in a company that would just hand us some templates and call it a day. With Wave Nine, every aspect of the implementation had a customized approach. They went out of their way to understand our business needs, landscape, and strategy."

Agnieszka Hyla

Talent Development Head

Ideals

"I highly recommend that any organization work with Wave Nine. Their professionalism, availability, and communication have been excellent. Implementing an OKR program with their guidance, and rallying teams behind it, can significantly benefit any organization."

Emily Gaynor

Director of People & Culture

Native

Wave Nine’s staff was amazing and super accessible. They were always willing to roll up their sleeves and have a conservation. They were ‘all in’ on our success.”

Jessica Porter

Chief Operations Officer

Tradition Capital Bank

“After working with Wave Nine to define our OKRs, we now know where the bus is headed and when it will be there. Everyone feels more at ease now that they are after a common goal.”

Jeremiah Aja

Senior Vice President Operations

WellnessTogether

“Obagi is a very ambitious organization; we are executing quickly against many strategic priorities across several differentchannels. The OKR program put us in thesame boat rowing in the same direction. We have achieved a new level of focus as a team.

Lu Al-Nsour

Chief of Staff

Obagi

“We were expanding and transitioning leadership to a new generation, a process that involves a lot of emotions that need to be navigated with gentle hands. OKRs made sure everyone was swimming in the same direction, and Wave Nine’s leadership coaching was transformative.

Itay Ariel

President

HRA

“One of the business challenges we faced was achieving clear visibility around what others were doing, both within and between each business unit. We needed the right tool to track what they were doing, why they were doing it, and how the work led to actual outcomes.”

Alex Powell

Director of Strategy

CarWow

“One of the reasons we had such a successful adoption is that we had this guided approach from Wave Nine on how to structure meetings, how to set up OKRs, and how to use the tools to get the data and define the different metrics.”

Roman Belter

Chief Operations Officer

AppsFactory

Working with Wave Nine was a great experience. They were conscious of the challenges we faced, coming up with ideas and solutions to address them proactively.”

Franco Gatti

Product Management Excellence Lead

ABB

“The Wave Nine team was very patient during the training process for both the executives and the company as a whole. They did their homework, learned about our challenges, and came prepared. They worked well with our teams to create a highly-collaborative OKR strategy.”

Ishan Gupta

Senior Vice President of Operations

Tala

Very helpful OKR program - helped me as an OKR coach despite the challenges with current culture on lean and SMART personal objectives.”

Jason Gerroll

Campus IT Infrastructure Director

AstraZeneca

“I have been using OKRs for years and still learned a lot. Going back to basics and first principles was super useful. I will be recommending that my team members all go to Wave Nine for coaching and training.”

Alex Ley

Director

VMWare

Embedding their experts into our teams has accelerated the OKR rollout throughout the organization, and we have achieved greater focus and results. We really appreciate the support of Wave Nine and would recommend them to organizations looking to kick-start their OKR initiatives.”

Jeff Rachlin

Chief Customer Officer

Menlo Security

Wave Nine helped us on a fundamental strategic level, trying to decide between a general North Star OKR and a very specific one. Once we decided to choose the laser-focus approach, Wave Nine helped us choose the right laser focus of MIG/MAG arc welding. That really helped us in our implementation.”

Martin Wanitschke

Chief Operating Officer

Wandelbots

Wave Nine really helped us understand the 'real-world' potential of OKRs and enabled us to build and embed them successfully into the commercial organization. The insights they shared in leading us through the cycle has really driven a change in how we prioritize and enabled us to establish a very productive new operating rhythm.”

Andrew Huxter

Vice President

ResMed

Wave Nine went above and beyond the requirements set in our contract. They were available 24/7, and the 260 employees who dealt with them were on a first-name basis with the Wave Nine team members.”

Craig Snaguski

Chief of Staff

Marvin

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the whole team for their great efforts and support to KFAS. Wave Nine has been brilliant throughout - we couldn't have asked for more from you. We will definitely keep you in mind as a partner in the future!”

Khaldoon Al Harmi

Planning and Development Manager

KFAS

“I was impressed by the Wave Nine team’s engagement from the start. They were highly responsive, and they worked to understand our business. They came to serve as an extension of our company, making sure we were doing everything right as we streamlined our implementation.”

Larry Sanford

VP Operations

GetSetUp

“Wave Nine was really helpful, making themselves available at any hour, which was especially important given the time difference. From the start, we felt like Wave Nine was a real partner.

Nick Sullivan

GM Strategy

Kiwibank

“The implementation of WorkBoard has improved transparency and communication between functional teams across several countries, as well as helped with strict deadlines for assigned tasks. The Wave Nine team has helped a lot – from defining strategic tasks to successfully integrating a system for tracking goals and tasks.”

Kristiana Bicule

BP Development Manager

Amber Beverage Group

“We were total beginners when it came to OKRs. Wave Nine were knowledgeable about the OKR method in general, as well as implementing OKRs through WorkBoard. That was our first impression of them, and they really delivered in the end.”

Jonas Paul Schreiber

VP Strategic Infrastructure, Wandelbots

Wandelbots

Some of Our clients

Ready for strategy execution that works?

Your next leadership meeting could show clear, measurable progress on every strategic priority. Let's discuss how the approach used by 250+ companies can be tailored for you.

Philipp Schett - Founder & Managing Partner of Wavenine
"A brilliant strategy is worthless without disciplined execution. We provide the framework to close that gap, turning your vision into measurable reality."
Philipp Schett
Founder & Managing Partner