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tability.ioWhat are Collaboration OKRs?
The Objective and Key Results (OKR) framework is a simple goal-setting methodology that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s. It became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s, and it's now used by teams of all sizes to set and track ambitious goals at scale.
Writing good OKRs can be hard, especially if it's your first time doing it. You'll need to center the focus of your plans around outcomes instead of projects.
We have curated a selection of OKR examples specifically for Collaboration to assist you. Feel free to explore the templates below for inspiration in setting your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Collaboration OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Collaboration Objectives and Key Results. We've included strategic initiatives in our templates to give you a better idea of the different between the key results (how we measure progress), and the initiatives (what we do to achieve the results).
Hope you'll find this helpful!
OKRs to foster higher productivity through effective team collaboration
ObjectiveFoster higher productivity through effective team collaboration
KRIncrease project completion rate by 20%
Increase support and training for project management skills- Improve resource allocation for ongoing projects
- Implement stricter project deadlines and monitoring processes
- KREnhance inter-departmental projects success rate by 15%
- Assign a project coordinator to oversee cross-department collaborations
- Introduce shared project management software
- Develop inter-departmental communication training for all team members
- KRReduce team conflict incidents by 25%
- Establish clear team roles and responsibilities
- Facilitate communication skills training sessions for all team members
- Implement regular team-building activities and exercises
OKRs to enhance team collaboration and knowledge sharing
- ObjectiveEnhance team collaboration and knowledge sharing
- KRScore 90% on quarterly team effectiveness and collaboration survey
- Develop and implement team building activities
- Encourage open communication and feedback within the team
- Regularly review and improve collaboration strategies
- KRDecrease answer-seeking time by 25% via a centralized knowledge management platform
- Continuously update and sort platform content
- Train employees on efficient search strategies
- Implement a centralized knowledge management platform
- KRImplement weekly team workshops leading to a 30% increase in cross-functional projects
- Monitor and evaluate participation and progress
- Designate workshop topics related to cross-functional projects
- Schedule weekly team workshops
OKRs to enhance collaboration and engagement with global organizations
- ObjectiveEnhance collaboration and engagement with global organizations
- KRIncrease number of joint projects with international organizations by 20%
- Establish regular communication with partner organizations
- Identify potential international organizations for collaboration
- Create and send project proposals to targeted organizations
- KREstablish connections with at least 5 potential international project partners
- Identify potential international project partners
- Initiate contact and introduce your project
- Schedule virtual meetings for thorough discussions
- KRImplement 2 major cooperation frameworks agreed with global partners
- Organize training sessions for involved staff members
- Identify core responsibilities for each cooperation framework
- Launch the implemented frameworks and monitor progress
OKRs to enhance interdepartmental collaboration as instructional designer
- ObjectiveEnhance interdepartmental collaboration as instructional designer
- KRConduct feedback sessions with each department post-collaboration to achieve 85% satisfaction rate
- Schedule feedback sessions with all department heads
- Prepare relevant feedback-related questions
- Measure satisfaction rate after each session
- KRProvide fortnightly progress reports to stakeholders to ensure seamless communication
- Schedule and send bi-weekly progress reports
- Identify key metrics to track progress
- Create a clear, concise reporting template
- KRIncrease the number of joint projects with different departments by 20%
- Initiate discussions for joint project proposals
- Establish collaborative agreements and start projects
- Identify potential interdepartmental collaboration opportunities
OKRs to enhance and promote collaboration within the new team
- ObjectiveEnhance and promote collaboration within the new team
- KRImplement a weekly round-table discussion to share ideas and progress
- Develop a structured agenda for idea sharing
- Create a recurring weekly meeting schedule for discussions
- Assign a meeting facilitator to track progress
- KRConduct at least 4 productive team-building activities
- Plan and schedule 4 different team activities
- Research various team-building activities suitable for the team
- Organize necessary materials and resources
- KRIncrease project workflow transparency by 30% through a shared online platform
- Implement a shared online project management platform
- Regularly update each project's status on the platform
- Train team on using the new platform effectively
OKRs to enhance collaboration and performance in the marketing team
- ObjectiveEnhance collaboration and performance in the marketing team
- KRIncrease the number of joint projects by 50% to promote collaboration
- Follow-up aggressively on project proposals until closure
- Identify potential partners for collaboration in shared fields
- Propose joint-venture ideas to potential partner organizations
- KRImprove overall project efficiency by 30% through streamlined team processes
- Implement a robust project management software for better task tracking
- Conduct workshops to enhance team collaboration and communication skills
- Regularly review and refine team processes to boost productivity
- KRImplement fortnightly team-building activities to enhance cooperation by 20%
- Schedule bi-weekly team-building sessions within work hours
- Monitor and measure cooperation progress post-activity
- Identify engaging team-building activities suitable for all team members
OKRs to enhance inter-team collaboration and knowledge transfer
- ObjectiveEnhance inter-team collaboration and knowledge transfer
- KRImplement weekly knowledge-sharing sessions with 90% employee attendance
- Establish a consistent weekly schedule for knowledge-sharing sessions
- Implement incentives for regular session attendance
- Develop engaging session content relevant to all employees
- KRIncrease utilization of collaboration tools by 40%
- Share success stories involving tool utilization
- Implement incentives for frequent tool usage
- Conduct training sessions on efficient collaboration tool usage
- KRAchieve at least 75% positive feedback on inter-team collaboration in next quarter's survey
- Regularly acknowledge and reward successful team collaboration
- Establish and enforce clear guidelines for respectful teamwork
- Implement regular inter-team communication and collaboration workshops
OKRs to enhance inter-departmental collaboration for effective social media operations
- ObjectiveEnhance inter-departmental collaboration for effective social media operations
- KRPioneer a shared, online document housing all social media initiatives and updates
- Create structure for social media initiatives document
- Identify suitable online platform for shared document storage
- Update document regularly with initiatives and updates
- KRImplement weekly cross-departmental meetings focused on social media strategy by month-end
- Create a recurring weekly meeting schedule
- Outline the meeting agenda focusing on social media
- Identify key representatives from each department
- KRIncrease shared social media projects between departments by 20%
- Implement regular shared social media project progress reports across departments
- Develop a centralized social media project management tool for all departments
- Initiate weekly interdepartmental brainstorming sessions on social media projects
OKRs to enhance soft skills through effective cross-team collaboration
- ObjectiveEnhance soft skills through effective cross-team collaboration
- KRLead one cross-team project resulting in a 20% increase in team efficiency
- Evaluate and report the efficiency increase
- Identify a project involving multiple teams
- Develop and implement efficient cross-team strategies
- KRAttend two cross-department training sessions per month to expand interpersonal skills
- Schedule attendance to two sessions
- Identify available cross-department training sessions
- Participate actively in chosen sessions
- KRScore at least 4.5 in a peer-reviewed soft skills assessment by quarter end
- Practice and master active listening and empathy
- Request and attentively incorporate peer feedback
- Enroll in and complete a soft skills improvement course
OKRs to enhance cross-functional collaboration in team
- ObjectiveEnhance cross-functional collaboration in team
- KRIncrease the team's cross-functional skills by 30% by offering relevant training
- Identify necessary cross-functional skills for team improvement
- Implement regular skill development trainings
- Find suitable training programs for these skills
- KRConduct minimum 3 team-building activities promoting inter-department collaboration each week
- Identify suitable inter-department team-building activities
- Schedule these activities for each week
- Ensure each department's participation
- KRReduce project completion time by 15% through improving cross-functional performance
- Implement collaborative software for seamless cross-functional communication
- Streamline workflows across different departments
- Provide training to improve cross-functional teamwork
How to write your own Collaboration OKRs
1. Get tailored OKRs with an AI
You'll find some examples below, but it's likely that you have very specific needs that won't be covered.
You can use Tability's AI generator to create tailored OKRs based on your specific context. Tability can turn your objective description into a fully editable OKR template -- including tips to help you refine your goals.
- 1. Go to Tability's plan editor
- 2. Click on the "Generate goals using AI" button
- 3. Use natural language to describe your goals
Tability will then use your prompt to generate a fully editable OKR template.
Watch the video below to see it in action 👇
Option 2. Optimise existing OKRs with Tability Feedback tool
If you already have existing goals, and you want to improve them. You can use Tability's AI feedback to help you.
- 1. Go to Tability's plan editor
- 2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
- 3. Click on "Generate analysis"
Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRsTability will scan your OKRs and offer different suggestions to improve them. This can range from a small rewrite of a statement to make it clearer to a complete rewrite of the entire OKR.
You can then decide to accept the suggestions or dismiss them if you don't agree.
Option 3. Use the free OKR generator
If you're just looking for some quick inspiration, you can also use our free OKR generator to get a template.
Unlike with Tability, you won't be able to iterate on the templates, but this is still a great way to get started.
Collaboration OKR best practices
Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇
Tip #1: Limit the number of key results
The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the OKRs.
We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.
Tip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
Tip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row
Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples above). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.
As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.
Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.
How to track your Collaboration OKRs
Quarterly OKRs should have weekly updates to get all the benefits from the framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:
- It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
- It will highlight poorly set OKRs
- It will surface execution risks
- It improves transparency and accountability
Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use a proper OKR platform to make things easier.
If you're not yet set on a tool, you can check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates guide to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.
More Collaboration OKR templates
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