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What are Communication Strategist 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 Communication Strategist 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.
The best tools for writing perfect Communication Strategist OKRs
Here are 2 tools that can help you draft your OKRs in no time.
Tability AI: to generate OKRs based on a prompt
Tability AI allows you to describe your goals in a prompt, and generate a fully editable OKR template in seconds.
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Click on the Generate goals using AI
- 3. Describe your goals in a prompt
- 4. Get your fully editable OKR template
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Watch the video below to see it in action 👇
Tability Feedback: to improve existing OKRs
You can use Tability's AI feedback to improve your OKRs if you already have existing goals.
- 1. Create your Tability account
- 2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
- 3. Click on Generate analysis
- 4. Review the suggestions and decide to accept or dismiss them
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Tability 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.
Communication Strategist OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Communication Strategist 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 strengthen communication effectiveness
ObjectiveStrengthen communication effectiveness
KRImplement at least three new communication strategies learned from workshop
Develop a plan for incorporating new strategies into existing communication processes- Deliver a presentation summarizing the new methods to the team
- Begin integrating learned strategies into daily communication and follow-up
- KRReceive positive feedback on communication from at least 80% of colleagues
- Implement feedback in daily interactions with colleagues
- Regularly seek constructive criticism on communication skills
- Enroll in communication development workshops
- KRAttend a professional development workshop on communication skills
- Arrange necessary transportation and accommodation
- Research and select a relevant communication skills workshop
- Register for the chosen workshop
OKRs to enhance ability to communicate affirmative responses effectively
- ObjectiveEnhance ability to communicate affirmative responses effectively
- KRIncrease instances of affirmative replies by 20%
- Develop persuasive communication strategies
- Improve customer engagement techniques
- Implement incentive programs for affirmative responses
- KRDevelop new techniques to express approval, implementing at least 3 methods successfully
- Brainstorm and test out new approval techniques
- Research existing methods of expressing approval
- Apply and assess three new approval methods
- KRImprove clarity in affirmations by reducing misunderstandings by 30%
- Provide training on effective communication and understanding
- Implement a review process for clarifying affirmations
- Simplify language and terminology used in affirmations
OKRs to implement service management for new work stream
- ObjectiveImplement service management for new work stream
- KRIdentify and train a dedicated service management team by week 4
- Begin team training by week 4
- Develop a comprehensive training plan for newly hired team
- Hire service management professionals suitable for the team
- KRAchieve 95% satisfaction rate in client feedback for the new service management operation by week 12
- Solicit, analyze, and apply client feedback weekly
- Implement thorough employee training on service management
- Regularly assess and adjust client-communication strategies
- KRDevelop and implement a comprehensive service management plan by week 8
- Draft comprehensive service management plan
- Identify current service management gaps
- Implement plan by week 8
Communication Strategist 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.
Save hours with automated OKR dashboards
OKRs without regular progress updates are just KPIs. You'll need to update progress on your OKRs every week to get the full 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
Most teams should start with a spreadsheet if they're using OKRs for the first time. Then, you can move to Tability to save time with automated OKR dashboards, data connectors, and actionable insights.
How to get Tability dashboards:
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Use the importers to add your OKRs (works with any spreadsheet or doc)
- 3. Publish your OKR plan
That's it! Tability will instantly get access to 10+ dashboards to monitor progress, visualise trends, and identify risks early.
More Communication Strategist OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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