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tability.ioWhat are Cross Departmental Teams 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.
Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Cross Departmental Teams to help you. You can look at any of the templates below to get some inspiration for your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Cross Departmental Teams OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Cross Departmental Teams 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 enhance organisational work transparency for improved efficiency
ObjectiveEnhance organisational work transparency for improved efficiency
KRIncrease internal presentation sessions about ongoing projects by 30%
Identify projects suitable for presentation sessions- Schedule 30% more presentation sessions
- Notify and invite participants to sessions
- KRImplement a shared project management platform across all departments
- Identify the needs of all departments for a project management platform
- Train all department heads on the new platform
- Select and purchase an appropriate shared platform
- KRMake 100% of work processes documented and easily accessible for all staff
- Identify all existing work processes across departments
- Create clear, concise documentation for each process
- Develop a centralized, digital process library for staff access
OKRs to enhance teamwork across different departments
- ObjectiveEnhance teamwork across different departments
- KRAchieve participation of all department heads in bi-weekly collaboration meetings
- Remind participants about meeting via email or text
- Send meeting invites to all department heads in advance
- Provide a clear agenda for every meeting
- KRImplement 5 cross-departmental projects with shared KPIs and responsibilities
- Launch and monitor cross-departmental projects for effective implementation
- Identify potential departments for collaboration on shared KPI projects
- Define shared KPIs and responsibilities for each project
- KRIncrease cross-team employee satisfaction rates by 20% through regular feedback loops
- Create recognition programs for cross-team collaborations
- Implement regular cross-team meetings for feedback exchange
- Introduce a system for anonymous feedback submissions
OKRs to acquire the company award for exceptional teamwork
- ObjectiveAcquire the company award for exceptional teamwork
- KRImprove overall team performance by 35% compared to last quarter's productivity
- Enhance project management strategies
- Implement weekly performance review and feedback sessions
- Increase training and skill development sessions
- KRLead a collaborative project successfully involving at least four different departments
- Encourage regular communication among teams
- Implement project management tools for coordination
- Arrange cross-departmental meetings to discuss project goals
- KRConduct bi-weekly team-building activities resulting in higher engagement scores
- Analyze results to continually enhance team-building approaches
- Implement measures to evaluate engagement during activities
- Outline and schedule varied bi-weekly team-building activities
How to write your own Cross Departmental Teams 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.
Cross Departmental Teams 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 Cross Departmental Teams OKRs
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
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 Cross Departmental Teams OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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