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What are Cross Functional Training OKRs?
The OKR acronym stands for Objectives and Key Results. It's a goal-setting framework that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s, and it became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s. OKRs helps teams has a shared language to set ambitious goals and track progress towards them.
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 Functional Training 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.
The best tools for writing perfect Cross Functional Training 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.
Cross Functional Training OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Cross Functional Training 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 ascend to a prominent leadership position within the company
ObjectiveAscend to a prominent leadership position within the company
KRLead a cross-functional project showcasing collaboration and leadership acumen
Foster teamwork through regular meetings and progress updates- Identify and assign responsibilities to cross-functional project team members
- Develop and communicate project goals and timelines to all stakeholders
- KRComplete advanced management training course to enhance leadership skills
- Enroll in a suitable advanced management training course
- Diligently participate in all course sessions and activities
- Implement learned leadership strategies in daily management practices
- KRExceed current KPIs by 20% to showcase potential for greater responsibility
- Implement and track progressive success of strategy
- Review and analyze current KPIs performance
- Develop a strategy to boost efficiency by 20%
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
OKRs to enhance team cross-functionality's overall performance
- ObjectiveEnhance team cross-functionality's overall performance
- KRIncrease team's cross-functional tasks completion rate by 30%
- Implement a cross-training program to boost overall team skillsets
- Develop detailed workflow charts to clarify task ownership and deadline
- Promote reward mechanism for successful cross-functional task completions
- KRImplement and run bi-weekly cross-functional team meetings for project updates and learning
- Prepare update presentations for each meeting
- Organise learning activities for sessions
- Schedule recurring bi-weekly cross-functional team meetings
- KRProvide cross-training to all team members on at least two different skills
- Monitor team’s progress and give feedback
- Identify necessary skills for cross-training within the team
- Organize cross-training sessions for different skill sets
OKRs to seek and secure a leadership role within the company
- ObjectiveSeek and secure a leadership role within the company
- KRObtain cross-functional training in at least two other departments
- Identify two departments to receive cross-functional training in
- Request cross-functional training approval from respective department heads
- Begin scheduled training sessions with selected departments
- KRImplement a feedback system for continuous learning and leadership growth
- Identify key performance indicators for leadership qualities
- Educate leaders on interpreting and applying feedback
- Design a system for regular performance feedback
- KRLead a high-impact project related to key business objectives
- Identify key business objectives and project alignment
- Develop, execute and monitor a high-impact project plan
- Assemble a high-performing, cross-functional team
Cross Functional Training 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
Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly if you want to get all the benefits of the OKRs 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 Cross Functional Training OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to improve quarterly communication by ensuring consistent check-ins with performance manager
- OKRs to attain an 'A' grade for the grading period
- OKRs to achieve 10% reduction in non-critical inventory stockpile
- OKRs to boost brand recognition in new market areas
- OKRs to increase website traffic by 30% through SEO and content marketing
- OKRs to implement automation and simplify processes through expertise