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What are Employee Training & Development 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 understand that setting OKRs can be challenging, so we have prepared a set of examples tailored for Employee Training & Development. Take a peek at the templates below to find inspiration and kickstart your goal-setting process.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
The best tools for writing perfect Employee Training & Development 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.
Employee Training & Development OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Employee Training & Development 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 embed security consciousness in business operations
ObjectiveEmbed security consciousness in business operations
KRReduce security breaches by 25% through rigorous employee training
Implement mandatory cybersecurity training for all employees- Schedule regular refresher courses on data protection
- Update security policies and disseminate to staff
- KREstablish a quarterly security audit to identify potential vulnerabilities
- Schedule regular audits with a professional auditor
- Define the scope of each quarterly security audit
- Create a process to address identified vulnerabilities
- KRAchieve 100% compliance on mandatory security awareness training by all employees
- Organize regular training sessions for all personnel
- Monitor and document each employee's training progress
- Distribute security awareness training materials to all employees
OKRs to enhance confidence and development through targeted training
- ObjectiveEnhance confidence and development through targeted training
- KRImprove scores on post-training evaluations by 20%
- Conduct constructive feedback sessions after training
- Implement more interactive teaching methods in training sessions
- Increase frequency of immediate post-training revision
- KRApply learned techniques from training to at least 3 different work projects
- Identify 3 work projects that can use new techniques
- Monitor and tweak the applied techniques as required
- Implement learned techniques in chosen projects
- KREnroll in at least 2 skills-enhancing training courses related to role
- Register and pay for the identified courses
- Schedule time for attending the selected courses
- Identify relevant courses for professional development
OKRs to instill value-driven mindset across all work processes
- ObjectiveInstill value-driven mindset across all work processes
- KRImplement a values-based company-wide training program with 100% employee completion
- Plan a communication strategy and schedule to notify all employees
- Develop a comprehensive values-centric training curriculum for all staff
- Monitor and track employee progress to ensure full completion
- KRIncrease project successes by 20% demonstrating the applied value mindset
- Develop a success metric tracking system
- Regularly review and analyze project outcomes
- Implement value-based decision-making training for project leaders
- KRMeasure and improve employee satisfaction on value application by 15% through comprehensive surveys
- Administer survey to all employees
- Analyze survey results and implement improvements
- Develop comprehensive employee value application survey
OKRs to improve CX across the agency
- ObjectiveImprove CX across the agency
- KRReduce average response time to customer inquiries by 20%
- Implement a ticketing system to track customer inquiries and responses
- Regularly analyze response data to identify bottlenecks and implement necessary improvements
- Train customer support team on effective communication and problem-solving skills
- Streamline internal processes to minimize handoffs and improve response efficiency
- KRImplement a new training program to enhance employee communication skills
- Provide ongoing support and resources such as online courses or mentors to reinforce and enhance communication skills
- Develop customized training modules targeting identified areas of weakness in communication skills
- Identify areas of weakness in employee communication skills through assessments and evaluations
- Schedule and facilitate interactive workshops and role-playing exercises to practice effective communication techniques
- KRAchieve a Net Promoter Score of 9 or above from client feedback
- Analyze client feedback to identify areas for improvement and determine specific action plans
- Establish a customer loyalty program to incentivize and reward clients for their continued support
- Implement regular NPS surveys to gather client feedback on a continuous basis
- Enhance customer service training program to improve communication and relationship-building skills
- KRIncrease customer satisfaction ratings by 10% through regular feedback surveys
- Regularly send out the feedback survey to all customers after their interactions
- Create a short and simple online feedback survey with targeted questions
- Use the insights gained from feedback surveys to make necessary improvements and adjustments
- Implement a system to analyze and track customer feedback data efficiently
OKRs to improve employee development and training programs
- ObjectiveEnhance employee skillset and productivity
- KRImplement personalized development plans for each employee
- KRGenerate a 15% increase in overall productivity after training
- KRAchieve a 90% employee satisfaction rate for training and development
- KRIncrease participation rate in training sessions by 20%
OKRs to successfully establish collective bargain agreement with effective management training
- ObjectiveSuccessfully establish collective bargain agreement with effective management training
- KRAchieve 90% satisfaction for the collective bargaining agreement through employee feedback
- Implement feedback to improve agreement terms
- Conduct regular employee satisfaction surveys
- Develop comprehensive, clear collective bargaining agreement
- KRImplement a comprehensive management training program with a completion rate of 80%
- Track participants' progress and completion rate
- Identify essential topics for the management training program
- Create interactive, engaging curriculum for the program
- KRFinalize the collective bargaining agreement draft with key stakeholders
- Iteratively amend the draft based on stakeholder recommendations
- Arrange a meeting with key stakeholders for feedback
- Review the draft agreement for any pending changes
OKRs to launch a successful employee advocacy program
- ObjectiveLaunch a successful employee advocacy program
- KRMeasure and demonstrate a 15% improvement in brand impact due to advocacy
- Implement customer advocacy strategies effectively
- Identify key metrics for evaluating brand impact
- Analyze and report increased brand impact
- KRTrain 75% of employees on advocacy program within quarter
- Identify suitable advocacy program instructors
- Schedule advocacy training sessions for employees
- Monitor and document participation rates
- KRIncrease internal program adoption by 25%
- Implement incentive schemes for program adoption
- Develop engaging internal communication about program benefits
- Provide comprehensive training for effective program usage
OKRs to improve internal company communication
- ObjectiveImprove internal company communication
- KRImplement a new communication tool addressing identified communication issues by week 8
- Select and trial run the best-fit communication tool by week 5
- Evaluate and brainstorm possible communication tool solutions by week 2
- Implement and test communication tool, addressing issues by week 8
- KRConduct a survey to identify current communication challenges by week 4
- Identify and invite relevant participants for the survey
- Draft a list of questions addressing current communication issues
- Analyze and compile survey results by week 4
- KRAchieve 10% reduction in communication-related complaints by end of quarter
- Establish a feedback system for improving communication-related issues
- Review and revise current communication protocols in place
- Implement a weekly training on effective communication skills for employees
OKRs to deliver high-quality, budget-friendly training programs
- ObjectiveDeliver high-quality, budget-friendly training programs
- KRReduce the cost per trainee by 20% without compromising quality
- Reduce unnecessary training material costs
- Implement efficient online training platforms
- Utilize in-house trainers instead of external
- KRAchieve 90% positive feedback score from trainee satisfaction surveys
- Improve training content based on previous feedback
- Regularly engage trainees for feedback
- Provide comprehensive after-training support
- KRDevelop and launch 2 new cost-efficient training modules by end of quarter
- Initiate the launch of the created modules
- Develop two cost-effective training materials
- Identify necessary components for cost-efficient training modules
OKRs to strengthen company-wide risk and control understanding and avert reckless risk-taking
- ObjectiveStrengthen company-wide risk and control understanding and avert reckless risk-taking
- KRReduce company-wide risk incidents by 25% through enhanced risk strategies
- Develop and enforce stricter safety protocols
- Regularly evaluate and update risk mitigation strategies
- Implement regular risk management training for all staff
- KRIntroduce a smart risk-taking reward system seen by a 20% adoption rate
- Launch the reward system to achieve a 20% adoption rate
- Develop criteria for smart risk-taking rewards system
- Train employees on the risk-taking rewards system
- KRDevelop and deliver a risk management training program to 100% of employees
- Schedule and communicate company-wide training sessions
- Identify essential risk management topics for the training program
- Design a comprehensive, interactive training module
Employee Training & Development 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
The rules of OKRs are simple. Quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly, and yearly OKRs should be tracked monthly. 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
We recommend using a spreadsheet for your first OKRs cycle. You'll need to get familiar with the scoring and tracking first. Then, you can scale your OKRs process by using 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 Employee Training & Development OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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