3 OKR examples for Grant Management Team

What are Grant Management Team 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.

OKRs are quickly gaining popularity as a goal-setting framework. But, it's not always easy to know how to write your goals, especially if it's your first time using OKRs.

We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Grant Management Team 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.

Building your own Grant Management Team OKRs with AI

How to create great OKRs for any scenario in seconds

While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here.

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.

How to improve existing OKRs with AI feedback

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 OKRs

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.

You can then decide to accept the suggestions or dismiss them if you don't agree.

Using the free OKR generator to get a quick template

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.

Our Grant Management Team OKRs examples

You will find in the next section many different Grant Management Team 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!

1. OKRs to optimize usage of our grant management system

ObjectiveOptimize usage of our grant management system
KRIncrease grant management success rate by implementing systematic follow-up techniques, by 20%
Implement regular tracking reports on each grant's status
Train staff on new follow-up and management techniques
Develop a systematic follow-up strategy for each grant
KRImprove grant administration by reducing errors through process automation by 25%
Identify repetitive tasks suitable for process automation
Monitor and measure automation's effectiveness regularly
Implement automation tools to reduce manual work
KRAchieve a 30% increase in planning efficiency by simplifying grant application processes
Provide clear and accessible guidance resources
Implement a streamlined online grant application system
Simplify application forms and instructions

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2. OKRs to boost the success rate of competitive grant applications

ObjectiveBoost the success rate of competitive grant applications
KRAchieve a 20% increase in submitted high-quality grant applications
Introduce incentives for submitting quality grant applications
Develop specific criteria for distinguishing high-quality applications
Provide staff with targeted grant writing training
KRImprove grant writing skills of the team by conducting 3 intensive training sessions
Gather materials for training sessions
Hire experienced grant writing trainers
Schedule three intensive grant writing training sessions
KRForm partnerships with 5 key organizations to strengthen grant proposal narratives
Formulate proposals for partnership and exchange mutual benefits
Identify 5 key organizations relevant to our grant proposal narrative
Establish contact and open dialogue with targeted organizations

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3. OKRs to boost company's grant compliance and efficiency

ObjectiveBoost company's grant compliance and efficiency
KRIncrease staff training on grant compliance by 25%
Evaluate current training methods on grant compliance for improvements
Develop enhanced training curriculum focused on grant compliance
Implement additional 25% training hours on grant compliance for staff
KRAchieve a 100% accuracy rate in the filing of grant documentation
Implement regular training on grant documentation procedures
Design a quality assurance protocol for all filings
Assign a dedicated resource for reviewing applications
KRReduce grant process cycle time by 20%
Provide online training for grant processing staff
Streamline application review with defined evaluation criteria
Implement automated systems for application tracking

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Grant Management Team 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 Grant Management Team OKRs

Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly in order 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

Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use a proper OKR platform to make things easier.

Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRs

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 Grant Management Team OKR templates

We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.