3 customisable OKR examples for Organizational Growth
What are Organizational Growth 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 Organizational Growth 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 Organizational Growth OKRs with AI
While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. You can use our free AI generator below or our more complete goal-setting system to generate your own OKRs.
Our customisable Organizational Growth OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Organizational Growth 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 implement a sustainable system for organizational growth
Implement a sustainable system for organizational growth
Decrease operational inefficiencies by 20% through sustainable strategies
Train staff on environmentally-friendly waste disposal practices
Establish paperless document management system for streamlined operations
Implement energy-efficient equipment across all operational lines
Save 15% of business expenses by adopting sustainable practices and policies
Promote recycling or composting to lower waste management costs
Decrease paper usage by promoting digital solutions
Implement energy-efficient equipment to reduce power bills
Train 80% of the team on sustainability best practices by end of quarter
Schedule and conduct training sessions for the team
Identify relevant sustainability best practices for training
Develop a comprehensive sustainability training program
2. OKRs to cultivate and leverage leaders with innovative ideas for organizational growth
Cultivate and leverage leaders with innovative ideas for organizational growth
Identify 10 potential leaders through proven leadership discovery methodologies
Select 10 potential leaders from results
Research proven leadership discovery methodologies
Apply methodologies to identify potential leaders
Substantiate 5 new emergent ideas proposed by the identified leaders
Research the feasibility and potential impact of the new ideas
Arrange meetings with the leaders to discuss their proposed ideas
Prepare detailed reports supporting these emergent concepts
Achieve a 20% increase in innovative project implementations lead by these leaders
Implement training programs focused on innovation
Encourage risk-taking and idea experimentation
Organize regular creative brainstorming sessions with leaders
3. OKRs to enhance professional growth through lunch and learn sessions
Enhance professional growth through lunch and learn sessions
Write and share a summary of key learnings from each session with the team
Distribute summary to team via email
Jot down main points learned during each session
Structure these points into a succinct summary
Attend a minimum of 10 lunch and learn sessions by various professionals
Research and list upcoming lunch and learn sessions that interest you
Plan out your schedule to include at least 10 sessions
Regularly attend, engage, and take notes at these events
Use the knowledge gained to contribute to at least 2 team projects/tasks
Use acquired understanding to help resolve project challenges
Incorporate new knowledge in planning future team initiatives
Apply learned skills in assisting team members with major project milestones
Organizational Growth OKR best practices to boost success
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.
![Tability Insights Dashboard](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/tability-insights-board.e70f9466.png)
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.
![Tability Insights Dashboard](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/checkins-graph.b2aec458.png)
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 turn your Organizational Growth OKRs in a strategy map
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
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 a proper OKR-tracking tool for it.
![A strategy map in Tability](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/tability_strategy_map.2ad25843.png)
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 Organizational Growth OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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OKRs to successfully launch MVP of X new website to the public
OKRs to attract €1m for SAFE investment funding
OKRs to enhance the effectiveness of vulnerability management services for customers
OKRs to achieve full proficiency in the CRM system
OKRs resources
Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.
- To learn: What is the meaning of OKRs
- Blog posts: ODT Blog
- Success metrics: KPIs examples
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