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What are Professional Communication 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.
Creating impactful OKRs can be a daunting task, especially for newcomers. Shifting your focus from projects to outcomes is key to successful planning.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Professional Communication 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 Professional Communication 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.
Professional Communication OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Professional Communication. We also included strategic projects for each template to make it easier to understand the difference between key results and projects.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
OKRs to strengthen communication effectiveness
ObjectiveStrengthen communication effectiveness
KRImplement at least three new communication strategies learned from workshop
Develop a plan for incorporating new strategies into existing communication processes- Deliver a presentation summarizing the new methods to the team
- Begin integrating learned strategies into daily communication and follow-up
- KRReceive positive feedback on communication from at least 80% of colleagues
- Implement feedback in daily interactions with colleagues
- Regularly seek constructive criticism on communication skills
- Enroll in communication development workshops
- KRAttend a professional development workshop on communication skills
- Arrange necessary transportation and accommodation
- Research and select a relevant communication skills workshop
- Register for the chosen workshop
OKRs to enhance proficiency in articulating professional greetings
- ObjectiveEnhance proficiency in articulating professional greetings
- KRReceive positive feedback on professional greetings from 90% of colleagues interacted with
- Seek constructive feedback on greetings from close colleagues
- Incorporate any valuable feedback into everyday greetings
- Practice professional greetings daily in front of a mirror
- KRAttend 3 professional communication workshops to improve greeting confidence
- Research and sign up for 3 professional communication workshops
- Implement learned techniques into daily greetings
- Attend the scheduled workshops diligently
- KRPractice daily greetings with 5 different senior colleagues, achieving perfection in tone
- Identify 5 senior colleagues for daily greetings practice
- Schedule daily greetings practice with them regularly
- Record greetings to assess and improve tone perfection
OKRs to enhance overall communication proficiency and efficacy
- ObjectiveEnhance overall communication proficiency and efficacy
- KRIncrease active listening exercise participation by 25%
- Reward employees for consistent participation in listening exercises
- Implement mandatory active listening training for all staff
- Incorporate active listening activities into weekly meetings
- KRDecrease miscommunication incidents by 30%
- Implement regular team communication training sessions
- Encourage feedback and open discussions for clarity
- Establish clear communication guidelines and protocols
- KRComplete a professional communication skills course
- Research online platforms offering communication skills courses
- Actively participate and complete all coursework
- Enroll in a selected professional communication skills course
OKRs to enhance and master professional formal speech skills
- ObjectiveEnhance and master professional formal speech skills
- KRComplete a recognized professional speaking course with a proficient rating
- Pass final assessment with a proficient rating
- Research and enroll in a reputable professional speaking course
- Attend scheduled course sessions and complete all required work
- KREngage in at least 3 public speaking engagements to increase confidence
- Identify local events requiring guest speakers
- Practice speeches in front of friends
- Prepare speeches tailored to these events
- KRRecord and review a weekly formal speech and implement feedback for improvement
- Implement feedback effectively for future speeches
- Prepare and record a weekly formal speech
- Review the recorded speech for improvements
OKRs to enhance public speaking skills with confidence and clarity
- ObjectiveEnhance public speaking skills with confidence and clarity
- KRDecrease length and frequency of pauses by 60% in all verbal presentations
- Regularly practice presentations to improve fluency
- Enroll in a public speaking or communication skills course
- Use a timer to monitor and reduce pause times
- KRMaintain eye contact with the camera for 90% of each broadcast or recording
- Position the camera at eye level for convenience
- Practice maintaining eye contact during rehearsals
- Frequently review recordings to monitor eye contact
- KRReduce usage of filler words like "um" by 50% during public speeches
- Seek professional speech coaching or join a speakers club
- Record and review speeches to identify excessive filler words
- Practice speeches regularly to increase familiarity and confidence
OKRs to enhance and perfect interpersonal and professional communication skills
- ObjectiveEnhance and perfect interpersonal and professional communication skills
- KRReceive positive feedback on improved communication from at least 5 peers or superiors
- Improve and demonstrate clear, concise communication in all settings
- Implement effective listening skills during all team interactions
- Regularly solicit feedback from peers and superiors
- KRImplement learned techniques in 4 different real-life scenarios
- Continually refine and adjust techniques
- Take notes on technique effectiveness post-application
- Identify daily situations to utilize newly learned techniques
- KRAttend two communication skills workshops or webinars
- Research and select two suitable communication skills workshops or webinars
- Attend and actively participate in both workshops/webinars
- Register for chosen workshops or webinars
OKRs to implement service management for new work stream
- ObjectiveImplement service management for new work stream
- KRIdentify and train a dedicated service management team by week 4
- Begin team training by week 4
- Develop a comprehensive training plan for newly hired team
- Hire service management professionals suitable for the team
- KRAchieve 95% satisfaction rate in client feedback for the new service management operation by week 12
- Solicit, analyze, and apply client feedback weekly
- Implement thorough employee training on service management
- Regularly assess and adjust client-communication strategies
- KRDevelop and implement a comprehensive service management plan by week 8
- Draft comprehensive service management plan
- Identify current service management gaps
- Implement plan by week 8
OKRs to boost recruitment of highly competent professionals
- ObjectiveBoost recruitment of highly competent professionals
- KREnhance employee referral rate by launching an incentivized referral program
- Develop a reward system for successful employee referrals
- Promote the referral program through internal communications
- Train employees on how to make effective referrals
- KRIncrease number of applicants by 20% with targeted job postings
- Identify specific job platforms relevant to the positions
- Utilize data analytics to tune posting strategies
- Develop unique, engaging job descriptions for postings
- KRImprove selection process efficiency by implementing a structured interview system
- Monitor and evaluate the new interview process regularly
- Train interviewers in structured interview techniques
- Develop a standard set of interview questions
Professional Communication 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
Focus can only be achieve by limiting the number of competing priorities. It is crucial that you take the time to identify where you need to move the needle, and avoid adding business-as-usual activities to your 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
Having good goals is only half the effort. You'll get significant more value from your OKRs if you commit to a weekly check-in process.
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
Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use 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 Professional Communication OKR templates
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