2 customisable OKR examples for Sales Program Development

What are Sales Program 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.

How you write your OKRs can make a huge difference on the impact that your team will have at the end of the quarter. But, it's not always easy to write a quarterly plan that focuses on outcomes instead of projects.

That's why we have created a list of OKRs examples for Sales Program Development to help. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point to write your own goals.

If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.

Building your own Sales Program Development 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 Sales Program Development OKRs examples

You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Sales Program Development. 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!

1. OKRs to develop an encompassing sales program to boost teams' target attainment

Develop an encompassing sales program to boost teams' target attainment
Finalize development and improvement of sales program within 15% resource budget
Finalize edits on sales program within budget constraints
Implement improvements to maximize resource efficiency
Review and validate program functionality and effectiveness
Increase sales team's productivity by 20% through established sales program
Implement regular coaching and training with sales program strategies
Reward and recognize top performers to encourage productivity
Monitor and analyze individual sales team's performance weekly
Ensure 80% of sales team meets or exceeds sales target via sales program implementation
Implement incentive schemes for meeting targets
Regularly monitor and adjust team's sales strategies
Develop a results-focused sales training program

Implement this OKR

2. OKRs to successfully migrate sales reports to in-house frontend and data warehouse cube

Successfully migrate sales reports to in-house frontend and data warehouse cube
Successfully transition 75% of sales reports to the new system
Train sales team on the new system
Identify and review current sales reports for transition
Audit transition progress to ensure 75% target
Train 90% of users on the new system demonstrating proficiency in tasks
Identify the users who need training on the new system
Implement the training program and track user proficiency levels
Develop a comprehensive training program showcasing system tasks
Complete the design and coding of the in-house frontend by such date
Conduct efficient coding for the finalized design layout
Test, debug, and launch the completed frontend by the due date
Finalize the design layout and UI/UX for the frontend

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Implement this OKR

Sales Program Development 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

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.

Tability's audit dashboard will highlight opportunities to improve OKRs

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.

Tability's check-ins will save you hours and increase transparency

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 Sales Program Development OKRs in a strategy map

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 a proper OKR-tracking tool for it.

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 Sales Program Development OKR templates

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

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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