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What are Speaking Skills 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.
Formulating strong OKRs can be a complex endeavor, particularly for first-timers. Prioritizing outcomes over projects is crucial when developing your plans.
To aid you in setting your goals, we have compiled a collection of OKR examples customized for Speaking Skills. Take a look at the templates below for inspiration and guidance.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
The best tools for writing perfect Speaking Skills 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.
Speaking Skills OKRs examples
We've added many examples of Speaking Skills Objectives and Key Results, but we did not stop there. Understanding the difference between OKRs and projects is important, so we also added examples of strategic initiatives that relate to the OKRs.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
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 children's speaking skills focusing on pronunciation, diction and intonation
- ObjectiveEnhance children's speaking skills focusing on pronunciation, diction and intonation
- KREnsure 80% of children show measurable improvement in intonation via regular testing
- KRAchieve a 30% improvement in diction based on an established rubric
- Attend professional speech and pronunciation workshops
- Record and critique personal speech regularly
- Practice daily using recommended diction exercises
- KRImplement a bi-weekly pronunciation training program for all children
- Allocate resources for pronunciation training materials
- Schedule experienced trainers for bi-weekly sessions
- Outline a comprehensive bi-weekly pronunciation syllabus
OKRs to enhance and refine my communication skills
- ObjectiveEnhance and refine my communication skills
- KRPractice public speaking at four local events
- Research and select four events suitable for public speaking
- Register and attend these local events as a speaker
- Prepare speeches relevant to each event's topic or theme
- KRReceive positive feedback on communication improvement from 6 team members
- Request feedback from team members regularly
- Implement learned techniques into daily team interactions
- Engage in training courses for effective communication skills
- KRComplete two advanced communication training workshops
- Attend and actively participate in these workshops
- Apply learned knowledge in professional communications
- Research and register for two advanced communication training workshops
OKRs to advance spoken communication skills and augment confidence in formal settings
- ObjectiveAdvance spoken communication skills and augment confidence in formal settings
- KRDeliver 3 speeches at public events showing improved clarity and precision
- Attend public speaking workshops for practical skills and tips
- Construct and regularly fine-tune key speech outlines
- Practise speeches repeatedly in varied conditions
- KRDemonstrate increased confidence by leading 5 formal meetings with positive feedback
- Prepare detailed agendas for five formal meetings
- Gather positive feedback after each meeting
- Lead five formal meetings efficiently and confidently
- KRComplete advanced level course in public speaking with a 90% success rate
- Aim for a minimum of 90% on all assessments
- Enroll in an advanced level public speaking course
- Consistently attend course sessions and complete assignments
OKRs to enhance communication skills and overcome shyness
- ObjectiveEnhance communication skills and overcome shyness
- KRAttend two networking events every month to interact with diverse individuals
- Schedule two networking events into personal calendar
- Research local networking events happening nearby
- Regularly engage and interact with attendees during events
- KRComplete an online course in public speaking or interpersonal communication skills
- Find and enroll in a relevant online public speaking course
- Successfully complete and pass all course evaluations and exams
- Actively participate in all course activities and assignments
- KREngage in weekly activities requiring public speaking or initiating conversation with strangers
- Strike up conversation with a new person in a public place daily
- Volunteer to present at weekly community meetings or events
- Enroll in a local weekly debate club or toastmaster session
Speaking Skills 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 Speaking Skills OKR dashboards
OKRs without regular progress updates are just KPIs. You'll need to update progress on your OKRs every week to get the full benefits from the 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 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 Speaking Skills OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.