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What are Strategic Initiatives 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 have a collection of OKRs examples for Strategic Initiatives to give you some inspiration. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point for your OKRs.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
The best tools for writing perfect Strategic Initiatives 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.
Strategic Initiatives OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Strategic Initiatives. 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 support CEO in executing strategic initiatives and tracking progress
ObjectiveEnhance CEO's support for executing the company's strategic initiatives
KRConduct regular progress reports and adjust strategies accordingly- KRCollaborate with CEO to ensure high-quality strategic execution
- KRImprove CEO's communication with cross-functional teams
- KRDevelop a tracking system for CEO's strategic initiatives
OKRs to implement strategic initiatives to improve execution and value realization
- ObjectiveImplement strategic initiatives to improve execution and value realization
- KREnhance stakeholder satisfaction by 10% through better strategic alignment
Identify areas of misalignment and develop improvement plans- Conduct a thorough review of current strategic alignment methods
- Implement changes and track stakeholders' satisfaction growth
- KRAchieve a 15% rise in measurable value from implemented initiatives
- Identify areas for initiative implementation with the maximum benefit potential
- Establish a system to track measurable value growth
- Develop and execute strategies for selected initiatives
- KRIncrease strategic project completion rate by 20%
- Conduct regular team meetings for effective communication and updates
- Provide additional training to improve employee project handling skills
- Implement project management software to track and streamline tasks
OKRs to enhance stakeholder synergy and expedite strategic initiatives
- ObjectiveEnhance stakeholder synergy and expedite strategic initiatives
- KRArrange and conduct at least 6 collaborative meetings with key stakeholders
- List and identify six key stakeholders for collaboration
- Develop and present meeting agendas for comprehensive discussions
- Schedule meetings with stakeholders at convenient times
- KRDevelop a process for monitoring project timelines and achieving 90% on-time completion
- Review progress regularly and adjust plans as needed
- Establish project deadlines and key milestones
- Implement a project management tracking system
- KRObtain feedback from stakeholders to increase project alignment by 20%
- Analyze the collected feedback and identify alignment opportunities
- Schedule individual meetings for more in-depth feedback
- Design and distribute a survey to stakeholders for their project feedback
Strategic Initiatives 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 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
Most teams should start with a spreadsheet if they're using OKRs for the first time. Then, you can move to 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 Strategic Initiatives OKR templates
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