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What are Strategic Leadership 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.
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 Leadership 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 Leadership 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 Leadership OKRs examples
We've added many examples of Strategic Leadership 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 boost Sales Performance Through Strategic Leadership
ObjectiveBoost Sales Performance Through Strategic Leadership
KRDevelop a competitive sales incentive program to boost sales by 30%
Design a rewarding incentive structure- Analyze current sales data and trends
- Research competitor sales incentive programs
- KRImplement weekly sales training to increase team's close rate by 20%
- Develop training curriculum focused on closing techniques
- Monitor and report on close-rate improvements weekly
- Schedule weekly training sessions for sales team
- KRStrengthen CRM utilization to maintain a sales lead conversion rate of 50%
- Implement rewards for maintaining high conversion rates through CRM
- Monitor individual CRM usage to ensure consistent application
- Provide comprehensive CRM training to all sales team members
OKRs to enhance tactical and strategic leadership skills for software developer team lead
- ObjectiveEnhance tactical and strategic leadership skills for software developer team lead
- KRMentor 2 team members to take on micro-leadership roles in the next project
- Provide regular feedback and coaching
- Share responsibilities and explain expectations clearly
- Identify strengths and areas of growth for each team member
- KRImplement new strategies and witness a minimum 15% increase in team productivity
- Develop and communicate new strategies for identified areas
- Identify areas in team processes that require improvement
- Monitor and measure strategy-driven productivity increases
- KRCollaborate with HR to attend at least 3 leadership skill training or workshops
- Contact HR to inquire about available leadership training opportunities
- Participate actively in each workshop session
- Schedule times to attend three chosen sessions
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 excel as the new Product lead
- ObjectiveExcel as the new Product lead
- KRIncrease product line performance by 15% through effective leadership and collaboration
- Regularly evaluate and adjust product line strategies
- Enhance leadership skills through effective training programs
- Implement weekly team collaborations to discuss product improvements
- KRSuccessfully implement at least 2 strategic initiatives to improve product line
- Formulate 2 strategic initiatives to address weaknesses
- Implement and monitor initiative progress
- Identify weak areas in the current product line
- KRComplete onboarding process and master product knowledge within the first 2 weeks
- Schedule time daily to understand the product's features
- Start and finish all onboarding activities within 2 weeks
- Gain proficiency in product usage by constant practice
OKRs to establish a go-to platform for leadership and niche hiring
- ObjectiveEstablish a go-to platform for leadership and niche hiring
- KRAttract and onboard 1000 unique leadership profiles to the platform
- Implement referral incentives for current users
- Develop marketing campaigns targeting potential leadership profile candidates
- Craft an engaging, user-friendly onboarding process
- KRSecure partnerships with 50 leading companies in relevant industries
- Reach out and negotiate partnerships with targeted companies
- Develop proposals outlining mutual benefits for potential partners
- Research and identify 50 prospective industry leaders for partnerships
- KRAchieve a 20% conversion rate in hiring through the platform
- Enhance job description clarity to attract right candidates
- Implement comprehensive onboarding to increase acceptance rate
- Improve screening processes for more qualified candidate selection
OKRs to enhance board effectiveness and productivity
- ObjectiveEnhance board effectiveness and productivity
- KRImplement leadership training sessions for 80% of board members
- Monitor and record participation to ensure 80% attendance
- Schedule training sessions that accommodate board members' availability
- Identify potential training providers specializing in leadership development
- KRIncrease board member engagement in decision-making by 50%
- Implement regular, mandatory training on decision-making for board members
- Solicit individual input before finalizing board decisions
- Promote open discussion and brainstorming in board meetings
- KRAchieve 30% improvement in meeting efficiency through strategic planning
- Limit meeting attendees to essential personnel only
- Set strict time limits for each meeting segment
- Implement meeting agendas to outline and prioritize discussion points
Strategic Leadership 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
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 Strategic Leadership OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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