11 customisable OKR examples for Team Diversity
What are Team Diversity 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.
OKRs are quickly gaining popularity as a goal-setting framework. But, it's not always easy to know how to write your goals, especially if it's your first time using OKRs.
To aid you in setting your goals, we have compiled a collection of OKR examples customized for Team Diversity. 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.
Building your own Team Diversity 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 Team Diversity OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Team Diversity Objectives and Key Results. We've included strategic initiatives in our templates to give you a better idea of the different between the key results (how we measure progress), and the initiatives (what we do to achieve the results).
Hope you'll find this helpful!
1. OKRs to enhance employee inclusivity and engagement in the workplace
Enhance employee inclusivity and engagement in the workplace
Decrease employee turnover rate by 15%
Implement comprehensive, regular employee satisfaction surveys
Establish clear, responsive communication channels
Develop competitive benefits package and advancement opportunities
Increase responses on employee engagement surveys by 30%
Offer incentives for completing the survey
Simplify the survey for easier completion
Implement a communication strategy emphasizing survey importance
Implement a minimum of 2 diversity and inclusion training sessions per group
Schedule two training sessions for each group
Communicate training dates and details to groups
Identify suitable diversity and inclusion training programs
2. OKRs to promote cultural humility for diverse, healthy team building
Promote cultural humility for diverse, healthy team building
Increase overall diversity rate in new hires by 25%
Collaborate with diverse professional and student organizations
Implement a diversity-focused recruitment strategy
Provide unconscious bias training to hiring managers
Achieve 90% positive feedback on diversity and inclusion efforts from employee surveys
Develop and promote a workplace inclusion policy
Implement diversity and inclusion training for all staff members
Regularly solicit employee feedback on inclusion efforts
Implement a cultural humility workshop for 80% of team leaders
Schedule workshop for 80% of team leaders
Ensure effective post-workshop follow-up activities
Identify suitable cultural humility workshop providers
3. OKRs to increase and diversify our portfolio of local, small-scale, and minority-owned vendors
Increase and diversify our portfolio of local, small-scale, and minority-owned vendors
Create and implement a supplier diversity policy within the organization
Draft a comprehensive supplier diversity policy for the organization
Conduct training sessions to implement the policy
Obtain leadership approval for the proposed policy
Increase procurement from woman- and minority-owned vendors by 25%
Develop partnerships with these targeted vendors
Organize procurement training focusing on diversity
Identify potential woman- and minority-owned suppliers
Identify and onboard at least 20 new local, small-scale vendors by quarter end
Facilitate onboarding process for selected vendors
Research potential local, small-scale vendors
Initiate contact and build relationships
4. OKRs to enhance leadership inclusivity across all teams
Enhance leadership inclusivity across all teams
Implement inclusivity training for all team leaders by the end of the quarter
Identify relevant inclusivity training programs for team leaders
Schedule training sessions for each team leader
Monitor and report on training progress and effectiveness
Decrease leadership team's turnover rate by 20% through fostering inclusivity
Encourage open dialogue about inclusivity during team meetings
Implement comprehensive diversity training for all management level employees
Establish a mentoring program that promotes inclusivity
Increase internal survey's inclusivity score by 30% among leadership team
Encourage honest communication through anonymous feedback
Revise survey questions to eliminate unconscious bias
Implement mandatory leadership training on diversity and inclusivity
5. OKRs to promote and cultivate a diverse and inclusive workplace culture
Promote and cultivate a diverse and inclusive workplace culture
Increase the representation of underrepresented groups by 10% in all departments
Implement mandatory diversity and inclusion training for staff
Revise promotion policies to ensure equity
Develop recruitment strategies targeting underrepresented groups
Conduct and achieve a 90% participation rate in diversity and inclusion training
Develop a clear, compelling case for why diversity training is necessary
Set and communicate clear participation expectations to all employees
Promote the training through engaging communications
Improve inclusivity score by 15% as measured in quarterly employee engagement survey
Increase representation across all levels & departments
Implement regular diversity and inclusivity training workshops
Foster an open, transparent communication culture
6. OKRs to foster an inclusive, equitable, and diverse office culture
Foster an inclusive, equitable, and diverse office culture
Achieve 20% improvement in diversity and inclusion survey results
Create a diversity and inclusion team
Revise hiring practices to prioritize diversity
Implement diversity and inclusion training for all staff
Implement diversity training to 100% of team members
Identify suitable diversity training programs or providers
Confirm and record each team member's training completion
Schedule mandatory training sessions for all team members
Increase minority hiring by 25%
Offer diversity and inclusion training for hiring managers
Implement inclusive hiring practices in the recruitment process
Establish partnerships with minority-focused professional organizations
7. OKRs to cultivate an inclusive and engaging work environment for all employees
Cultivate an inclusive and engaging work environment for all employees
Achieve a 20% improvement in overall employee satisfaction scores
Implement feedback changes to improve work culture and environment
Design and implement an employee recognition program
Conduct regular surveys to assess current employee satisfaction levels
Increase employee survey engagement rate by 30%
Implement attractive incentives for completing the survey
Simplify survey to reduce completion time
Communicate survey importance via company-wide email
Implement a diversity and inclusion training program for 100% of team leaders
Determine the content and structure of the training program
Schedule and communicate training sessions to all team leaders
Identify or hire qualified, experienced trainers for instruction
8. OKRs to enhance gender diversity across all layers of the organization
Enhance gender diversity across all layers of the organization
Measure and achieve a 20% improvement in employee gender diversity engagement survey scores
Implement gender-neutral communication and practices
Develop a gender diversity training program for all employees
Conduct regular gender diversity engagement surveys
Increase the representation of diverse genders by 30% in leadership roles
Establish mandatory diverse gender leadership training programs
Implement affirmative action in leadership succession plans
Increase outreach for leadership positions to diverse gender groups
Implement a gender diversity training program for all employees
Monitor and evaluate the program's effectiveness post-implementation
Schedule mandatory training sessions for all employees
Research and select a comprehensive gender diversity training program
9. OKRs to improve Arbor's inclusivity
Improve Arbor's inclusivity
Conduct diversity training for all employees
Communicate training details and expectations to all staff
Schedule training sessions for all employees
Identify a well-recognized diversity training program or consultant
Implement two new inclusive policies or initiatives company-wide
Develop two new inclusive policies or initiatives
Identify areas needing inclusivity improvement within the company
Launch and communicate these policies company-wide
Increase diversity representation in leadership roles by 10%
Implement mandatory diversity and inclusion training for all staff members
Actively recruit diverse candidates for leadership roles
Develop targeted leadership programs for underrepresented employees
10. OKRs to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in our performance evaluation process
Enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in our performance evaluation process
Develop and implement a new performance review structure that equally emphasizes DEI
Create a draft plan integrating DEI into reviews
Research DEI-focused performance review methods
Implement and monitor the new structure
Increase the representation of diverse employees in the top performance quartile by 25%
Promote diverse employees based on their skills and performance
Implement diversity training sessions to team leaders
Develop inclusive hiring strategies targeting diverse talent pools
Train 100% of our evaluators on DEI principles and bias elimination techniques
Develop comprehensive DEI training program for evaluators
Schedule mandatory training sessions for all evaluators
Monitor and track evaluators' progress and understanding
11. OKRs to strengthen HR compliance and DEI program adherence in Kenya
Strengthen HR compliance and DEI program adherence in Kenya
Increase percentage of employees completing DEI training by 20%
Develop engaging, relevant DEI training material
Schedule mandatory training sessions for all employees
Implement incentives for course completion
Conduct 3 comprehensive legal compliance training for HR unit by end of quarter
Identify necessary topics for legal compliance training
Implement these trainings to the HR unit
Schedule and plan three comprehensive trainings
Implement revised HR policies aligning with Kenya legal framework, with zero discrepancies
Review current HR policies for compliance with Kenya legal framework
Communicate and enforce revised HR policies across the firm
Identify and rectify any discrepancies in the policies
Team Diversity 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 Insights Dashboard](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/tability-insights-board.e70f9466.png)
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 Insights Dashboard](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/checkins-graph.b2aec458.png)
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 Team Diversity OKRs in a strategy map
Quarterly OKRs should have weekly updates to get all the 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, once you get comfortable you can graduate to a proper OKRs-tracking tool.
![A strategy map in Tability](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/tability_strategy_map.2ad25843.png)
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 Team Diversity OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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OKRs to enhance focus to achieve higher productivity
OKRs to establish solid groundwork for expansion into new markets
OKRs to implement new Financial Planning and Analysis Software
OKRs to enhance client relationships through memorable Christmas gifts
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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