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What are Team Management 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.
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 Management. 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 Team Management 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.
Team Management OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Team Management. 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 enhance efficiency and productivity within the legal team
ObjectiveEnhance efficiency and productivity within the legal team
KRDecrease legal document retrieval time by instituting efficient filing system by 30%
Establish a consistent filing schedule- Train staff on efficient document filing methods
- Implement a comprehensive digital organizing system
- KRFacilitate team training sessions to increase competency in data management by 20%
- Identify key skills for improved data management competency
- Develop comprehensive team training sessions
- Monitor and evaluate progression and improvements
- KRImplement a new legal case management software to reduce process time by 25%
- Train team on the new software usage
- Identify suitable legal case management software
- Monitor and assess efficiency improvements
OKRs to improve efficiency in client and team management
- ObjectiveImprove efficiency in client and team management
- KRIncrease client satisfaction by 10% as evidenced by quarterly survey responses
- Implement regular client follow-ups to address potential issues
- Evaluate and streamline communication processes for client efficiency
- Provide staff with customer service training to improve interactions
- KREnhance team output by 15% through implementation of structured weekly check-ins
- Train team on effective check-in strategies
- Monitor and measure output increase weekly
- Establish a weekly check-ins system for the team
- KRAchieve a 20% decrease in resolution time for client-reported software issues
- Provide ongoing technical training for the customer service team
- Establish a priority-based resolution system
- Implement more efficient issue-tracking software
OKRs to increase team responsibility for workload management
- ObjectiveIncrease team responsibility for workload management
- KREnsure each team member completes 100% of their assignments within assigned hours
- Regularly monitor team members' workload
- Implement strict deadlines for each assignment
- Conduct daily updates on task completion
- KRDecrease overdue tasks by 50% through shared accountability
- Implement regular accountability meetings
- Set up a shared task tracking system
- Identify individuals responsible for overdue tasks
- KRAchieve 80% on-time delivery rate for individual tasks
- Establish efficient task delegation among team members
- Improve task execution through training and tools
- Implement strict deadlines and track progress regularly
OKRs to attain the position of Technical Program Management Director
- ObjectiveAttain the position of Technical Program Management Director
- KRIncrease team's KPI achievement by 15%
- Boost employee motivation through incentives
- Implement regular team goal-setting and tracking sessions
- Enhance training programs to improve skillset
- KRSuccessfully lead five cross-functional projects, improving completion rate by 20%
- Identify and assemble cross-functional project teams
- Implement and monitor project management strategies
- Establish clear project goals and timelines
- KRComplete advanced leadership course for relevant career development
- Enroll in a suitable course based on relevance to career
- Research available advanced leadership courses online
- Complete all coursework and assessments on schedule
OKRs to enhance team collaboration and knowledge sharing
- ObjectiveEnhance team collaboration and knowledge sharing
- KRScore 90% on quarterly team effectiveness and collaboration survey
- Develop and implement team building activities
- Encourage open communication and feedback within the team
- Regularly review and improve collaboration strategies
- KRDecrease answer-seeking time by 25% via a centralized knowledge management platform
- Continuously update and sort platform content
- Train employees on efficient search strategies
- Implement a centralized knowledge management platform
- KRImplement weekly team workshops leading to a 30% increase in cross-functional projects
- Monitor and evaluate participation and progress
- Designate workshop topics related to cross-functional projects
- Schedule weekly team workshops
OKRs to enhance the efficiency of our matured agile team
- ObjectiveEnhance the efficiency of our matured agile team
- KRReduce backlog items by 20%
- Implement additional resources towards tackling backlog
- Review and improve current work processes
- Prioritize backlog based on urgency and importance
- KRImprove team satisfaction score by 10 points through regular feedback and coaching
- Implement weekly feedback sessions within the team
- Encourage peer-to-peer feedback exchange
- Develop a coaching program for underperformers
- KRIncrease sprint completion rate by 15%
- Enhance periodic sprint retrospectives for better insights
- Implement strict time management and planning processes
- Improve team communication, coordination, and collaboration
OKRs to drive significant change saturation within the organization
- ObjectiveDrive significant change saturation within the organization
- KRMeasure and improve the change management satisfaction score to above 80%
- Implement necessary modifications based on results
- Develop a satisfaction survey focused on change management procedures
- Review survey results, identifying areas for improvement
- KRAchieve 90% employee participation rate in change management initiatives
- Conduct trainings on importance and benefits of change management initiatives
- Implement a reward system for active participators in change management
- Regularly communicate progress and milestones to boost employee involvement
- KRIncrease the number of facilitated change management workshops by 30%
- Arrange logistics for 30% more workshops
- Identify target audience for additional change management workshops
- Develop and implement a marketing strategy to attract participants
OKRs to successfully conclude the upcoming 9 weeks
- ObjectiveSuccessfully conclude the upcoming 9 weeks
- KRAchieve at least 95% satisfaction rate on feedback from team and stakeholders
- Implement regular check-ins to address concerns and gather feedback
- Create effective communication channels for open discussions
- Develop and provide ongoing team training for continual improvement
- KRMeet 100% of project deadlines to ensure timely completion
- Implement efficient project management tools
- Track the progress of project tasks daily
- Create and adhere to a structured timeline
- KRDevelop and implement strategies for a 30% increase in team productivity
- Implement the plan and track progress regularly
- Create a tailored productivity improvement plan
- Identify current team productivity levels and performance gaps
OKRs to establish robust autonomy and project management systems
- ObjectiveEstablish robust autonomy and project management systems
- KRTrain 70% of the team members in autonomous decision-making and problem-solving
- Identify team members needing autonomous decision-making training
- Develop an effective training program on decision-making
- Implement and monitor the training for select team members
- KRImplement a suitable project management software for 100% of ongoing projects
- Train staff on new software usage
- Research various project management software options
- Purchase and install chosen project management software
- KRAchieve 30% reduction in project deadline delays due to better management control
- Provide staff with targeted management training
- Establish daily progress tracking system
- Implement standardized project management procedures
OKRs to enhance technical risk assessment procedures
- ObjectiveEnhance technical risk assessment procedures
- KRConduct risk assessments for all major ongoing projects
- Identify all major ongoing projects requiring risk assessments
- Assign a qualified team to conduct risk assessments
- Review and monitor assessment results regularly
- KRImplement an integrated risk management solution by the quarter end
- Configure the chosen solution to fit company-specific needs
- Research and select an appropriate integrated risk management solution
- Train staff to use the newly implemented system
- KRReduce the number of identified high-risk issues by 20%
- Implement preventive measures for top risk issues
- Monitor and evaluate implemented preventive measures
- Identify root causes of current high-risk issues
Team Management 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 Team Management OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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