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What are Active Listening 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.
Creating impactful OKRs can be a daunting task, especially for newcomers. Shifting your focus from projects to outcomes is key to successful planning.
We have curated a selection of OKR examples specifically for Active Listening to assist you. Feel free to explore the templates below for inspiration in setting your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
The best tools for writing perfect Active Listening 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.
Active Listening OKRs examples
We've added many examples of Active Listening 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 verbal communication and active listening skills
ObjectiveEnhance verbal communication and active listening skills
KRPractice active listening with 10 different conversations weekly
Schedule 10 distinct meetings or phone calls weekly- Apply active listening techniques in each discussion
- Keep a journal recording progress after each conversation
- KRAttend two comprehensive communication and active listening workshops
- Research and sign up for two communication and active listening workshops
- Schedule time off work to attend the workshops
- Complete and review any pre-workshop materials
- KRDeliver five 10-minute presentations and receive positive feedback
- Practice presenting to ensure clarity and engagement
- Gather and analyze received feedback for improvement
- Prepare five 10-minute presentations on chosen subjects
OKRs to enhance overall communication proficiency and efficacy
- ObjectiveEnhance overall communication proficiency and efficacy
- KRIncrease active listening exercise participation by 25%
- Reward employees for consistent participation in listening exercises
- Implement mandatory active listening training for all staff
- Incorporate active listening activities into weekly meetings
- KRDecrease miscommunication incidents by 30%
- Implement regular team communication training sessions
- Encourage feedback and open discussions for clarity
- Establish clear communication guidelines and protocols
- KRComplete a professional communication skills course
- Research online platforms offering communication skills courses
- Actively participate and complete all coursework
- Enroll in a selected professional communication skills course
OKRs to enhance personal communication proficiency
- ObjectiveEnhance personal communication proficiency
- KRRead 3 books on interpersonal communication and conversation techniques
- Purchase or borrow selected books
- Research and select 3 books on interpersonal communication
- Schedule regular reading sessions to complete all books
- KRPractice active listening in 20 different conversations to gain feedback
- Seek constructive feedback post conversation to improve listening skills
- Focus on comprehending and responding thoughtfully during these conversations
- Initiate 20 varied conversations geared towards active listening
- KRAttend 2 advancing communication workshops remotely
- Schedule time to attend the workshops remotely
- Research and select 2 online communication workshops
- Register for the chosen workshops
OKRs to enhance the resilience of team communication
- ObjectiveEnhance the resilience of team communication
- KRTrain 100% of team members in active listening and conflict management techniques
- Schedule training sessions for all team members
- Identify a reputable training provider for active listening and conflict management
- Follow up with assessments to ensure understanding and application
- KRImplement a weekly team check-in and feedback routine
- Encourage team members to share updates
- Prepare an agenda for feedback discussion
- Schedule a weekly recurring team meeting
- KRMeasure and improve team communication satisfaction score by 30%
- Identify current communication flaws through team feedback surveys
- Implement improved communication strategies and tools
- Regularly monitor and evaluate communication satisfaction
Active Listening 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
Having too many OKRs is the #1 mistake that teams make when adopting the framework. The problem with tracking too many competing goals is that it will be hard for your team to know what really matters.
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
Setting good goals can be challenging, but without regular check-ins, your team will struggle to make progress. We recommend that you track your OKRs weekly to get the full benefits from the framework.
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 Active Listening OKR dashboards
Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly if you want to get all the benefits of the OKRs 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 Active Listening OKR templates
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