3 customisable OKR examples for All Departments

What are All Departments 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.

We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for All Departments to help you. You can look at any of the templates below to get some inspiration for your own goals.

If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.

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Our customisable All Departments OKRs examples

You will find in the next section many different All Departments 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 transparency of reporting processes across all teams

Enhance transparency of reporting processes across all teams
Implement standardized reporting templates for 100% of departmental requirements
Implement and distribute templates across departments
Identify all departmental reporting requirements
Design standardized templates for each requirement
Train 90% of team leaders in new reporting methodology by end of quarter
Schedule and conduct training sessions for identified leaders
Confirm and document each leader's successful training completion
Identify team leaders needing training in the new method
Achieve at least a 75% positive feedback score regarding reporting transparency from staff
Actively solicit and address staff feedback on reporting transparency
Provide staff training on understanding and interpreting reports
Implement frequent and clear communication about reporting processes

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2. OKRs to boost employee retention across all departments

Boost employee retention across all departments
Implement two new benefits or recognition programs based on employee feedback
Analyze survey results and design two new programs
Survey employees to gather feedback on potential benefits programs
Launch and communicate new programs to all employees
Increase participation in employee engagement activities by 15%
Implement regular communication about upcoming engagement activities
Develop incentive programs to reward participation
Simplify sign-up processes for engagement activities
Decrease employee turnover rate by 10%
Implement comprehensive employee training programs
Develop competitive benefits and compensation packages
Establish effective communication and feedback system

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3. OKRs to successfully facilitate enterprise-wide requirements elicitation for tool selection

Successfully facilitate enterprise-wide requirements elicitation for tool selection
Prioritize and reach consensus on top 5 critical requirements across all departments
Conduct meetings with all departments to discuss their requirements
Agree on top 5 critical departmental requirements
Analyze shared requirements for priority determination
Interview 100% of department heads to gather specific departmental requirements
Identify and list all department heads in the organization
Schedule individual meetings with each department head
Conduct interviews and document specific requirements
Document and categorize all elicited requirements within 60 days
Record and finalize all categorized requirements
Identify and list all elicited requirements
Group listed requirements into related categories

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All Departments 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

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.

Tability's audit dashboard will highlight opportunities to improve OKRs

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.

Tability's check-ins will save you hours and increase transparency

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 All Departments OKRs in a strategy map

Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly in order 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, once you get comfortable you can graduate to a proper OKRs-tracking tool.

Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRs

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 All Departments OKR templates

We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.

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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