3 customisable OKR examples for Business Planner

What are Business Planner 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.

Formulating strong OKRs can be a complex endeavor, particularly for first-timers. Prioritizing outcomes over projects is crucial when developing your plans.

We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Business Planner 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.

Building your own Business Planner 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 Business Planner OKRs examples

You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Business Planner. 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!

1. OKRs to successfully launch a small business

Successfully launch a small business
Secure initial funding of at least $X through personal savings, loans, or investors
Determine available personal savings for business investment
Research loan options and apply where feasible
Begin networking to attract potential investors
Develop a comprehensive business plan by identifying key opportunities and potential risks
Identify key opportunities in your business sector
Analyze potential risks to your business
Draft a comprehensive business plan
Secure a location and necessary permits to operate, ensuring regulatory compliance
Establish procedures to assure continuous regulatory compliance
Identify potential operating locations suiting the business requirements
Initiate application process for necessary operating permits

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2. OKRs to launch a viable startup in the tech industry

Launch a viable startup in the tech industry
Hire a core team of five professionals in tech, marketing, and operations
Identify required skills and experience for each job role
Schedule and conduct potential candidate interviews
Post job vacancies on suitable recruitment platforms
Finalize business plan with a detailed financial projection
Review and refine existing business model assumptions
Develop comprehensive profit and loss projections
Incorporate relevant market research into the plan
Secure investment from at least three different sources for initial capital
Research and identify potential investors
Conduct pitching sessions to these investors
Create a compelling business plan

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3. OKRs to make business travel process fully digital

Make business travel process fully digital
Identify and list all paper-dependent tasks in business travel by end of week 1
Survey team members about paper-dependent tasks in business travel
Research common paper-dependent tasks in corporate travel
Compile list of identified paper-dependent travel tasks by end of week 1
Design and implement a digital solution for identified tasks within week 5
Identify specific tasks requiring digital solution during week 5
Sketch out a basic design for the digital solution
Begin implementing the devised digital solution
Achieve 95% employee adoption of the new digital process in trial phase
Offer incentives for early adopters in trial phase
Conduct informative training sessions on new digital process
Seek feedback and troubleshoot issues quickly

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Business Planner 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's audit dashboard will highlight opportunities to improve OKRs

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'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 Business Planner 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

Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use a proper OKR platform to make things easier.

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 Business Planner 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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