4 customisable OKR examples for Cross Functional Training
What are Cross Functional Training 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.
Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Cross Functional Training 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 Cross Functional Training 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.
Feel free to explore our tools:
- Use our free OKR generator
- Use Tability, a complete platform to set and track OKRs and initiatives, including a GPT-4 powered goal generator
Our customisable Cross Functional Training OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Cross Functional Training 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 ascend to a prominent leadership position within the company
Ascend to a prominent leadership position within the company
Lead a cross-functional project showcasing collaboration and leadership acumen
Foster teamwork through regular meetings and progress updates
Identify and assign responsibilities to cross-functional project team members
Develop and communicate project goals and timelines to all stakeholders
Complete advanced management training course to enhance leadership skills
Enroll in a suitable advanced management training course
Diligently participate in all course sessions and activities
Implement learned leadership strategies in daily management practices
Exceed current KPIs by 20% to showcase potential for greater responsibility
Implement and track progressive success of strategy
Review and analyze current KPIs performance
Develop a strategy to boost efficiency by 20%
2. OKRs to enhance cross-functional collaboration in team
Enhance cross-functional collaboration in team
Increase the team's cross-functional skills by 30% by offering relevant training
Identify necessary cross-functional skills for team improvement
Implement regular skill development trainings
Find suitable training programs for these skills
Conduct minimum 3 team-building activities promoting inter-department collaboration each week
Identify suitable inter-department team-building activities
Schedule these activities for each week
Ensure each department's participation
Reduce project completion time by 15% through improving cross-functional performance
Implement collaborative software for seamless cross-functional communication
Streamline workflows across different departments
Provide training to improve cross-functional teamwork
3. OKRs to enhance team cross-functionality's overall performance
Enhance team cross-functionality's overall performance
Increase team's cross-functional tasks completion rate by 30%
Implement a cross-training program to boost overall team skillsets
Develop detailed workflow charts to clarify task ownership and deadline
Promote reward mechanism for successful cross-functional task completions
Implement and run bi-weekly cross-functional team meetings for project updates and learning
Prepare update presentations for each meeting
Organise learning activities for sessions
Schedule recurring bi-weekly cross-functional team meetings
Provide cross-training to all team members on at least two different skills
Monitor team’s progress and give feedback
Identify necessary skills for cross-training within the team
Organize cross-training sessions for different skill sets
4. OKRs to seek and secure a leadership role within the company
Seek and secure a leadership role within the company
Obtain cross-functional training in at least two other departments
Identify two departments to receive cross-functional training in
Request cross-functional training approval from respective department heads
Begin scheduled training sessions with selected departments
Implement a feedback system for continuous learning and leadership growth
Identify key performance indicators for leadership qualities
Educate leaders on interpreting and applying feedback
Design a system for regular performance feedback
Lead a high-impact project related to key business objectives
Identify key business objectives and project alignment
Develop, execute and monitor a high-impact project plan
Assemble a high-performing, cross-functional team
Cross Functional Training 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.
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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.
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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 Cross Functional Training 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.
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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 Cross Functional Training OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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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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