13 customisable OKR examples for Editor

What are Editor 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.

Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.

We have a collection of OKRs examples for Editor to give you some inspiration. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point for your OKRs.

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

Building your own Editor 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 Editor OKRs examples

We've added many examples of Editor 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!

1. OKRs to increase revenue stream for the newspaper's Editorial department

2. OKRs to launch a high-quality Real Estate focused newsletter

3. OKRs to implement efficient governance for internal communications and editorial

4. OKRs to improve risk management in the editorial department

5. OKRs to develop a comprehensive and user-friendly dictionary

6. OKRs to improve the quality and relevancy of content through comprehensive revisions

7. OKRs to implement an AI tool for efficient user manual generation

8. OKRs to complete Mid-Office documentation in Confluence

9. OKRs to successfully complete 80% of the content project

10. OKRs to generate twelve impactful news posts

11. OKRs to establish a successful YouTube channel

12. OKRs to reduce support requests by 10%

13. OKRs to consistently publish high-quality content aligned with audience needs

Editor 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 Editor 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 Editor OKR templates

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

• OKRs to acquire proficiency in business analysis as a beginner
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• OKRs to boost usage rates of our key product among existing customers
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• OKRs to enhance productivity and reduce stress via effective time management
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• OKRs to ensure compliance and adaptability of Finance department for long-term success
  compliancedigitizationfinance-managerregulatory-compliance-officerfinance-departmentcompliance-team
• OKRs to get better user retention
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• OKRs to achieve higher NPS and CSAT ratings
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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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