15 customisable OKR examples for Employee
What are Employee 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.
Writing good OKRs can be hard, especially if it's your first time doing it. You'll need to center the focus of your plans around outcomes instead of projects.
We understand that setting OKRs can be challenging, so we have prepared a set of examples tailored for Employee. Take a peek at the templates below to find inspiration and kickstart your goal-setting process.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Building your own Employee 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 Employee OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Employee. 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 boost the billability rate of employees to 95%
Boost the billability rate of employees to 95%
Implement a time-tracking software to reduce unproductive time by 15%
Train all employees on how to use this software- Research and select a suitable time-tracking software
- Monitor and evaluate the software's effectiveness regularly
- Reduce non-billable task assignments by 20% through efficient delegation strategy
- Implement a strict task monitoring system
- Train staff on effective task delegation strategies
- Analyze current delegation methods for efficiency problems
- Provide productivity boosting training to achieve at least 10% more billable hours
- Monitor and measure training effectiveness
- Identify relevant productivity boosting training programs
- Allocate resources and schedule training for team
2. OKRs to cultivate an inclusive and engaging work environment for all employees
- Cultivate an inclusive and engaging work environment for all employees
- Achieve a 20% improvement in overall employee satisfaction scores
- Implement feedback changes to improve work culture and environment
- Design and implement an employee recognition program
- Conduct regular surveys to assess current employee satisfaction levels
- Increase employee survey engagement rate by 30%
- Implement attractive incentives for completing the survey
- Simplify survey to reduce completion time
- Communicate survey importance via company-wide email
- Implement a diversity and inclusion training program for 100% of team leaders
- Determine the content and structure of the training program
- Schedule and communicate training sessions to all team leaders
- Identify or hire qualified, experienced trainers for instruction
3. OKRs to boost employees' understanding of corporate culture and core values
- Boost employees' understanding of corporate culture and core values
- Conduct three engaging workshops on firm's culture and values
- Organize appropriate logistics and facilities for the workshops
- Develop comprehensive, engaging content for each workshop
- Choose relevant subjects pertaining to firm's culture and values
- Implement a quarterly recognition program based on core values engagement
- Develop criteria for recognising value engagement
- Create a reward distribution plan for recognised employees
- Identify and define company's core values clearly
- Measure a 15% increase in correct answers on our cultural awareness quiz
- Evaluate and compare new quiz results
- Implement cultural awareness training sessions
- Establish baseline data from current quiz results
4. OKRs to cultivate a resilient and enduring organizational culture
- Cultivate a resilient and enduring organizational culture
- Train 75% of employees in new cultural practices
- Monitor and record employees' training progress
- Schedule training sessions for all employees
- Identify the specific cultural practices for training
- Achieve 90% positive responses in culture satisfaction survey
- Promote a work environment that values feedback and improvements
- Establish open and transparent communication channels organization-wide
- Implement regular team building activities to foster cohesion
- Introduce two timeless cultural practices by quarter end
- Research various timeless cultural practices globally
- Choose two practices appealing to our audience
- Plan and host virtual presentations introducing each practice
5. OKRs to improve Employee Experience
- Improve Employee Experience
- Implement at least 3 new employee development programs to enhance professional growth
- Increase employee satisfaction score by 10 points on quarterly engagement survey
- Achieve an average response time of under 24 hours for employee inquiries and concerns
- Implement an automated ticketing system to prioritize and assign employee inquiries efficiently
- Create standardized response templates to expedite resolution of common employee concerns
- Conduct regular training sessions to enhance employee support team's response time and efficiency
- Streamline internal communication channels to ensure prompt receipt and review of employee inquiries
- Decrease employee turnover rate by 5% compared to previous quarter
- Improve communication channels to ensure employees feel heard and valued in their roles
- Implement a recognition and rewards program to boost employee motivation and retention
- Conduct exit interviews to identify the main reasons behind employee turnover
- Enhance employee training and development programs to improve job satisfaction
6. 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
7. OKRs to improve Employee Retention
- Improve Employee Retention
- Implement a professional development program and have 80% of employees participate
- Design and deliver engaging training sessions that align with employees' needs and goals
- Establish a tracking system to monitor employees' participation and measure the program's effectiveness
- Conduct a needs assessment to identify specific professional development opportunities
- Create a structured mentorship program to support employees' professional growth and knowledge sharing
- Conduct exit interviews with departing employees and identify recurring themes for improvement
- Ask open-ended questions to gather feedback on employee experience
- Analyze data from exit interviews to identify common areas for improvement
- Implement strategies to address recurring themes and enhance employee satisfaction
- Schedule exit interviews for departing employees
- Reduce voluntary employee turnover rate by 10% compared to the previous quarter
- Increase employee satisfaction score by 15% through quarterly surveys
- Analyze survey results to identify areas of improvement and develop action plans
- Communicate survey findings and action plans to employees to ensure transparency
- Implement an anonymous and confidential survey to gather employee feedback
- Regularly track and evaluate progress towards the goal and adjust strategies accordingly
8. OKRs to enhance employee dedication via communication optimization
- Enhance employee dedication via communication optimization
- Reduce communication gap by achieving 85% timely response rate on internal chat platform
- Implement automatic reminders for unanswered chats every two hours
- Train employees on the importance of timely responses
- Monitor response rates weekly and address lapses
- Implement bi-weekly team meetings to increase interaction by 60%
- Track and measure meeting interaction increase
- Establish a bi-weekly team meeting schedule
- Prepare relevant discussion points to stimulate interaction
- Accomplish 90% positive feedback on anonymous communication satisfaction survey
9. OKRs to boost employee awareness and risk perception
- Boost employee awareness and risk perception
- Reduce risk-related incidents by 25% through implementing preventative measures
- Conduct regular training sessions to educate staff on risk prevention measures
- Identify potential risk factors and root causes in existing operations
- Develop and implement a comprehensive risk prevention plan
- Launch a company-wide risk awareness training program with 90% staff completion
- Design content for company-wide risk awareness training program
- Devise a plan to engage and incentivize 90% staff participation
- Implement tracking system to monitor employee training completion rates
- Increase employee survey scores related to risk perception by 20%
- Conduct workshops on risk management and its benefits
- Involve employees in risk decision processes
- Implement a robust risk reporting system
10. OKRs to embed security consciousness in business operations
- Embed security consciousness in business operations
- Reduce security breaches by 25% through rigorous employee training
- Implement mandatory cybersecurity training for all employees
- Schedule regular refresher courses on data protection
- Update security policies and disseminate to staff
- Establish a quarterly security audit to identify potential vulnerabilities
- Schedule regular audits with a professional auditor
- Define the scope of each quarterly security audit
- Create a process to address identified vulnerabilities
- Achieve 100% compliance on mandatory security awareness training by all employees
- Organize regular training sessions for all personnel
- Monitor and document each employee's training progress
- Distribute security awareness training materials to all employees
11. OKRs to boost teamwork and development via regular manager-employee meetings
- Boost teamwork and development via regular manager-employee meetings
- Implement a standardized meeting schedule for managers and their onsite teams by week 2
- Select a consistent time and day for weekly manager-team meetings
- Communicate proposed schedule to the managers and teams
- Incorporate feedback and finalize weekly meeting schedule
- Achieve a 20% increase in the employee development index by quarter end
- Implement mandatory professional development workshops
- Foster a mentorship program within the organization
- Increase feedback and coaching sessions
- Conduct at least two remote team-building activities each month
- Facilitate the planned team-building sessions
- Schedule the activities on team calendar
- Identify suitable remote team-building exercises
12. OKRs to improve employee engagement by increasing satisfaction by 10%
- Boost employee engagement satisfaction
- Conduct pulse surveys and achieve a response rate of 80%
- Host monthly team-building activities with 75% participation rate
- Increase quarterly recognition awards by 20%
- Identify top 3 areas for improvement through survey results and implement action plans
13. OKRs to reduce Employee Turnover
- Reduce Employee Turnover
- Implement a mentoring program with participation from 75% of employees
- Establish regular check-ins and evaluations to assess the effectiveness of the mentoring program
- Provide training for potential mentors and match them with mentees based on their goals
- Create a program outline with goals and objectives for the mentoring program
- Promote the mentoring program through various communication channels to raise awareness
- Decrease voluntary employee resignations by 20%
- Conduct exit interviews to identify and address reasons for voluntary resignations
- Implement a comprehensive employee engagement and retention program
- Enhance communication channels to ensure employees feel valued and heard
- Provide professional development opportunities to ensure employee growth and satisfaction
- Increase employee engagement scores by 10%
- Provide regular opportunities for open communication and feedback between employees and management
- Organize team-building activities to foster collaboration and strengthen relationships among employees
- Conduct anonymous employee survey to identify areas of opportunity for engagement improvement
- Develop and implement a recognition and rewards program to acknowledge employee efforts
- Improve manager satisfaction ratings by 15%
- Implement regular feedback sessions to understand manager concerns and address them promptly
- Provide professional development opportunities to enhance manager skills and career growth
- Foster a positive and supportive work environment through team-building initiatives and recognition programs
- Streamline communication channels and ensure clarity in expectations for effective manager-employee interactions
14. OKRs to improve employee engagement in OKR setting process
- Improve employee engagement in OKR setting process
- Conduct at least 2 interactive workshops on OKR understanding and significance
- Identify suitable speakers/experts for OKR workshops
- Develop workshop content based on OKR principles
- Plan and schedule two interactive OKR workshops
- Survey employees to improve OKR process, aiming for 20% more positive feedback
- Distribute the survey to all employees via email
- Analyze responses and implement changes based on feedback
- Design an anonymous survey focused on OKR process improvement
- Increase employee participation in OKR setting by 30% through incentivizing contribution
- Implement an incentive program for employees contributing to OKR setting
- Increase communication about the significance of employees' role in OKR setting
- Provide training sessions on the benefits of OKR participation
15. OKRs to boost employee skills development by 20% with minimal budget
- Boost employee skills development by 20% with minimal budget
- Achieve 85% employee completion of online, self-guided courses
- Implement regular email reminders for course completion
- Establish incentives for employees who complete courses
- Develop engaging, relevant content for online courses
- Implement cost-effective, peer-led training programs for 75% of employees
- Select a diverse group of employees to undergo leadership training
- Assess current training programs and identify areas for peer-led instruction
- Develop and launch peer-led training sessions for selected employees
- Increase internal mentorship partnerships by 30% to promote skills transfer
- Implement a promotional campaign for mentorship program
- Establish incentives for participating in mentorship
- Identify potential skilled mentors within the organization
Employee 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 OKRsTip #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 transparencyTip #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 Employee 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
We recommend using a spreadsheet for your first OKRs cycle. You'll need to get familiar with the scoring and tracking first. Then, you can scale your OKRs process by using a proper OKR-tracking tool for it.
Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRsIf 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 Employee OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to streamline vendor management for efficient cost savings and digitalized P2P process
- OKRs to significantly boost the volume of lead generation
- OKRs to improve utilization rate of employees and resources
- OKRs to increase active members count from 5 to 100
- OKRs to improve efficiency and effectiveness in QA and training workflows
- OKRs to enhance product value and user discovery speed
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
Create more examples in our app
You can use Tability to create OKRs with AI – and keep yourself accountable 👀
Tability is a unique goal-tracking platform built to save hours at work and help teams stay on top of their goals.
1 Create your workspace
2 Build plans in seconds with AI
3Track your progress