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What are Executive Assistant 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.
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 Executive Assistant 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.
The best tools for writing perfect Executive Assistant OKRs
Here are 2 tools that can help you draft your OKRs in no time.
Tability AI: to generate OKRs based on a prompt
Tability AI allows you to describe your goals in a prompt, and generate a fully editable OKR template in seconds.
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Click on the Generate goals using AI
- 3. Describe your goals in a prompt
- 4. Get your fully editable OKR template
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Watch the video below to see it in action 👇
Tability Feedback: to improve existing OKRs
You can use Tability's AI feedback to improve your OKRs if you already have existing goals.
- 1. Create your Tability account
- 2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
- 3. Click on Generate analysis
- 4. Review the suggestions and decide to accept or dismiss them
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Tability will scan your OKRs and offer different suggestions to improve them. This can range from a small rewrite of a statement to make it clearer to a complete rewrite of the entire OKR.
Executive Assistant OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Executive Assistant. 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!
OKRs to enhance effectiveness of CEO Executive Assistant role
ObjectiveEnhance effectiveness of CEO Executive Assistant role
KRReduce executive assistant's administrative and non-essential tasks by 20%
Implement automation tools for scheduling and email management- Train in using productivity apps for task management
- Delegate less important tasks to junior staff
- KRImplement job-specific training for Executive Assistants within two weeks
- Identify necessary skill sets for Executive Assistants
- Schedule and execute training sessions
- Develop a job-specific training program
- KRIncrease executive assistant's CEO-directed task completion rate by 30%
- Set clear goals and deadlines for assigned tasks
- Provide tools for efficient time management
- Prioritize tasks based on their importance and urgency
OKRs to enhance CEO's productivity levels
- ObjectiveEnhance CEO's productivity levels
- KRReduce CEO's routine administrative tasks by 30%
- Delegate basic email correspondence to executive assistant
- Automate calendar scheduling with digital tools
- Train secretary for handling routine paperwork
- KRImplement two new productivity tools or strategies weekly for the CEO
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness weekly
- Implement two selected productivity methods weekly
- Research top productivity tools and strategies for CEOs
- KRStreamline CEO’s daily scheduling system for 20% more efficiency
- Prioritize tasks based on urgency and importance
- Implement a digital scheduling system for optimizing meeting times
- Delegate non-critical meetings to department heads
OKRs to enable efficient daily functioning for my boss
- ObjectiveEnable efficient daily functioning for my boss
- KRMitigate 90% of potential challenges by developing a proactive problem-solving strategy
- Implement strategy and continuously review effectiveness
- Identify potential challenges within company operations
- Develop proactive problem-solving strategy methods
- KRStreamline workflow processes to cut down on 20% of boss's non-essential tasks
- Implement new streamlined work protocols
- Identify inefficiencies in current workflow processes
- Develop delegation strategies for non-essential tasks
- KRReduce boss's meeting time by 15% through effective scheduling and preparation
- Implement a strict meeting agenda to maintain focus and efficiency
- Schedule back-to-back meetings to minimize wasteful downtime
- Limit unnecessary attendees for more succinct discussion
OKRs to enhance and Sustain High Performances in the EA Pool
- ObjectiveEnhance and Sustain High Performances in the EA Pool
- KRImplement a new feedback system to increase employee satisfaction by 20%
- Research and identify effective employee feedback systems
- Purchase and set up selected feedback system
- Train staff on how to use the new system
- KRDecrease turnover rate in the EA pool to below 5%
- Introduce competitive benefits and compensation
- Improve workplace environment through team-building activities
- Implement comprehensive and continuous training programs
- KRConduct bi-weekly training for all EAs to improve their skills by 25%
- Develop specific training materials to enhance EA skills
- Create a comprehensive bi-weekly EA skills training schedule
- Implement a method to measure and track skill improvement
Executive Assistant OKR best practices
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.
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.
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.
Save hours with automated OKR dashboards
Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly if you want 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 Tability to save time with automated OKR dashboards, data connectors, and actionable insights.
How to get Tability dashboards:
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Use the importers to add your OKRs (works with any spreadsheet or doc)
- 3. Publish your OKR plan
That's it! Tability will instantly get access to 10+ dashboards to monitor progress, visualise trends, and identify risks early.
More Executive Assistant OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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