15 customisable OKR examples for Managers
What are Managers 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.
How you write your OKRs can make a huge difference on the impact that your team will have at the end of the quarter. But, it's not always easy to write a quarterly plan that focuses on outcomes instead of projects.
That's why we have created a list of OKRs examples for Managers to help. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point to write your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
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Our customisable Managers OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Managers 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 prepare a successful product launch
Be on track for a successful launch of next quarter
Build a mailing list of 1,0000 people
Find relevant Facebook and LinkedIn groups- List on Product Hunt as an upcoming product
- Create landing page with beta signup form
- Share on Reddit, HackerNews, etc...
- Enroll 5 influencers to boost our profile on social media on launch day
- Secure 10 press articles with known publications
- List 25 journalists that could be interested in writing about us
- Create PR kit
2. OKRs to strengthen relationships with key accounts and identifying opportunities for growth
- Increase revenue through strategic account management
- Develop and execute personalized account plans for top 3 accounts
- Conduct 5 in-person meetings with key accounts to strengthen relationships
- Identify 3 new growth opportunities within key accounts
- Increase key account revenue by 10% through cross-selling and upselling
3. OKRs to increase cost management efficiency for people and operations
- Increase cost management efficiency for people and operations
- Implement cost tracking system to monitor and analyze spend across departments
- Train department heads in cost tracking system usage
- Launch system and begin monitoring departmental expenses
- Select cost tracking software suitable for our business needs
- Train managers on cost management best practices to mitigate overspending
- Follow-up on training effectiveness and changes
- Identify experts to guide practice implementation
- Arrange cost management training seminars for managers
- Reduce operational costs by 10% through process optimization and automation
- Conduct a thorough assessment of current operational processes
- Implement process optimization and automation strategies
- Identify inefficiencies and areas for automation
4. OKRs to eliminate high-risk tech debt over the next year
- Reduce high-risk tech debt to improve system stability
- Conduct a thorough analysis to measure the impact of eliminating each high-risk tech debt item
- Outline and prioritize initiatives to eliminate each high-risk tech debt item
- Complete the elimination of at least 50% of high-risk tech debt items
- Identify top 10 high-risk tech debt items
5. OKRs to keep a long-running project on track
- The ACH Payment project is on track for next quarter
- We have achieve our 4 main development milestones
- Milestone 1: UX Design completed
- Milestone 4: We have enrolled 10 beta customers on ACH
- Milestone 2: Backend API is functional and tested
- Milestone 3: ACH payment is wired to the UI (internal)
- We have completed 25 transactions on the internal beta
- We have completed 20 UX testing sessions
6. OKRs to achieve targeted design goals next quarter
- Achieve targeted design goals next quarter
- Increase design productivity by 20% using time management strategies
- Prioritize design tasks based on urgency and importance
- Minimize distractions during high productivity hours
- Implement a strict schedule for design tasks with time limits
- Improve client satisfaction rate by 15%with enhanced design quality
- Train design team in best satisfaction practices
- Regularly ask clients for design feedback
- Implement rigorous quality checks for design enhancements
- Complete 100% of design projects before scheduled deadlines
- Prioritize projects based on due dates and complexity
- Regularly monitor progress and adjust schedule if needed
- Allocate sufficient time daily to work on designs
7. OKRs to increase community engagement
- Ensure deep community engagement with existing members
- Attendance: 60% of members are attending our regular meetups
- Churn: no more than 10% churn rate of members cancelling their subscriptions
- Activity: 10 Slack posts per week from members
- Referrals: 3 new referrals coming from existing members each week
8. OKRs to increase the number of qualified leads generated by BDRs by 30%
- Improve BDR performance to generate more qualified leads
- Implement new outreach strategy to increase lead conversion by 10%
- Increase BDR call volume by 20%
- Increase email response rate by 25%
- Improve lead qualification accuracy by 15%
9. OKRs to boost overall employee satisfaction and reduce turnover
- Boost overall employee satisfaction and reduce turnover
- Decrease voluntary employee turnover rate by 10%
- Implement a comprehensive employee engagement and satisfaction program
- Increase opportunities for employee advancement and skill development
- Enhance employee benefits and incentive packages
- Increase employee engagement score by 15% in company-wide surveys
- Implement regular team-building events for employee bonding
- Provide regular recognition for employees' accomplishments
- Conduct an open forum for feedback and suggestions
- Enhance internal promotion rate by 20%
- Increase communication about available promotion opportunities
- Implement ongoing skills training for all employees
- Develop clear promotion pathways with performance benchmarks
10. OKRs to maximize team efficiency to achieve 80,000 hours of work
- Maximize team efficiency to achieve 80,000 hours of work
- Implementation of productivity-enhancing tools to reduce idle time by 15%
- Implement chosen tools across relevant departments
- Research and select potential productivity-enhancing tools
- Continuously review and monitor tool usage and efficiency
- Increase average weekly work hours by 10%
- Encourage staff to take fewer, shorter breaks
- Evaluate and adjust employee scheduling for increased efficiency
- Implement mandatory, productive overtime procedures
- Train team on time management skills to improve work speed by 20%
- Schedule training sessions for all team members
- Identify a comprehensive time management training program
- Monitor productivity to measure impact of training
11. OKRs to increase account expansion by securing contract renewals for 90% of existing clients
- Achieve a high rate of contract renewals for existing clients
- Increase customer satisfaction rates by 15% via feedback surveys
- Improve account management processes to reduce churn by 10%
- Outperform monthly revenue targets by 20% to upsell and cross-sell
- Launch a customer referral program to generate 30% new business from existing clients
12. OKRs to improve leadership skills and knowledge
- Enhance Leadership Skills and Knowledge
- Apply leadership principles by successfully leading a high-impact project or team
- Delegate responsibilities based on individual strengths to optimize efficiency and productivity
- Set clear goals and objectives for the project or team
- Foster a positive and inclusive team culture, promoting collaboration and celebrating achievements
- Communicate effectively and regularly with the team to ensure alignment and progress
- Engage in regular mentoring or coaching sessions to receive guidance and feedback on leadership development
- Set up regular mentoring/coaching sessions with a trusted leader or professional coach
- Implement the advice and recommendations received during mentoring/coaching sessions into daily leadership practices
- Prepare questions or topics to discuss during mentoring/coaching sessions on leadership development
- Actively listen and take notes during mentoring/coaching sessions to absorb guidance and feedback
- Complete a leadership training course covering key leadership principles and strategies
- Enroll in the chosen leadership training course and schedule all required sessions
- Apply learned leadership principles and strategies in daily work and reflect on their effectiveness
- Research and find a suitable leadership training course with key principles
- Actively participate in the leadership training course, taking notes and engaging with instructors
- Acquire at least three new leadership books and read them to gain further insight
- Allocate dedicated time each day to read at least one chapter from the books
- Research and compile a list of highly recommended leadership books
- Purchase three leadership books from the compiled list
- Take notes and jot down key insights or lessons learned from each book
13. OKRs to improve self-serve onboarding
- Our users can onboard the product by themselves with success
- 70% of new leads complete their activation process on their first day
- Add sample data to customer instances on load
- Add in-product help to guide users through the onboarding
- 80% of our users are satisfied with the onboarding
- Add onboarding satisfaction survey to the drip feed
- We have 10 tutorials covering core parts of the product
14. OKRs to foster an inclusive, equitable, and diverse office culture
- Foster an inclusive, equitable, and diverse office culture
- Achieve 20% improvement in diversity and inclusion survey results
- Create a diversity and inclusion team
- Revise hiring practices to prioritize diversity
- Implement diversity and inclusion training for all staff
- Implement diversity training to 100% of team members
- Identify suitable diversity training programs or providers
- Confirm and record each team member's training completion
- Schedule mandatory training sessions for all team members
- Increase minority hiring by 25%
- Offer diversity and inclusion training for hiring managers
- Implement inclusive hiring practices in the recruitment process
- Establish partnerships with minority-focused professional organizations
15. OKRs to improve accuracy of project estimations
- Improve accuracy of project estimations
- Implement a new estimation tool with positive feedback from 75% of users
- Initiate a feedback survey post-implementation
- Conduct training sessions for users to understand the tool
- Select an estimation tool compatible with current systems
- Reduce variances in project estimates versus actual results by 20%
- Use past projects as a benchmark for estimation
- Implement a detailed project management plan
- Regularly monitor and adjust estimates as needed
- Complete advanced estimation training for relevant staff
- Monitor staff's progress and understanding post-training
- Identify staff members needing advanced estimation training
- Schedule suitable training sessions for identified staff
Managers 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
Having too many OKRs is the #1 mistake that teams make when adopting the framework. The problem with tracking too many competing goals is that it will be hard for your team to know what really matters.
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
Setting good goals can be challenging, but without regular check-ins, your team will struggle to make progress. We recommend that you track your OKRs weekly to get the full benefits from the framework.
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 Managers 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 Managers OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to minimize expenditure on application hosting
- OKRs to enhance data reporting continuity and accuracy, eliminating bot interactions
- OKRs to successfully transition all on-demand courses to the new LMS platform
- OKRs to improve control oversight for "Mc transformation"
- OKRs to boost employee retention across all departments
- OKRs to achieve full proficiency in the CRM system
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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