4 OKR examples for New Members
What are New Members 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.
OKRs are quickly gaining popularity as a goal-setting framework. But, it's not always easy to know how to write your goals, especially if it's your first time using OKRs.
To aid you in setting your goals, we have compiled a collection of OKR examples customized for New Members. Take a look at the templates below for inspiration and guidance.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Building your own New Members OKRs with AI
How to create great OKRs for any scenario in seconds
While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here.
You can use Tability's AI generator to create tailored OKRs based on your specific context. Tability can turn your objective description into a fully editable OKR template -- including tips to help you refine your goals.
- 1. Go to Tability's plan editor
- 2. Click on the "Generate goals using AI" button
- 3. Use natural language to describe your goals
Tability will then use your prompt to generate a fully editable OKR template.
How to improve existing OKRs with AI feedback
If you already have existing goals, and you want to improve them. You can use Tability's AI feedback to help you.
- 1. Go to Tability's plan editor
- 2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
- 3. Click on "Generate analysis"
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.
You can then decide to accept the suggestions or dismiss them if you don't agree.
Using the free OKR generator to get a quick template
If you're just looking for some quick inspiration, you can also use our free OKR generator to get a template.
Unlike with Tability, you won't be able to iterate on the templates, but this is still a great way to get started.
Our New Members OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different New Members 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 attract 400 new members to our community
- ObjectiveAttract 400 new members to our community
- KRInitiate two referral programs leading to 100 more community members
- Follow up and onboard the new community members properly
- Identify potential referral avenues and design two distinct programs
- Promote the referral programs via social media and email marketing
- KRImprove website conversion rate by 10% to encourage community sign-ups
- Optimize landing page design and layout for user engagement
- Implement clear, compelling calls-to-action towards community sign-up
- Test and improve website loading speed
- KRExecute 3 targeted marketing campaigns, each attracting a minimum of 100 new members
- Adjust strategies based on captured data to attract new members
- Implement campaigns, tracking their success and reach
- Develop individual strategies for three targeted marketing campaigns
2. OKRs to successfully adapt and contribute to the new team and project
- ObjectiveSuccessfully adapt and contribute to the new team and project
- KREstablish effective rapport with 100% of the team members within the first month
- Facilitate team bonding activities or events
- Regularly communicate and provide feedback to the team
- Schedule one-on-one introductory meetings with each team member
- KRFully understand project scope and deliver 3 actionable insights by end of month two
- Brainstorm and identify key areas for essential insights
- Develop and finalize three actionable insights based on analysis
- Review and dissect all project scope details meticulously
- KRSuccessfully deliver assigned tasks with at least 90% punctuality over the quarter
- Utilize a planner or digital tool for schedule management
- Regularly review and adjust task timelines as needed
- Prioritize tasks according to deadlines and important
3. OKRs to streamline testing process for new features
- ObjectiveStreamline testing process for new features
- KRTrain 100% of the testing team on efficient, newly-introduced testing procedures
- Monitor and evaluate the team’s understanding post-training
- Identify the updated testing procedures for training
- Organise comprehensive training sessions for the team
- KRImplement automated testing for 70% of new features
- Develop automated testing scripts for the features
- Integrate tests into the development process
- Identify new features viable for automated testing
- KRDecrease the average feature testing time by 35%
- Implement automated testing for common test scenarios
- Train team on efficient testing strategies
- Conduct regular code reviews to identify issues early
4. OKRs to implement a new CMS successfully
- ObjectiveImplement a new CMS successfully
- KRTrain and upskill DevOps team members to effectively support and maintain the CMS
- KRDecrease the average time to resolve CMS-related issues by 20%
- Conduct regular audits to identify and address recurring CMS-related issues proactively
- Implement regular training sessions for CMS support staff to enhance their technical skills
- Streamline CMS Issue Resolution Process through Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines
- Improve communication channels to expedite issue escalation and resolution
- KRCollaborate with the service partner to ensure smooth integration of the CMS
- Clearly define the roles and responsibilities of each team member involved in the integration process
- Establish a communication protocol to ensure efficient information sharing between all parties involved
- Develop a structured timeline with key milestones for the CMS integration project
- Set up regular meetings with the service partner to discuss the CMS integration progress
- KRSuccessfully deploy and configure the new CMS on the production environment
- Collaborate with IT team to ensure compatibility of CMS with existing infrastructure
- Conduct thorough testing of the new CMS on a staging environment before deployment
- Develop a detailed step-by-step deployment plan for CMS implementation
- Configure user permissions and roles in the production environment for effective CMS usage
New Members 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.
How to track your New Members OKRs
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.
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 New Members OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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