14 customisable OKR examples for Performance Improvement
What are Performance Improvement 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.
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 Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement 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
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Our customisable Performance Improvement OKRs examples
We've added many examples of Performance Improvement 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 improve quarterly performance through consistent check-ins with manager
Improve quarterly performance through consistent check-ins with manager
Implement suggestions from manager to enhance performance
Review manager's suggestions carefully and clarify any doubts or queries- Outline a concrete plan to apply suggested modifications structurally
- Daily monitor, measure and evaluate progress towards goals
- Review progress towards goals and receive feedback during meetings
- Prepare reports detailing goal progression
- Schedule regular meetings for progress reviews
- Ask for feedback during these meetings
- Schedule quarterly meeting with performance manager
- Identify schedules that align between you and your performance manager
- Draft an email proposing the meeting time and agenda
- Send the email and confirm the meeting date
2. OKRs to improve communication by ensuring quarterly check-in with performance manager
- Improve communication by ensuring quarterly check-in with performance manager
- Implement action plan based on feedback received from performance manager
- Develop a comprehensive action plan addressing the concerns highlighted
- Review feedback received from performance manager thoroughly
- Begin implementation of formulated action plan immediately
- Discuss performance goals and feedback during check-in meeting
- Review previous performance goals before the check-in meeting
- Prepare constructive and specific feedback points
- Schedule a check-in meeting to discuss performance goals
- Schedule and attend quarterly check-in meeting with performance manager
- Determine a suitable date and time for the check-in meeting
- Send meeting invite to performance manager
- Attend the scheduled check-in meeting
3. OKRs to achieve stable and high-performance system operation with minimal speed complaints
- Achieve stable and high-performance system operation with minimal speed complaints
- Improve server response time by 30% to combat complaints about slowness
- Upgrade server hardware to increase capacity
- Optimize existing code for better server performance
- Implement a server caching strategy
- Successfully close 90% of speed-related complaints within a two-day turnover
- Decrease system downtime by 25% ensuring continuous operations
- Train staff in rapid troubleshooting techniques
- Implement a routine preventive maintenance schedule
- Invest in resilient, fail-safe infrastructure
4. OKRs to enhance performance in the top two targeted areas for improvement
- Enhance performance in the top two targeted areas for improvement
- Build detailed strategy plans addressing identified improvements by week 4
- Develop a detailed strategy plan in week two
- Finalize and implement improvement plans by week four
- Identify areas needing improvement in the first week
- Implement created action plans and achieve 20% improvement by week 10
- Monitor progress and adjust approaches to ensure 20% improvement
- Review and understand the details of the created action plans
- Start implementing strategies from the action plans
- Identify improvement needs through comprehensive analysis by week 2
- Conduct surveys to gather employee feedback on improvement needs
- Review latest reports for performance-based improvement areas
- Analyze customer feedback to identify required enhancements
5. OKRs to improve performance and efficacy of reading teachers
- Improve performance and efficacy of reading teachers
- Implement updated literacy teaching strategies in 80% of classrooms
- Monitor and evaluate the implementation process in classrooms
- Identify and analyze recently updated literacy teaching strategies
- Conduct training sessions for teachers on updated strategies
- Increase teachers' engagement in professional development workshops by 30%
- Survey teachers regularly to tailor workshops to their needs
- Implement interactive, hands-on activities during workshops
- Develop engaging, relevant content for professional development workshops
- Decrease average struggling reader count per class by 20%
- Implement personalized reading programs tailored to student’s abilities
- Increase frequency and depth of literacy assessments
- Incorporate more interactive, engaging reading materials
6. OKRs to successfully complete the GPU component
- Successfully complete the GPU component
- Reduce the number of performance issues found during testing by 50%
- Integrate automated testing in the development process
- Implement thorough code reviews before initiating tests
- Increase training sessions on effective coding practices
- Quality review passed in all 3 stages of the GPU component lifecycle
- Update GPU component lifecycle quality control procedures
- Discuss the successful review outcome with the team
- Document all observations during GPU component lifecycle stages
- Achieve 80% project milestone completions on GPU component development by the period end
- Assign experienced team for GPU component development
- Regularly track and review progress of project completion
- Prioritize daily tasks towards the project's milestones
7. OKRs to equip departments with OKR skills
- Equip departments with OKR skills
- Measure and track departments' progress in using OKRs to improve performance
- Implement a system for departments to input and update their OKRs regularly
- Conduct regular reviews to identify areas where departments can improve their usage of OKRs
- Establish a platform or tool to track and visualize departments' progress and performance with OKRs
- Develop a standardized framework for evaluating departmental performance based on OKR achievement
- Conduct OKR training sessions for all departments
- Assess departments' understanding and application of OKRs through a written test
- Provide ongoing coaching and support to departments in implementing OKRs
- Develop and provide resources, such as training materials and best practice examples
- Conduct workshops or webinars to address implementation challenges and provide additional coaching
- Schedule regular check-ins with department heads to review progress and offer guidance
- Establish an open communication channel for departments to seek guidance and share updates
8. OKRs to enhance backend tech knowledge of two front-end developers
- Enhance backend tech knowledge of two front-end developers
- Conduct 4 comprehensive interactive workshops on different backend technologies
- Create marketing campaign to promote workshops
- Schedule and organize the workshop logistics
- Identify topics and experts for each backend technology workshop
- Ensure regular practical assignments for hands-on experience with feedback
- Develop a schedule for regular practical assignments
- Monitor and adjust assignments based on feedback
- Implement a system for providing constructive feedback
- Achieve 80% improvement in their backend coding skills through weekly testing
- Take weekly tests to assess improvement
- Dedicate five hours weekly for coding practice
- Enroll in a reputed online backend coding course
9. OKRs to increase the achievement of team goals to 70%
- Increase the achievement of team goals to 70%
- Deliver effective coaching to underperforming team members every week
- Implement weekly coaching sessions, track progress and give feedback
- Identify areas for improvement in each underperforming team member's performance
- Develop personalized coaching plans for each underperforming member
- Identify and eliminate three major obstacles hindering goal achievement
- Implement strategies to remove obstacles
- Develop strategies to overcome these obstacles
- Identify three major obstacles to goal achievement
- Implement new project management tool to enhance team productivity
- Monitor and evaluate team productivity improvements post-implementation
- Train all team members on using the tool effectively
- Research and select the right project management tool
10. OKRs to successfully complete a marathon
- Successfully complete a marathon
- Complete three half-marathons under 2 hours each
- Sign up for three half-marathons
- Daily train for speed and endurance
- Follow a strict running diet
- Improve average mile time by 15% over the quarter
- Increase daily running distance gradually by 1-2 miles
- Dedicate two days a week to strength training
- Incorporate interval training into workouts twice a week
- Increase long-distance runs to 30 miles per week, sustain for 4 weeks
- Maintain a consistent 30-mile weekly running routine
- Increment weekly mileage by 10% until reaching 30 miles
- Track progress to ensure 4-week sustainability
11. OKRs to improve utilization rate of employees and resources
- Improve utilization rate of employees and resources
- Enhance employee productivity by 20% via targeted skill training
- Design and implement targeted training programs
- Identify key skills required for each employee role
- Evaluate individual progress after skill training
- Decrease resource idle time by 10% using improved allocation strategies
- Implement dynamic resource allocation software
- Identify and analyze current resource utilization patterns
- Foster training programs about effective resource management
- Boost the resources usage efficiency by 15% through process optimization
- Implement technological enhancements for improved workflow
- Undertake comprehensive process audit for identifying inefficiencies
- Regularly track and analyze progress towards efficiency goals
12. OKRs to improve sales performance across all product lines
- Improve sales performance across all product lines
- Raise customer retention rate by 15%
- Improve customer support and response time
- Implement loyalty programs and reward frequent customers
- Collect feedback to understand and solve customer problems
- Achieve a 25% increase in overall unit sales
- Enhance distribution channels to broaden product accessibility
- Implement a marketing campaign to raise product awareness and demand
- Offer customer incentives like discounts or loyalty programs
- Boost the average purchase value by 10% per customer
- Introduce premium versions or add-ons of popular products
- Implement strategic up-selling and cross-selling techniques
- Offer discounts or incentives for bulk purchases
13. OKRs to enhance sales team performance to achieve set KPIs
- Enhance sales team performance to achieve set KPIs
- Achieve a sales lead conversion rate of 25%
- Implement effective follow-up strategies
- Identify and target high-quality potential leads
- Enhance sales pitch and presentation skills
- Reduce customer complaints by 20%
- Update policies to better meet customer needs
- Implement customer feedback system for service improvement
- Conduct regular staff training for excellent customer service
- Increase sales revenue by 15% compared to previous quarter
- Develop and implement more aggressive marketing strategies
- Improve product line-up based on consumer feedback
- Hire additional sales representatives and provide training
14. OKRs to enhance performance and productivity as a business analyst
- Enhance performance and productivity as a business analyst
- Steer 3 process improvement projects using data-driven insights
- Implement data collection methods to gather insights
- Execute improvements based on data analysis
- Identify potential processes for improvement through initial analysis
- Increase reporting efficiency by upgrading to advanced analytical tools
- Research and identify suitable advanced analytical tools
- Allocate budget for purchasing new software
- Train employees on utilizing new tools effectively
- Deliver 5 actionable reports per week with 90% accuracy
- Gather necessary data for report creation daily
- Thoroughly proofread each report before submission
- Dedicate time each weekday to compile one report
Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement OKRs in a strategy map
OKRs without regular progress updates are just KPIs. You'll need to update progress on your OKRs every week to get the full benefits from the 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 Performance Improvement OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to foster open communication and continual improvement within the team
- OKRs to boost finance operations to increase brand visibility and market influence
- OKRs to successfully migrate on-prem applications to cloud setup
- OKRs to attain zero-error perfection in journal entry bookkeeping
- OKRs to effectively manage expenditure within budget
- OKRs to increase customer retention rate
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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