4 customisable OKR examples for Productivity Improvement
What are Productivity Improvement 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.
Creating impactful OKRs can be a daunting task, especially for newcomers. Shifting your focus from projects to outcomes is key to successful planning.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Productivity Improvement 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.
Building your own Productivity 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
- Use Tability, a complete platform to set and track OKRs and initiatives, including a GPT-4 powered goal generator
Our customisable Productivity Improvement OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Productivity Improvement 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 increase design competency and productivity for high-quality outputs
Increase design competency and productivity for high-quality outputs
Attain and maintain a 90% satisfaction rating from internal teams for all design projects
Conduct regular feedback surveys with internal teams after each project- Implement suggested improvements from feedback promptly and efficiently
- Provide continuous training and development for the design team
- Complete a comprehensive graphic design course with 85% or higher score
- Schedule regular study hours for course materials
- Enroll in a reputable graphic design course
- Complete all assignments and exams timely
- Produce 15% more design projects as compared to last quarter
- Increase weekly design output through efficient time management strategies
- Invest in new design software to streamline workflow
- Delegate smaller tasks to free up design production time
2. OKRs to develop a high-performing, cohesive team
- Develop a high-performing, cohesive team
- Boost team satisfaction score to above 80% through regular feedback and improvement
- Implement weekly feedback sessions for open team communication
- Provide training resources to improve skills
- Establish a recognition system for excellent work
- Increase team productivity by 20% through effective collaboration tools and training
- Monitor and review team productivity post-implementation
- Arrange training sessions on utilizing these tools effectively
- Implement collaboration tools that streamline communication and teamwork
- Achieve less than 5% turnover rate with better onboarding processes and work culture
- Organize regular team-building activities
- Initiate quarterly feedback and improvement sessions
- Implement a comprehensive onboarding process for all new hires
3. 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
4. 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
Productivity 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 Productivity Improvement OKRs in a strategy map
The rules of OKRs are simple. Quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly, and yearly OKRs should be tracked monthly. 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 Productivity Improvement OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to consolidate and streamline server infrastructure
- OKRs to increase wealth by improving income and managing spending
- OKRs to become a core collaborator in the local innovation ecosystem
- OKRs to increase effectiveness of fraud detection systems
- OKRs to attract €1m for SAFE investment funding
- OKRs to successfully launch a new product
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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