15 customisable OKR examples for Project Leaders
What are Project Leaders 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 Project Leaders 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 Project Leaders 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.
Our customisable Project Leaders OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Project Leaders 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 cultivate exceptional leadership character traits
Cultivate exceptional leadership character traits
Implement learned skills in three real projects, receiving positive feedback on each
Seek and incorporate feedback from project stakeholders- Replicate process for subsequent two projects
- Apply learned skills on first project
- Complete two leadership development courses with a score of 90% or higher
- Research and select two relevant leadership development courses
- Commit to regular study to comprehend course material
- Take final assessments aiming for 90% score or higher
- Organize five workshops to teach, gather feedback and improve leadership traits
- Identify potential experts to lead leadership workshops
- Develop workshop curriculum based on leadership traits
- Plan a comprehensive feedback collection system
2. OKRs to secure a leadership role within the company
- Secure a leadership role within the company
- Successfully lead three major projects to completion with positive feedback
- Identify key objectives for each of the three major projects
- Monitor progress, address issues and ensure all projects meet/exceed expectations
- Assign responsibilities and establish timelines for project completion
- Achieve a score of 90% or above in internal leadership competency assessment
- Practice situational leadership through role play activities
- Review past assessment feedback and identify areas for improvement
- Attend relevant training workshops for boosting leadership skills
- Attend and actively participate in at least four leadership training workshops
- Complete post-workshop assignments or takeaways for review
- Schedule time for active participation in each workshop
- Research and register for four relevant leadership training workshops
3. OKRs to enhance leadership abilities for a novice team lead
- Enhance leadership abilities for a novice team lead
- Demonstrate improvement by leading 2 successful projects by the end of next quarter
- Identify and clearly define two potential leadership projects
- Develop a comprehensive, deadline-oriented action plan for each
- Execute, manage, and monitor progress for both projects effectively
- Achieve a mean feedback score of 4+ from team members in leadership effectiveness
- Improve communication and decision-making skills
- Implement a regular and effective leadership training program
- Solicit and apply feedback from team members
- Complete a certified leadership training course by quarter-end
- Research and select a certified leadership training course
- Enroll in the chosen leadership training course
- Complete the training course and obtain certification
4. OKRs to cultivate and leverage leaders with innovative ideas for organizational growth
- Cultivate and leverage leaders with innovative ideas for organizational growth
- Identify 10 potential leaders through proven leadership discovery methodologies
- Select 10 potential leaders from results
- Research proven leadership discovery methodologies
- Apply methodologies to identify potential leaders
- Substantiate 5 new emergent ideas proposed by the identified leaders
- Research the feasibility and potential impact of the new ideas
- Arrange meetings with the leaders to discuss their proposed ideas
- Prepare detailed reports supporting these emergent concepts
- Achieve a 20% increase in innovative project implementations lead by these leaders
- Implement training programs focused on innovation
- Encourage risk-taking and idea experimentation
- Organize regular creative brainstorming sessions with leaders
5. OKRs to enhance collaboration and stimulate thought leadership
- Enhance collaboration and stimulate thought leadership
- Conduct 4 leadership training workshops to foster thought leadership
- Identify topics and designing the content for the leadership workshops
- Coordinate with facilitators and arranging the necessary resources
- Send invitations and schedule the four leadership training workshops
- Implement 5 successful cross-functional projects to boost team collaborations
- Develop clear communication guidelines and timelines
- Identify and assign cross-functional team members for each project
- Establish metrics for success and regular progress checks
- Increase the average audience engagement rate on team discussions by 20%
- Implement interactive activities during team discussions
- Incorporate feedback sessions post-discussions
- Provide comprehensive training for engagement techniques
6. OKRs to enhance and exemplify effective leadership skills
- Enhance and exemplify effective leadership skills
- Lead a team project, achieving goals within outlined budget and time constraints
- Regularly monitor progress and adjust strategies if needed
- Develop a detailed, efficient budget plan
- Establish clear project objectives and timeline
- Gather 360° feedback from 10 colleagues to identify and improve leadership weaknesses
- Identify 10 colleagues for feedback collection
- Analyze feedback and create an improvement plan
- Prepare a 360-degree feedback survey
- Complete a recognized leadership training course with a score above 85%
- Aim to achieve assessment scores above 85%
- Plan and maintain regular study schedule
- Research and enroll in a reputable leadership training course
7. OKRs to improve efficiency in meeting deadlines and deliverables
- Improve efficiency in meeting deadlines and deliverables
- Improve timely deliveries by delivering 90% of projects ahead of schedule
- Train staff on time management techniques
- Implement project management tools for effective scheduling
- Regularly monitor and adjust project timelines
- Reduce task completion time beyond deadlines by 40%
- Implement strict time management strategies
- Use project management tools for efficient tracking
- Streamline processes to eliminate unnecessary steps
- Enhance project management skills by completing a certified course in the quarter
- Research suitable project management certification courses
- Complete and pass the certification course
- Enroll in chosen certification course
8. OKRs to boost self-assuredness and belief in personal abilities
- Boost self-assuredness and belief in personal abilities
- Solicit and incorporate feedback from five colleagues to improve work processes
- Identify five colleagues experienced in relevant work processes
- Ask these colleagues for constructive feedback on improvement areas
- Implement suggested changes to refine work processes
- Attend two professional development workshops to grow skills and expertise
- Register for two workshops of interest
- Schedule time to attend both workshops
- Research relevant professional development workshops
- Successfully complete a challenging project, taking ownership and making key decisions
- Identify key decisions and strategically plan action steps
- Take responsibility for project tasks and lead the team
- Ensure thorough review and finalization of the completed project
9. OKRs to enhance my soft skills competency
- Enhance my soft skills competency
- Complete a recognized soft skills course with a score of 80% or higher
- Research and select a recognized soft skills course
- Take the course exam aiming for 80% score
- Regularly study the course material
- Receive a 20% improvement in feedback scores on leadership and empathy
- Schedule one-on-one mentoring sessions regularly
- Implement weekly round-table discussions for feedback
- Attend leadership and emotional intelligence workshops
- Successfully lead one team project displaying improved collaboration and communication
- Utilize collaboration tools like Asana or Slack
- Assign clear roles to each team member
- Implement regular team meetings for open communication
10. OKRs to deliver projects on time
- Timely Project Delivery
- Increase team productivity by 15% with time management techniques
- Reduce project turnaround time by 20%
- Implement Agile project management methodologies for better time tracking
- Successfully meet every project milestone
11. OKRs to achieve successful leadership and execution of the 12 days project
- Achieve successful leadership and execution of the 12 days project
- Assemble a multi-skilled project team within one week of Quarter start
- Identify individuals with essential skills relevant to the project scope
- Delegate roles and responsibilities to each team member
- Organize a meeting to officially form the project team
- Secure all necessary resources and approvals by Week 2
- Confirm acquisition of resources and approvals by week 2
- Initiate process to secure resources and seek approvals
- Identify all required resources and approvals for the project
- Ensure project completion with 95% satisfaction from team members
- Implement, monitor, and improve team member feedback systems
- Address and resolve any team issues promptly and efficiently
- Regularly communicate project goals and tasks to team members
12. OKRs to enhance tech lead abilities by utilizing online learning and practical application
- Enhance tech lead abilities by utilizing online learning and practical application
- Implement learned techniques in five real-life projects, increasing efficiency by 20%
- Identify five real-life projects that need improvement
- Monitor and measure efficiency increase by 20%
- Apply learned techniques to these chosen projects
- Complete six pieces of an online leadership in tech course
- Diligently study the course material
- Register for the online leadership in tech course
- Finish all six components of the course
- Obtain a 90% or higher score in all applied tech leadership quizzes and exams
- Schedule daily study hours dedicated to applied tech leadership
- Join study groups for comprehensive review discussions
- Regularly practice with past quizzes and exams
13. OKRs to enhance leadership skills through online learning and practical application
- Enhance leadership skills through online learning and practical application
- Gather feedback on leadership improvements, aiming for a 20% increase in positive responses
- Develop a comprehensive leadership evaluation survey
- Distribute survey to all team members
- Analyze survey results for improvement opportunities
- Implement learned strategies in weekly team meetings, improving team cohesion by 30%
- Encourage team discussions around these strategies
- Measure improvement in team cohesion weekly
- Review learned strategies before every team meeting
- Complete a certified online leadership course by achieving 90% or above
- Research and select a certified online leadership course
- Complete all assignments to a high standard, aiming for 90% or above
- Consistently study and engage in course materials
14. OKRs to attain the position of Technical Program Management Director
- Attain the position of Technical Program Management Director
- Increase team's KPI achievement by 15%
- Boost employee motivation through incentives
- Implement regular team goal-setting and tracking sessions
- Enhance training programs to improve skillset
- Successfully lead five cross-functional projects, improving completion rate by 20%
- Identify and assemble cross-functional project teams
- Implement and monitor project management strategies
- Establish clear project goals and timelines
- Complete advanced leadership course for relevant career development
- Enroll in a suitable course based on relevance to career
- Research available advanced leadership courses online
- Complete all coursework and assessments on schedule
15. OKRs to elevate programming skills to become a senior programmer
- Elevate programming skills to become a senior programmer
- Obtain proficiency in at least three advanced programming languages
- Participate in coding challenges or hackathons to apply and showcase your proficiency
- Practice coding regularly to strengthen your skills in advanced programming languages
- Collaborate with experienced programmers or join forums to gain insights and guidance
- Enroll in online courses or tutorials to learn advanced programming languages
- Lead the successful completion of a complex software development project
- Define clear project goals, deliverables, and timeline with the project team
- Foster effective communication and collaboration among team members throughout the project
- Regularly monitor progress, identify bottlenecks, and take proactive steps to mitigate risks
- Identify and allocate appropriate resources to each phase of the software development project
- Regularly receive positive feedback and recognition from team members and supervisors
- Foster a positive team environment by recognizing and appreciating the achievements of team members
- Continue to improve skills and performance to enhance the likelihood of receiving positive feedback
- Acknowledge and express gratitude for positive feedback and recognition received from others
- Actively seek feedback from team members and supervisors on a regular basis
- Mentor and guide junior programmers to enhance their technical abilities
Project Leaders 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 Project Leaders OKRs in a strategy map
Quarterly OKRs should have weekly updates to get all the 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 Project Leaders OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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- OKRs to improve customer show rate to increase value time efficiency
- OKRs to implement an efficient vendor invoice tracker
- OKRs to enhance quality and reach of written content at TechnoStruct Academy
- OKRs to improve efficiency and accuracy of Salesforce data migration process
- OKRs to enhance document management and amplify accuracy
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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