15 customisable OKR examples for Team Communication
What are Team Communication 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.
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 Team Communication. 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 Team Communication 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 Team Communication OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Team Communication. We also included strategic projects for each template to make it easier to understand the difference between key results and projects.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
1. OKRs to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of internal communications
Enhance efficiency and effectiveness of internal communications
Implement a collaborative tool to reduce email communication by 50%
Identify suitable collaborative tools for team communication- Monitor and measure reduction in email usage
- Train team on the usage of the selected tool
- Achieve a 25% increase in staff participation in internal communications feedback surveys
- Implement staff incentives for survey participation
- Regularly promote surveys through company-wide communications
- Develop engaging, concise surveys for easier completion
- Develop an internal communications strategy and get approval from all department heads
- Schedule meetings with department heads for feedback
- Revise and finalize strategy based on received approval
- Draft an initial internal communications strategy proposal
2. OKRs to cultivate a United, Collaborative Team Environment
- Cultivate a United, Collaborative Team Environment
- Implement 2 team-building activities per month to foster cooperation
- Research engaging team-building activities suitable for the team
- Schedule and plan 2 team-building activities
- Gather feedback after each activity for improvements
- Reduce internal team disputes by 20% by implementing effective communication strategies
- Develop clear protocols for team communication and decision-making
- Implement conflict resolution training for all team members
- Conduct regular team-building activities to improve rapport
- Increase project collaboration efficiency by 30% through regular team workshops
- Conduct efficiency assessments after each workshop
- Provide constructive feedback for team improvement
- Implement weekly team workshops focused on project collaboration
3. OKRs to strengthen team communication for remote workers utilizing Slack
- Strengthen team communication for remote workers utilizing Slack
- Enhance clarity of messages through a 15% decrease in miscommunication
- Develop a standardized communication framework with clear guidelines for effective messaging
- Conduct regular trainings and workshops on active listening and verbal/non-verbal communication
- Implement a feedback system to address and resolve any miscommunication promptly
- Encourage the use of visual aids or diagrams to supplement written or spoken communication
- Increase the utilization of Slack's collaboration features by 30%
- Create and distribute a comprehensive guide highlighting Slack's collaboration features
- Encourage team leaders to incorporate Slack's collaboration tools into their daily workflows
- Regularly share success stories and best practices of utilizing Slack's collaboration tools
- Host training sessions to teach employees how to effectively utilize Slack's collaboration features
- Improve participation in team channels by at least 25%
- Provide ongoing training and resources on effective communication to support increased participation
- Implement a daily reminder to encourage team members to actively participate in channels
- Share success stories of active participants to inspire and motivate others to join in
- Organize regular team challenges to promote engagement and increase participation in channels
- Increase average response time on Slack by 20%
- Provide regular training and guidance on effective and efficient communication practices
- Analyze response time data to identify bottlenecks and areas for improvement
- Implement productivity tools and shortcuts to streamline communication and reduce response time
- Encourage team members to adopt time management techniques to prioritize and respond promptly
4. OKRs to ensure consistent project progress
- Ensure consistent project progress
- Reduce project milestone delays by 15%
- Increase communication and collaboration among team members
- Regularly monitor and update task progression
- Implement a consistent, detailed project schedule
- Increase weekly deliverables completion rate by 20%
- Review existing workflows for areas of inefficiency
- Implement deadline reminders and progress check-ins
- Provide training for enhanced productivity tools
- Improve team communication efficiency by optimizing weekly meetings
- Allocate specific speaking time to each participant
- Implement clear post-meeting follow-up procedures
- Develop clear, concise agenda for each weekly meeting
5. OKRs to enhance Collaboration and Communication across the team
- Enhance Collaboration and Communication across the team
- Implement one new collaborative tool with at least 80% team adoption rate
- Develop an engaging training session for the new tool
- Select a suitable collaborative tool based on team input and needs
- Monitor usage and address resistance to reach 80% adoption
- Increase team meetings frequency by 50% for improved discussions and action planning
- Implement the increased meeting frequency immediately
- Calculate current meeting frequency to determine new schedule
- Communicate the new meeting schedule to the team
- Conduct two communication-skills workshops leading to a 30% improvement in team surveys
- Schedule two workshop sessions for the team
- Distribute and analyze post-workshop team surveys
- Identify professional trainer for communication-skills workshops
6. OKRs to enhance communication and foster collaboration within the team
- Enhance communication and foster collaboration within the team
- Conduct bi-weekly workshops to improve team communication skills
- Identify key communication issues impacting team's performance
- Plan interactive bi-weekly workshops to address these issues
- Regularly evaluate workshop's efficiency and adapt accordingly
- Implement a successful team project involving all members showcasing effective collaboration
- Schedule regular team meetings for progress updates and brainstorming
- Actively promote open communication and constructive feedback within the team
- Identify individual strengths and assign respective team roles accordingly
- Decrease email response time to under one hour during working days
- Prioritize regularly checking emails during work hours
- Set alarm reminders to answer pending emails
- Use quick-reply templates for frequently asked questions
7. OKRs to improve collaborative communication and confidence in team interactions
- Improve collaborative communication and confidence in team interactions
- Provide constructive feedback to at least 5 teammates weekly
- Schedule a meeting or send a written feedback to each teammate
- Prepare thoughtful, constructive feedback for each person
- Choose five different team members each week to give feedback to
- Participate in every team meeting without hesitation to share ideas
- Speak up willingly at the meetings
- Create a list of ideas to share beforehand
- Attend all scheduled team meetings
- Lead 2 team projects or tasks showing command and engagement
- Develop strategic plans for successful project execution
- Actively engage with team members throughout project duration
- Identify two team projects requiring leadership involvement
8. OKRs to foster open communication and continual improvement within the team
- Foster open communication and continual improvement within the team
- Achieve a 25% increase in actionable suggestions from team members
- Enhance communication channels for suggestions
- Conduct regular brainstorming sessions with team
- Implement a reward system for valuable suggestions
- Ensure 100% of team members participate in at least one feedback session
- Track and confirm each member's participation
- Create a schedule for mandatory feedback sessions
- Inform team members about the feedback sessions
- Conduct 8 team feedback sessions focused on insight sharing and improvement ideas
- Schedule 8 team feedback sessions for idea sharing
- Evaluate and implement suggestions for improvement after sessions
- Prepare a structured format for insight exchange
9. OKRs to foster a motivational and engaging work environment
- Foster a motivational and engaging work environment
- Enhance internal communication channels improving employee satisfaction ratings by 25%
- Conduct satisfaction surveys to identify improvement areas
- Create an internal communication platform for real-time updates
- Implement weekly team meetings to engage open communication
- Implement a recognition scheme, appreciating 100% exceptional employee contributions
- Communicate the scheme to all employees
- Develop a structure for the recognition scheme
- Draft criteria for identifying exceptional employee contributions
- Conduct bi-weekly innovative team-building activities to boost morale by 30%
10. OKRs to enhance stakeholder communication for improved transparency and reporting
- Enhance stakeholder communication for improved transparency and reporting
- Increase the number of reports shared with stakeholders by 30%
- Analyze current processes for generating and sharing reports
- Implement efficiences to enable increased report production
- Increase frequency of reports sent to stakeholders
- Achieve a 70% positive feedback rating from stakeholders on newly implemented reporting
- Regularly communicate system benefits to stakeholders
- Ensure comprehensive training sessions on the new reporting system
- Implement real-time adjustments based on ongoing feedback
- Implement a bi-weekly stakeholder communication plan by end of month 1
- Launch and monitor the bi-weekly communication plan
- Design communication protocol and schedule
- Identify key stakeholders and their communication preferences
11. OKRs to strengthen communication effectiveness
- Strengthen communication effectiveness
- Implement at least three new communication strategies learned from workshop
- Develop a plan for incorporating new strategies into existing communication processes
- Deliver a presentation summarizing the new methods to the team
- Begin integrating learned strategies into daily communication and follow-up
- Receive positive feedback on communication from at least 80% of colleagues
- Implement feedback in daily interactions with colleagues
- Regularly seek constructive criticism on communication skills
- Enroll in communication development workshops
- Attend a professional development workshop on communication skills
- Arrange necessary transportation and accommodation
- Research and select a relevant communication skills workshop
- Register for the chosen workshop
12. OKRs to enhance impactful self-communication skills
- Enhance impactful self-communication skills
- Apply new communication skills to receive positive feedback from 5 colleagues
- Exhibit positivity in body language and tone
- Use constructive responses when giving feedback
- Practice active listening during office conversations
- Attend minimum 3 work communication improvement workshops
- Schedule and attend these workshops
- Select and register for three suitable workshops
- Research different communication improvement workshops
- Read at least 2 books on effective self-communication
- Purchase or borrow selected books
- Research and select two books on effective self-communication
- Dedicate time daily to read both books
13. OKRs to enhance engagement and commitment via effective communication
- Enhance engagement and commitment via effective communication
- Introduce bi-weekly inter-departmental meetings with 95% attendance
- Design an engaging and relevant meeting agenda
- Draft and distribute a meeting calendar to all departments
- Implement a strict, yet incentivizing attendance policy
- Achieve a 20% increase in positive feedback on internal communication through anonymous surveys
- Enhance the anonymity of feedback surveys
- Encourage prompt and constructive feedback
- Implement weekly training for improving internal communication skills
- Improve internal communication by launching a company-wide newsletter reaching 100% of staff
- Determine relevant content for the company-wide newsletter
- Design the newsletter layout and format
- Set up a distribution system reaching all staff
14. OKRs to enhance our overall communication effectiveness
- Enhance our overall communication effectiveness
- Implement a weekly all-hands communication meeting improving participation by 25%
- Offer incentives for active participation
- Schedule consistent weekly all-hands meetings
- Develop engaging and participatory meeting agendas
- Increase internal newsletter open rates by 10%, ensuring better information dissemination
- Integrate more engaging, relevant content within newsletters
- Improve subject lines to capture employee interest
- Implement succinct, visual-rich layout for emails
- Reduce email response time by 15% boosting operational efficiency
- Prioritize incoming emails based on urgency and relevance
- Implement an email management tool to automate responses
- Dedicate specific time slots for checking and responding to emails
15. OKRs to enhance the efficiency of internal team communication
- Enhance the efficiency of internal team communication
- Increase usage of team collaboration tools by 30%
- Implement training sessions highlighting tool benefits and functionalities
- Launch a company-wide communication promoting tool usage
- Offer incentives for employees who regularly utilize the tools
- Implement weekly team catch-up meetings, achieving 90% attendance
- Track attendance to maintain rate above 90%
- Schedule weekly meetings during common free time
- Send reminders about meetings two days prior
- Reduce email response time by 50%
- Set dedicated times for checking and responding to emails
- Prioritize emails based on urgency and importance
- Use email templates for common responses
Team Communication 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 Team Communication 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
Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use a proper OKR platform to make things easier.
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.
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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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