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What are Alignment With Strategic Goals 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.

We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Alignment With Strategic Goals 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.

Alignment With Strategic Goals OKRs examples

You will find in the next section many different Alignment With Strategic Goals 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!

OKRs to align team's mission and vision with company's strategic goals

ObjectiveAlign team's mission and vision with company's strategic goals
KRUpdate mission and vision statements to reflect 80% overlap with company strategy
Revise statements to reflect 80% overlap
Review current mission and vision statements
Identify overlap with company strategy
KRGet feedback from 90% of team members affirming clearer strategic alignment within 6 weeks
Analyze and address received feedback on strategy
Send the survey to all team members
Develop a straightforward survey about strategic alignment
KRFacilitate three workshops to promote understanding of company's strategic objectives by month's end
Send invitations to all company employees
Define topics and prepare materials for three different workshops
Schedule three workshop dates and secure venues

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OKRs to improve OKR implementation and effectiveness

ObjectiveImprove OKR implementation and effectiveness
KRAchieve an average OKR score of 4.5 or higher in quarterly assessments
KRIncrease OKR adoption rate to 90% among team members
Assign OKR champions to provide ongoing guidance and support to team members
Provide training on OKR methodology and its benefits to team members
Create a clear and concise communication plan to consistently promote OKR usage
Implement regular check-ins and review sessions to track progress and maintain accountability
KRIncrease the percentage of OKRs aligned with company strategic goals to 80%
Conduct a thorough review of existing OKRs and identify alignment gaps
Provide ongoing training and support to help employees understand and align their OKRs
Regularly communicate company strategic goals and their importance to all employees
Establish a performance evaluation system that rewards alignment with company strategic goals
KRReduce the average number of unresolved OKRs by 50%
Implement regular check-ins with teams to review and update progress on OKRs
Provide training and resources for goal setting and tracking OKRs effectively
Streamline the OKR tracking process to facilitate timely updates and resolution
Foster a culture of accountability and ownership to drive resolution of unresolved OKRs

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How to write your own Alignment With Strategic Goals OKRs

1. Get tailored OKRs with an AI

You'll find some examples below, but it's likely that you have very specific needs that won't be covered.

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.

Watch the video below to see it in action 👇

Option 2. Optimise existing OKRs with Tability Feedback tool

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's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRs

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.

Option 3. Use the free OKR generator

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.

Alignment With Strategic Goals 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

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.

Tip #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.

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 Alignment With Strategic Goals 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 Alignment With Strategic Goals OKR templates

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