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What are Communication Specialists 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.
Writing good OKRs can be hard, especially if it's your first time doing it. You'll need to center the focus of your plans around outcomes instead of projects.
We have curated a selection of OKR examples specifically for Communication Specialists to assist you. Feel free to explore the templates below for inspiration in setting your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
The best tools for writing perfect Communication Specialists OKRs
Here are 2 tools that can help you draft your OKRs in no time.
Tability AI: to generate OKRs based on a prompt
Tability AI allows you to describe your goals in a prompt, and generate a fully editable OKR template in seconds.
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Click on the Generate goals using AI
- 3. Describe your goals in a prompt
- 4. Get your fully editable OKR template
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Watch the video below to see it in action 👇
Tability Feedback: to improve existing OKRs
You can use Tability's AI feedback to improve your OKRs if you already have existing goals.
- 1. Create your Tability account
- 2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
- 3. Click on Generate analysis
- 4. Review the suggestions and decide to accept or dismiss them
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
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.
Communication Specialists OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Communication Specialists 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 foster user-centric culture through stakeholder engagement
ObjectiveDrive a user-centric culture by engaging stakeholders
KRIncrease user feedback submission rate by 20% through improved communication channels- KRConduct user surveys and incorporate findings in product development
- KRIncrease user satisfaction score by 10% through better UX design
- KRHost 3 cross-functional stakeholder workshops to prioritize user needs
OKRs to cultivate a resilient and enduring organizational culture
- ObjectiveCultivate a resilient and enduring organizational culture
- KRTrain 75% of employees in new cultural practices
Monitor and record employees' training progress- Schedule training sessions for all employees
- Identify the specific cultural practices for training
- KRAchieve 90% positive responses in culture satisfaction survey
- Promote a work environment that values feedback and improvements
- Establish open and transparent communication channels organization-wide
- Implement regular team building activities to foster cohesion
- KRIntroduce two timeless cultural practices by quarter end
- Research various timeless cultural practices globally
- Choose two practices appealing to our audience
- Plan and host virtual presentations introducing each practice
OKRs to enhance awareness and understanding of our company culture
- ObjectiveEnhance awareness and understanding of our company culture
- KRIncrease 20% participation in company culture surveys compared to last survey cycle
- Utilize team leads to encourage survey participation
- Develop engaging, brief content for the upcoming culture survey
- Reward survey participation with minor company incentives
- KRConduct 3 interactive workshops about company culture and values for all departments
- Prepare and distribute interactive workshop materials
- Identify topic specifics and outline the workshop structure
- Schedule workshop sessions for different departments
- KRImplement a monthly newsletter sharing company culture highlights, reaching all employees
- Design the template for the company culture newsletter
- Set up a distribution system to all employees
- Identify key cultural events and high points for the newsletter
OKRs to improve student attendance and literacy statistics
- ObjectiveImprove student attendance and literacy statistics
- KRRaise student attendance by 15%
- Offer rewards for consistent attendance
- Create engaging curriculum to boost student interest
- Implement a clear and effective communication system for parents and students
- KRImprove grade-level literacy rates by 20%
- Provide ongoing professional development for educators
- Expand family literacy activities and resources
- Implement intensive, individualized reading intervention programs
- KRReduce number of students with low literacy skills by 10%
- Encourage regular parent-teacher communication
- Hire additional reading specialists for support
- Implement targeted literacy intervention programs
Communication Specialists 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.
Save hours with automated OKR dashboards
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
Most teams should start with a spreadsheet if they're using OKRs for the first time. Then, you can move to Tability to save time with automated OKR dashboards, data connectors, and actionable insights.
How to get Tability dashboards:
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Use the importers to add your OKRs (works with any spreadsheet or doc)
- 3. Publish your OKR plan
That's it! Tability will instantly get access to 10+ dashboards to monitor progress, visualise trends, and identify risks early.
More Communication Specialists OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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