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What are Leadership 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.
Formulating strong OKRs can be a complex endeavor, particularly for first-timers. Prioritizing outcomes over projects is crucial when developing your plans.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Leadership 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.
The best tools for writing perfect Leadership Improvement 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.
Leadership Improvement OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Leadership Improvement. 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!
OKRs to enhance and exemplify effective leadership skills
ObjectiveEnhance and exemplify effective leadership skills
KRLead 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
- KRGather 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
- KRComplete 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
OKRs to elevate leadership skills, improve communication, and inspire teams
- ObjectiveElevate leadership skills, improve communication, and inspire teams
- KRAttend two leadership skills development workshops
- Register for both selected workshops
- Coordinate your schedule to prioritize these workshops
- Research and choose two suitable leadership skills development workshops
- KRReceive feedback from at least 85% of team members on leadership and inspiration capabilities
- Develop a concise, anonymous survey on leadership and inspiration
- Follow up to ensure a minimum 85% response rate
- Distribute the survey to all team members
- KRImplement weekly team meetings to enhance communication among team members
- Plan the meeting agenda focusing on communication issues
- Send out weekly meeting invites to all team members
- Schedule weekly meeting dates and times for the team
OKRs to enhance my leadership capabilities
- ObjectiveEnhance my leadership capabilities
- KRComplete three industry-recognized leadership training courses
- KRReceive an average score of 4.5 or above on a peer-leadership survey
- Research and implement effective leadership strategies
- Regularly undertake leadership development workshops
- Seek constructive feedback from peers
- KRFacilitate 5 team meetings to enhance communication and decision-making skills
- Provide resources and activities during meetings to improve these skills
- Develop an agenda focused on enhancing communication and decision-making skills
- Plan and schedule five team meetings in the upcoming period
OKRs to enhance leadership abilities in developing new software functionalities
- ObjectiveEnhance leadership abilities in developing new software functionalities
- KRAchieve over 95% positive feedback in the team's quarterly performance review
- Consistently offer constructive feedback and support to team members
- Implement regular training and development sessions
- Improve team communication and collaboration regularly
- KRComplete advanced leadership course in software development by quarter end
- Dedicate a few hours each day for coursework and study
- Enroll in advanced leadership software development course
- Finish and submit all assignments before course deadline
- KRLead a team to successfully deliver a new feature without delays
- Effectively delegate tasks according to team strengths
- Establish regular check-ins to monitor task progress
- Clearly define the feature requirements and scope of work
OKRs to enhance communication, writing skills and amplify proactiveness
- ObjectiveEnhance communication, writing skills and amplify proactiveness
- KRAttend week-long advanced communication and writing workshop from a recognized institution
- Research recognized institutes providing communication/writing workshops
- Register for a chosen week-long advanced workshop
- Arrange logistical aspects like accommodation and transport
- KRInitiate and successfully lead at least 2 group projects or discussions at workplace
- Identify topics or projects that require group discussions or collaborations
- Lead discussions, delegate tasks, and manage project timelines efficiently
- Plan and schedule meetings for each selected project or discussion
- KRAccumulate weekly 3 feedbacks, suggestions on improvisation from peers or supervisors
- Request weekly feedback from three peers or supervisors
- Regularly review and implement the gathered suggestions
- Create an open channel for receiving feedback
OKRs to enhance the team's proficiency in public speaking
- ObjectiveEnhance the team's proficiency in public speaking
- KRAchieve an average of 20% improvement in team's self-evaluation scores
- Develop robust system for setting and tracking team goals
- Initiate regular feedback meetings to identify pitfalls
- Implement weekly training sessions to improve team skills
- KRConduct three public speaking training workshops for the team
- Create content for three public speaking workshops
- Schedule workshop dates with team members
- Facilitate the public speaking workshops
- KREnsure every team member delivers at least one presentation confidently
- Provide regular presentation skills training for all team members
- Arrange weekly practice sessions
- Offer constructive feedback on each presentation
Leadership Improvement 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
Focus can only be achieve by limiting the number of competing priorities. It is crucial that you take the time to identify where you need to move the needle, and avoid adding business-as-usual activities to your 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
Having good goals is only half the effort. You'll get significant more value from your OKRs if you commit to a weekly check-in process.
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 Leadership Improvement 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
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 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 Leadership Improvement OKR templates
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