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What are Reading Habit OKRs?

The OKR acronym stands for Objectives and Key Results. It's a goal-setting framework that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s, and it became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s. OKRs helps teams has a shared language to set ambitious goals and track progress towards them.

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 Reading Habit 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.

Reading Habit OKRs examples

You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Reading Habit. 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 increase weekly reading habits

  • ObjectiveIncrease weekly reading habits
  • KRTrack weekly reading time to reach 15 hours a week
  • TaskRecord your daily reading durations
  • TaskEstablish a daily reading goal of approximately 2 hours
  • TaskEvaluate your weekly reading time every Sunday
  • KRFinish one book covering different genre each week without fail
  • TaskSelect a book from a different genre every Sunday
  • TaskWrite a brief summary after finishing each book
  • TaskDedicate specific reading hours each day
  • KRWrite a summary or review for each completed book to enhance comprehension
  • TaskFinish reading your chosen book entirely
  • TaskConstruct a review detailing your thoughts on the book
  • TaskWrite a comprehensive summary of the book

OKRs to cultivate a consistent reading habit

  • ObjectiveCultivate a consistent reading habit
  • KRPost a book review online or share insights once a book is completed
  • TaskFinish reading and formulate thoughts on key points
  • TaskPost review on a relevant online platform
  • TaskWrite a concise review highlighting these points
  • KRExpose oneself to diverse genres by selecting different themed book each month
  • TaskJoin a diverse-themed book club for monthly suggestions
  • TaskBuy or borrow a new genre book each month
  • TaskVisit the local library to explore a range of different genres
  • KRFinish one book each month by dedicating at least 30 minutes daily
  • TaskChoose a new book to read every month
  • TaskSet a daily alarm as a reminder to read for 30 minutes
  • TaskTrack daily reading progress in a journal

OKRs to enhance knowledge and literacy through weekly book reading

  • ObjectiveEnhance knowledge and literacy through weekly book reading
  • KRAllocate specific daily time for uninterrupted reading
  • TaskChoose a consistent time daily for dedicated reading
  • TaskRemove distractions during this time like electronics
  • TaskPlan reading material before the dedicated time
  • KRDocument insights or learnings from each book read
  • TaskSummarize key concepts after each chapter
  • TaskKeep a reading journal to log insights during reading
  • TaskShare your learnings in a book review or blog post
  • KRSuccessfully complete 13 books in the next quarter
  • TaskMonitor and record your progress weekly
  • TaskSelect 13 books to read within the designated time period
  • TaskDevelop a consistent daily reading schedule

OKRs to increase the number of books read

  • ObjectiveIncrease the number of books read
  • KRRead at least 2 books per week to reach 8 books per month
  • TaskComplete each book before week's end
  • TaskManage daily time to accommodate reading
  • TaskSelect two books at the start of each week
  • KRDedicate one hour daily to uninterrupted reading sessions
  • TaskTurn off all digital distractions during this hour
  • TaskChoose a quiet, comfortable space for reading
  • TaskSchedule one hour each day specifically for reading
  • KRComplete one book in each of three chosen genres
  • TaskSchedule daily reading times
  • TaskSelect a book from each of the three chosen genres
  • TaskFinish reading one book per each genre

How to write your own Reading Habit 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.

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.

AI feedback for OKRs in TabilityTability'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.

Reading Habit 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.

How to track your Reading Habit OKRs

OKRs without regular progress updates are just KPIs. You'll need to update progress on your OKRs every week to get the full benefits from the framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:

Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use a proper OKR platform to make things easier.

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 Reading Habit OKR templates

We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.

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