15 OKR examples for Employee Engagement
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 understand that setting OKRs can be challenging, so we have prepared a set of examples tailored for Employee Engagement. Take a peek at the templates below to find inspiration and kickstart your goal-setting process.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read more about the OKR meaning online.
Best practices for OKR
Your objectives should be ambitious, but achievable. Your key results should be measurable and time-bound. It can also be helfpul to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Building your own OKRs with AI
While we have some examples below, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. There are 2 options available to you.
- Use our free OKRs generator
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How to track OKRs
The rules of OKRs are simple. Quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly, and yearly OKRs should be tracked monthly.
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 OKRs-tracking tool for it.
We recommend Tability for an easy way to set and track OKRs with your team.
Check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.
Employee Engagement OKRs templates
The examples have Employee Engagement Objectives and Key Results, but they may also include the tasks that can help you get there.
OKRs to enhance overall employee engagement across the organization
- Enhance overall employee engagement across the organization
- Increase survey response rates for engagement measures by 30%
- Personalize survey invitation emails to increase interest
- Implement incentives to motivate more survey participation
- Simplify survey design for easier comprehension and completion
- Achieve 15% uplift in off-duty voluntary corporate initiatives participation
- Develop enticing incentives for participants in corporate initiatives
- Organize engaging and accessible initiatives suitable for all staff
- Promote off-duty voluntary initiatives through internal communication
- Drive up positive responses to employee satisfaction items by 20%
- Enhance communication channels for better transparency and understanding
- Implement regular recognition and reward programs for staff achievements
- Facilitate team building activities to improve team coherence
OKRs to improve employee engagement by increasing satisfaction by 10%
- Boost employee engagement satisfaction
- Conduct pulse surveys and achieve a response rate of 80%
- Host monthly team-building activities with 75% participation rate
- Increase quarterly recognition awards by 20%
- Identify top 3 areas for improvement through survey results and implement action plans
OKRs to enhance employee dedication via communication optimization
- Enhance employee dedication via communication optimization
- Reduce communication gap by achieving 85% timely response rate on internal chat platform
- Implement automatic reminders for unanswered chats every two hours
- Train employees on the importance of timely responses
- Monitor response rates weekly and address lapses
- Implement bi-weekly team meetings to increase interaction by 60%
- Track and measure meeting interaction increase
- Establish a bi-weekly team meeting schedule
- Prepare relevant discussion points to stimulate interaction
- Accomplish 90% positive feedback on anonymous communication satisfaction survey
OKRs to get better engagement and employee satisfaction
- Improve employee engagement and satisfaction.
- Increase employee satisfaction survey score by 10%.
- Increase employee engagement survey score by 10%.
- Increase employee referrals by 25%.
- Increase employee retention rate by 5%.
OKRs to transform company with lean and agile focus
- Transform company with lean and agile focus
- Increase customer satisfaction by delivering products and services faster through agile development
- Conduct regular customer satisfaction surveys to collect feedback and identify areas for improvement
- Set achievable and aggressive timelines for each project to ensure faster product and service delivery
- Implement agile development process to streamline product and service delivery workflows
- Invest in employee training and development to enhance skills and productivity in agile development
- Increase employee engagement by implementing lean and agile practices for better collaboration
- Establish cross-functional teams to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing among employees
- Conduct training sessions on lean and agile practices for all employees
- Implement regular feedback loops and communication channels to foster open dialogues between employees and management
- Recognize and reward employees who actively participate in lean and agile practices
- Reduce operational waste by implementing lean principles and achieving measurable efficiency improvements
- Monitor progress regularly through key performance indicators and adjust strategies as needed
- Conduct a waste assessment to identify areas with potential for improvement
- Streamline processes by eliminating non-value added activities and optimizing workflows
- Develop a lean implementation plan with clear goals, roles, and responsibilities
- Improve team performance by conducting regular agile training and implementing continuous improvement practices
- Develop and implement strategies for continuous improvement based on analysis results
- Implement a system for gathering feedback and suggestions from team members
- Analyze team performance data and identify areas for improvement
- Schedule regular agile training sessions for the team
OKRs to enhance corporate effectiveness, culture, and performance
- Enhance corporate effectiveness, culture, and performance
- Increase employee engagement scores by 15%
- Implement regular team-building exercises and activities
- Provide consistent and constructive feedback to employees
- Increase recognition and reward for exceptional work
- Achieve 10% improvement in overall performance metrics
- Develop and implement effective strategies to boost performance
- Monitor, evaluate, and adjust strategies regularly for optimal results
- Identify key areas needing improvement through detailed performance analysis
- Implement 2 new operational efficiency measures
- Implement and monitor these new efficiency measures
- Identify areas in current operations needing efficiency improvement
- Develop two new efficiency measures addressing identified areas
OKRs to boost internal outreach and enhance brand recognition
- Boost internal outreach and enhance brand recognition
- Achieve a 30% increase in employee engagement in company wide initiatives
- Create engaging, inclusive intra-office communication channels
- Implement regular employee feedback sessions on company initiatives
- Recognize and reward active employee participation in initiatives
- Gain 20% more followers on all company social media platforms
- Create engaging and shareable content consistently
- Foster collaboration with relevant influencers
- Implement targeted ad campaigns on each platform
- Execute 2 brand promotional activities leading to 40% increase in brand awareness
- Implement, measure, and adjust the promotional strategies
- Identify relevant platforms for brand promotion activities
- Plan and develop engaging promotional content
OKRs to improve communication by ensuring quarterly check-in with performance manager
- Improve communication by ensuring quarterly check-in with performance manager
- Implement action plan based on feedback received from performance manager
- Develop a comprehensive action plan addressing the concerns highlighted
- Review feedback received from performance manager thoroughly
- Begin implementation of formulated action plan immediately
- Discuss performance goals and feedback during check-in meeting
- Review previous performance goals before the check-in meeting
- Prepare constructive and specific feedback points
- Schedule a check-in meeting to discuss performance goals
- Schedule and attend quarterly check-in meeting with performance manager
- Determine a suitable date and time for the check-in meeting
- Send meeting invite to performance manager
- Attend the scheduled check-in meeting
OKRs to enhance staff productivity in the hybrid work model
- Enhance staff productivity in the hybrid work model
- Conduct 5 training sessions on hybrid working best practices to enhance skills
- Schedule and conduct 5 training sessions
- Identify key points for hybrid working best practices training
- Prepare comprehensive, engaging training content
- Increase employee engagement levels by 15% through regular feedback and recognition programs
- Establish a weekly employee recognition program
- Implement a daily feedback routine for all team members
- Monitor and evaluate engagement levels regularly
- Implement performance tracking software to quantify productivity increase by 20%
- Research and select suitable performance tracking software
- Install and configure the software over company network
- Train employees on software usage and productivity targets
OKRs to reduce Employee Turnover
- Reduce Employee Turnover
- Implement a mentoring program with participation from 75% of employees
- Establish regular check-ins and evaluations to assess the effectiveness of the mentoring program
- Provide training for potential mentors and match them with mentees based on their goals
- Create a program outline with goals and objectives for the mentoring program
- Promote the mentoring program through various communication channels to raise awareness
- Decrease voluntary employee resignations by 20%
- Conduct exit interviews to identify and address reasons for voluntary resignations
- Implement a comprehensive employee engagement and retention program
- Enhance communication channels to ensure employees feel valued and heard
- Provide professional development opportunities to ensure employee growth and satisfaction
- Increase employee engagement scores by 10%
- Provide regular opportunities for open communication and feedback between employees and management
- Organize team-building activities to foster collaboration and strengthen relationships among employees
- Conduct anonymous employee survey to identify areas of opportunity for engagement improvement
- Develop and implement a recognition and rewards program to acknowledge employee efforts
- Improve manager satisfaction ratings by 15%
- Implement regular feedback sessions to understand manager concerns and address them promptly
- Provide professional development opportunities to enhance manager skills and career growth
- Foster a positive and supportive work environment through team-building initiatives and recognition programs
- Streamline communication channels and ensure clarity in expectations for effective manager-employee interactions
OKRs to enhance the employee adaptation process for better integration
- Enhance the employee adaptation process for better integration
- Implement a new orientation program for 80% of newly hired employees
- Develop metric tools to track program participation and effectiveness
- Assign a team to implement and oversee the new orientation program
- Design an effective, comprehensive orientation structure for new hires
- Increase employee engagement score by 25% after 3 months of employment
- Conduct consistent one-on-one check-ins with each employee
- Implement regular team-building activities
- Use recognition programs to reward outstanding work
- Decrease average time to full productivity for new hires by 20%
- Include performance tracking in the first week
- Provide mentorship programs for quicker skill acquisition
- Implement an intensive, streamlined onboarding program
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
OKRs to reduce turnover rate through retention strategies
- Increase employee retention rate
- Implement a mentorship program for new employees
- Host monthly employee appreciation events
- Conduct exit interviews and analyze feedback to improve retention efforts
- Develop a career growth plan for each employee
OKRs to drive tangible growth towards company's 2024 ambitions
- Drive tangible growth towards company's 2024 ambitions
- Increase company revenue by 15% compared to previous quarter
- Develop new marketing campaigns to attract customers
- Implement effective upselling strategies to boost sales
- Optimize pricing strategies for all products/services
- Initiate three impactful growth strategies that will reach team adoption by 90%
- Identify areas of high potential for growth in team processes
- Implement strategies and monitor team adoption rate
- Develop impactful initiatives geared towards these growth areas
- Improve employee engagement in growth pitching by 20% measured by increased participation
- Launch internal competition on the best growth pitching strategies
- Organize weekly brainstorming sessions for pitching ideas
- Provide growth pitching training to all employees
OKRs to implement a Continuous Peer and Upwards Feedback System
- Implement a Continuous Peer and Upwards Feedback System
- Train 90% of team members on providing effective upward feedback in six weeks
- Distribute educational materials for self-study
- Schedule individual coaching sessions where needed
- Arrange training sessions on effective upward feedback techniques
- Design and launch a transparent peer feedback mechanism within 4 weeks
- Develop an easy-to-use feedback platform
- Conduct initial testing and final launch of the system
- Craft a clear, understandable guideline for peer feedback
- Achieve a 70% response rate in the new feedback system by the end of the quarter
- Implement an attractive incentive system to engage participants
- Simplify the feedback process for faster completion
- Conduct regular awareness campaigns about the feedback system
More OKR templates
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OKRs resources
Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.
- To learn: Complete 2024 OKR cheat sheet
- Blog posts: ODT Blog
- Success metrics: KPIs examples