Developing Team Goals Using Objectives and Key Results

When you set goals as a team, you set yourselves up to succeed as a team. This team course will focus on all the ways collaborative goal setting can change team dynamics and boost productivity across the board. 
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Organizational Advantages of this Team Course
  • Aligns team efforts with organizational goals.
  • Prioritizes key tasks and objectives.
  • Provides clear milestones and achievements.
  • Encourages teamwork towards common goals.
Course Details
45 mins - 1 hour  |  In-Person or Virtual  |  Beginner to Intermediate
Digital Coach: Ben Kill, MCIPD
Items needed for the session: Pen and Paper or use the activity template. 
Course Resources
Leader Guide
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Summary Guide
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Main Course Models
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
Course Agenda

1. Theory: Understanding Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Their Benefits 

Ben will begin by discussing the concepts behind OKRs, or Objectives and Key Results. Specifically, he’ll discuss how this goal-setting framework helps teams better manage priorities while facilitating organizational alignment.

Duration: 6 minutes

2. Activity: Defining Our Team Objectives 

Once the team understands what OKRs are and how they’re beneficial, they will get a chance to collaborate on a set of problem statements. Once established, the team will evolve each one into a positive, action-oriented objective.

Duration: 15 - 25 minutes

3. Theory: Understanding Key Results and How Can We Develop Them

Next, Ben will explain how Key Results represent a team’s progress toward a specified objective. He’ll also outline the three characteristics all strong key results have in common.

Duration: 3 minutes

4. Activity: Developing Key Results with the Team

Here, the group will take some of the most important objectives from the previous discussion and create several key results for each one. This exercise will provide valuable insight into how this can be done in day-to-day operations.

Duration: 15 - 25 minutes

5. Theory: Wrapping up the Session

Finally, Ben will finish the session by reviewing what the team learned and how it can be used going forward to improve management, productivity, and organizational alignment.

Duration: 2 minutes
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There’s so much value in having everyone in the team on the same page. However, facilitating that can be incredibly difficult – not to mention time-consuming. This team course really laid out the OKR concept in clear, simple terms. I can already see the difference in how my employees collaborate and coordinate."
Paul Walker
Management Consultant, Wallace Walker

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Your questions, answered

General

What are goal-setting objectives and key results?

OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) allow individuals and teams to establish challenging and ambitious objectives alongside quantifiable outcomes. This approach can be utilized to monitor progress, foster alignment, and boost participation by establishing measurable goals.

What are characteristics of objectives and key results?

Objectives should be concise, inspiring, and captivating, designed to energize and push the team forward. Key results, on the other hand, consist of metrics that gauge your advancement towards these objectives. You should aim to define between two to five key results for each objective.

How do you develop goals and objectives?

You can utilize SMART goals to help you develop objectives:
  • Specific - Goals should be clear and specific, answering the who, what, where, when, and why to provide direction and help focus efforts.
  • Measurable - It’s important to have criteria for measuring progress toward the accomplishment of the goal. This helps to stay on track and meet deadlines.
  • Achievable - Goals should be realistic and attainable, stretching your abilities while remaining possible to achieve.
  • Relevant - The goal must matter to you or align with other relevant objectives, ensuring that it’s worthwhile and fits within broader goals or plans.
  • Time-bound - Every goal needs a target date, so that you have a deadline to focus on and something to work toward.

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