Human Resources OKR Examples

How-to Guide to Writing Good Human Resources OKRs with
Example Objectives and Key Results

When getting started with Human Resources OKRs - Objectives and Key Results -
the common questions we get at Weekdone are:

How to write good Human Resources OKRs?
Can you give me examples of good Human Resources OKRs?
What should I put in my Human Resources OKRs?

To answer these questions we created this database of example Human Resources OKRs so you
can get started and write your own company, department, team, or personal OKRs.

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Improve internal employee engagement and job satisfaction

Conduct 3 monthly "Fun Friday" all-hands meetings with motivational speakers
Interview 48 employees on their needs for improving our work culture.
Implement using OKRs and Weekdone software in all 23 teams
Reach weekly employee satisfaction score of at least 4.7 points

Get well acquainted with OKRs & configure Weekdone for launch

Have all HR managers read the books "Objectives and Key Results: Driving Focus, Alignment, and Engagement with OKRs" and "Radical Focus"
Study the Weekdone OKR Implementation Checklist and create our own OKR checklist
Read through all FAQ materials https://blog.weekdone.com/faqs/ and case studies https://weekdone.com/case-studies
Sign up for, configure and prepare Weekdone https://weekdone.com/ for our OKR launch

Recruitment outreach campaign for engineering

Conduct career day seminars in 5 universities
Harvest Linkedin to collect 250 potential new candidates
Organise an open career day at the office with at least 50 participants
Redesign and publish our careers and jobs website section

Define and promote company culture and values

Survey all employees on our current values (min 75 answers received)
With 3 separate teams, conduct brainstorm sessions to redefine our culture
Design and promote our new values on intranet and in office environment

Improve satisfaction with receptionist’s work

Decrease number of complaints and negative feedback per quarter from 15 to 5
Increase positive feedback items and praise from 5 to 15 per quarter
Increase end-user satisfaction rating from 4.0 to 4.5

Self-educate in areas related to being a great secretary

Take 2 online video courses on being a great secretary
Read daily on topics related to customer success in front office
Conduct a survey among colleagues to evaluate areas of improvement in my work

Head of HR OKR Examples

Get well acquainted with OKRs and configure Weekdone for launch

Have all HR managers read the books "Objectives and Key Results: Driving Focus, Alignment, and Engagement with OKRs" and "Radical Focus"
Study the Weekdone OKR Implementation Checklist and create our own OKR checklist
Read through all FAQ materials https://blog.weekdone.com/faqs/ and case studies https://weekdone.com/case-studies
Sign up for, configure and prepare Weekdone https://weekdone.com/ for our OKR launch

Define and promote company culture and values

Survey all employees on our current values (min 75 answers received)
With 3 separate teams, conduct brainstorm sessions to redefine our culture
Design and promote our new values on intranet and in office environment

Improve the quality of our HR team’s work

Hire 2 new HR Managers
Put together hiring guidelines for the Recruitment team
Organize 3 trainings for HR employees

HR Manager OKR Examples

Improve internal employee engagement and job satisfaction

Conduct 3 monthly Fun Friday; all-hands meetings with motivational speakers
Interview 48 employees on their needs for improving our work culture.
Implement using OKRs and Weekdone software in all of our 23 teams
Reach weekly employee satisfaction score of at least 4.7 points

Improve satisfaction with receptionist’s work

Decrease number of complaints and negative feedback per quarter from 15 to 5
Increase positive feedback items and praise from 5 to 15 per quarter
Increase end-user satisfaction rating from 4.0 to 4.5

Assess training needs to apply and monitor training programs

Review and improve the onboarding plan for new employees
Organise 3 training sessions for the Management team
Gather and analyze feedback from all training activities in the company

Recruitment Manager OKR Examples

Recruitment outreach campaign for engineering

Conduct career day seminars in 5 universities
Harvest Linkedin to collect 250 potential new candidates
Organise an open career day at the office with at least 50 participants
Redesign and publish our careers and jobs website section

Be up to date with competitors hiring practices.

Review competitor´s hiring campaigns and gather insights 3 times (once per month)
Put together a strategy that shows our advantages over competitors.
Survey potential hires of our advantages/disadvantages compared to competitors.

Develop a sustainable candidat lead strategy

Partner with 3 platforms to regularly share job adds
Partner with 4 yearly hiring events where to showcase our company
Build a database of rejected candidates who might be useful in the future

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Objectives

"Where do I want to go?"

O Objective
B Bracing
J Judicious
E Exact
C Clearly understandable
T Tangible

Key Results

"How do I get there?"

R Reachable
E Exponent
S Significant
U Understandable
L Limited to numbers
T Trackable

OKR Best Practices

3-4 Objectives max per level (e.g. per person)
3-5 Key Results max per Objective
Write for other people: they must clearly understand your goals

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