OKR/Goal Management Skill Skill

OKR/Goal Management Skill

Overview

The OKR/Goal Management skill provides capabilities for creating, cascading, and tracking Objectives and Key Results across organizations. This skill enables SMART goal creation, alignment visualization, and progress monitoring for effective performance management.

Capabilities

Goal Creation

Create SMART goals from natural language descriptions
Generate measurable key results
Set appropriate targets and thresholds
Define scoring methodologies
Configure goal timeframes

OKR Cascading

Cascade organizational OKRs to team and individual levels
Maintain alignment between levels
Track parent-child goal relationships
Visualize goal hierarchies
Ensure strategic alignment

Progress Tracking

Track goal progress and scoring
Configure check-in frequencies
Record progress updates
Calculate attainment percentages
Generate progress visualizations

Alignment Analysis

Identify alignment gaps between levels
Detect orphaned or misaligned goals
Suggest alignment corrections
Measure alignment metrics
Create alignment reports

Review and Reporting

Generate goal review reports
Create executive summaries
Build team scorecards
Track historical trends
Support retrospective analysis

Dependency Management

Create goal dependency visualizations
Track blocking relationships
Identify at-risk dependencies
Manage cross-team coordination
Alert on dependency issues

Usage

OKR Creation

const okrConfig = {
  objective: 'Improve customer satisfaction',
  level: 'Team',
  team: 'Customer Success',
  period: 'Q1-2026',
  keyResults: [
    {
      description: 'Increase NPS from 45 to 60',
      startValue: 45,
      targetValue: 60,
      metric: 'NPS Score',
      scoringMethod: 'linear'
    },
    {
      description: 'Reduce average response time from 4h to 2h',
      startValue: 4,
      targetValue: 2,
      metric: 'Hours',
      scoringMethod: 'inverse-linear'
    },
    {
      description: 'Achieve 95% customer retention',
      startValue: 90,
      targetValue: 95,
      metric: 'Percentage',
      scoringMethod: 'linear'
    }
  ],
  parentObjective: 'company-customer-experience-okr-001'
};

Alignment Check

const alignmentQuery = {
  scope: 'organization',
  period: 'Q1-2026',
  analysis: {
    checkCascading: true,
    findOrphans: true,
    detectGaps: true,
    measureCoverage: true
  },
  output: {
    report: true,
    visualization: true,
    recommendations: true
  }
};

Process Integration

This skill integrates with the following HR processes:

| Process | Integration Points | |---------|-------------------| | goal-setting-okr-framework.js | Full OKR workflow | | performance-review-cycle.js | Goal achievement evaluation | | succession-planning.js | Development goal tracking |

Best Practices

Limit Objectives: 3-5 objectives per level maximum
Measurable KRs: All key results must be quantifiable
Ambitious Targets: Set stretch goals (70% attainment is success)
Regular Check-ins: Weekly or bi-weekly progress updates
Transparency: Make OKRs visible across the organization
Separation: Keep OKRs separate from compensation

Metrics and KPIs

| Metric | Description | Target | |--------|-------------|--------| | Goal Setting Rate | Employees with goals set | 100% | | Alignment Score | Goals linked to parent objectives | >90% | | Average Attainment | Mean goal completion percentage | 60-70% | | Check-in Frequency | Updates per goal per quarter | >6 | | Goal Quality | Goals meeting SMART criteria | >95% |

Related Skills

SK-006: Performance Review (evaluation integration)
SK-011: Succession Planning (development goals)

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