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Objectives are meaningful steps towards an end-goal. These are commonly used to set goals and evaluate performance against these goals. The following are common types of objectives with an example of each.

Revenue

Increase total revenue by 15%.

Profitability

Improve gross margins to 45%.

Growth

Grow revenue by 8% in Q4 on a year-over-year basis.

Market Share

Increase market share to 18% of the ice cream market.

Customer Satisfaction

Achieve a customer satisfaction rating of 85% in customer surveys.

Customer Service

Reduce customer complaints by 90%.

Customer Loyalty

Increase loyal customers to 9,000 by Q2.

Customer Engagement

Increase retail visits to 10 million in November.

Cost Reduction

Reduce IT OPEX by 10% in the fiscal year.

Turnaround Time

Improve order fulfillment time to under 12 hours on average.

Process Improvement

Improve the billing process to generate monthly invoices within 12 hours of monthly close.

Product Development

Launch 3 new products with combined revenue of $750,000 per year.

Product Quality

Reduce product returns by 7%.

Time to Market

Improve the time to market of product updates to 2 months.

Budget

Deliver the ___ project with a budget variance of +/-5% or less.

Schedule

Deliver the ___ project within a schedule variance of +/-5%.

Productivity

Increase developer productivity to 10k lines of code per month.

Efficiency

Increase the utilization rate of data center space to 99%.

People & Planet

Reduce energy consumption by 70%.

Team Culture

Improve the onboarding process to help new hires to be productive immediately. Target: 95% of new hires pass probation period.

Administration

Streamline the hiring approvals process to get an answer to managers with 5 days.

Communication

Communicate a meeting agenda in advance of 100% of team meetings.

Professional Development

Attend at least 3 industry conferences to build relationships with customers, partners and industry influencers.

Stakeholder Satisfaction

Achieve stakeholder satisfaction of 90% for the __ project.

Employee Engagement

Reduce employee absenteeism by 15%.

Error Rate

Reduce the error rate of customer bills to 0.01%.

Mistakes

Improve the sales system to reduce data entry mistakes for customer information. Target: data quality of 100% for new accounts.

Customer Retention

Reduce customer attrition to less than 1% per month.

Presales

Deliver 400 qualified leads.

Sales

Improve win rate to 60% to close 1.2 million in revenue.

Customer Acquisition

Sign 100 new customers in April.

Sales Costs

Reduce customer acquisition costs to $40 per account.

Sales Efficiency

Increase sales efficiency to 600%.

Upselling

Improve the upsell rate to 3% of orders.

Marketing

Launch promotional campaigns to generate 500k visits to the ecommerce site in May.

Conversion Rate

Improve conversion rate to 2.4%.

Inventory Management

Reduce stockout rate to less than 0.1% of customer orders.

Products

Launch new color variations to improve sales of the __ product by 14%.

Promotion

Increase brand recognition to 50% of target market by Q4.

Pricing

Improve price competitiveness to increase revenue by 10% while maintaining average gross margins above 40%.

Distribution

Expand distribution into international markets to increase international sales revenue by 70%.

Branding

Improve top of mind brand awareness to 80%.

Reputation

Improve reviews to an average of 4.4 out of 5.

Management

Monitor and allocate workload efficiently to improve team performance. Target: improve throughput of change requests to 1,000 story points a month.

Risk Management

Manage IT risk to reduce risk exposure by $6 million.

Compliance

Achieve compliance with the ____ quality standard.

Safety

Achieve a safety incident rate of 0%.

Cybersecurity

Reduce level 1 and 2 cybersecurity incidents to 0.

Uptime

Improve the uptime of the sales system to 99.98%.

Professionalism

Respond to customer inquiries within 3 business hours.

Collaboration

Collaborate with the data services business unit to assess the feasibility of using their platforms internally. Target: deliver feasibility assessment in Q2.

Time Management

Reduce the duration of team meetings by 30% without reducing the agenda.

Analysis

Document the existing fulfillment process and identify gaps and opportunities for improvement.

Knowledge

Document standard operating procedures for troubleshooting billing errors.

Creativity

Reinvent the customer onboarding process to improve customer satisfaction with the process to 90%.

Training & Development

Ensure that all team members complete cybersecurity awareness training in Q1.

Research

Determine estimates for the unit costs of major competitors to support product development.

Customer Feedback

Engage customers to determine their pain points with the ___ product.

Reporting

Measure and report customer acquisition cost for wealth management clients.

Change

Sponsor changes to improve the usability of the inventory management system.
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