How does the goal/KRA alignment work?

Goals/KRA Alignment refers to the process of connecting your KRA to higher-level objectives within the company, department, or individual objectives.

For organizations, alignment is about ensuring that everyone is working towards the same end Goal/KRA. Keka's Goal/KRA module enables departments and individuals to align their Goal/KRA to the company Goal/KRA, as that enables everyone to work towards a common Goal/KRA.

For example, imagine a software development company that has set a company-wide Goal/KRA of boosting its annual revenue by 20%. To achieve this Goal/KRA, various departments and individuals must align their Goal/KRA accordingly. The sales department may set a Goal/KRA to close 30% more deals, while the marketing team aims to generate 40% more qualified leads.

Using Keka's Goal/KRA module, these departmental Goals/KRA can be aligned with the company's primary Goal/KRA of increasing annual revenue. Furthermore, individual employees within each department can create individual Goals/KRA tied to their department's Goals/KRA. A salesperson might set a target to upsell existing clients, while a marketer could focus on optimizing a specific marketing channel for better lead generation. By aligning everyone's Goal/KRA in this manner, the entire organization stays focused on the shared end Goal/KRA of increasing revenue, ensuring that each team and individual's efforts contribute effectively to achieving the overall Goal/KRA.

Why is alignment important in achieving our Goal/KRA and producing results?

1. Clear direction: If employees are unclear about their organization's broader Goal/KRA, they may feel disoriented and uncertain about how their contributions impact the company positively. To provide employees with a sense of direction and motivation, it is important to establish transparent company/department-wide Goals/KRA.
2. Better resource allocation: Alignment helps organizations allocate their resources more efficiently by ensuring that their efforts and investments are focused on the most critical priorities.
3. Faster decision-making: Alignment helps organizations streamline the decision-making process by ensuring everyone is working with the same set of priorities and Goal/KRA.
   
   

How to enable Goal/KRA Alignment?

1. Go to Performance (1) from the left navigation pane on your Keka HR Portal. Select the KRAS(2) tab go to the Settings (3) tab and click on KRAs Settings (4).
   
   
2. Navigate to Advanced KRA settings and click on Edit.
3. To enable or disable KRA Alignment, click on the toggle switch button and off to enable or disable Enable Alignment.
4. When you Enable Alignment, the "Allow child Goal/KRA to contribute to parent Goal/KRA progress" option is enabled by default. This means that aligned goals will contribute to the progress of the parent goal. If you don't want aligned goals to contribute to the parent goal's progress, you can disable this option. Users can override this setting from the child's goals.
   
5. Click on the "Save" button to save the selected Goal/KRA alignment option. 

How to Create an Aligned Goal/KRA?

1. Go to Me (1) from the left navigation pane on your Keka HR Portal. Select the Performance (2) tab and go to the KRAs(3) tab.
   
   
2. To create a Goal/KRA, go to the My Goal/KRA tab, and then click on + Add KRA (4). Once you have entered the necessary details, click on Publish.
   
   
3. Navigate to the KRA you want to align and click on the three dots action item then click on the "Align to KRA" option.
   
   
4. From the displayed list of KRAs, you can select the Goal/KRA you want to align then click on the "Save" button to align KRA.
   
   

Hope this was helpful in understanding how to use Goal/KRA Alignment. 

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