How does the goal/KRA alignment work?

Goal/KRA alignment ensures that every department and employee works towards a shared organisational objective. Keka’s Goal/KRA module enables you to link individual and team goals to company-wide priorities, promoting unified direction and measurable impact.

Example of Goal/KRA Alignment

Suppose a software company sets a company-wide goal to increase annual revenue by 20%.

1. The Sales team might create a goal to close 30% more deals.

2. The Marketing team could target 40% more qualified leads.

3. Individual employees can then set personal goals supporting their department’s objectives, such as upselling existing clients or optimising specific campaigns.

Through this cascading alignment, every effort; individual or departmental contributes directly to the company’s overall success.

How to Enable Goal/KRA Alignment

1. Navigate to Performance  and click on Objectives. Under Objectives, select Settings in your Keka HR portal. Now click on Objective Settings.

2. Under Advanced Objectives Settings, click Edit.

3. Use the Enable Alignment toggle to turn goal alignment on or off.

4. When enabled, the option “Allow child Goal/KRA to contribute to parent Goal/KRA progress” is turned on by default.

• You can disable this if you don’t want sub-goals to impact parent goal progress.

• Users can also override this setting at the child goal level.

5. Click Save to confirm your settings.

How to Create an Aligned Goal/KRA

1. Go to Me  and click on Performance. Under Performance, click on Objectives. And then go to My Objectives.

2. Click +Add Objective.

3. And enter the required goal details.

4. Once done, click Publish.

5. Adjust the weightage accordingly for al the goals and click on Assign.

6. Find the KRA you want to align, click the three dots (⋮) beside it, and select Align to a Objective.

7. Filter out the objective by timeframe and objective type and choose the parent Goal/KRA from the displayed list and click Save to complete the alignment.

Aligning goals in Keka helps ensure that everyone in your organisation is working toward the same big-picture objectives. With clear alignment, employees at all levels can focus their efforts on what truly matters—driving business outcomes.

Keka’s Goal/KRA module lets departments and individuals link their own goals to the company’s overarching goals or KRAs. This creates transparency, promotes accountability, and keeps everyone moving in the same direction.

Hope this was helpful in understanding how to use Goal/KRA Alignment. Please let us know if you find this article helpful.