OK, thought this would be 5 reasons, but we ended up adding 2 more in the end!

Find out what those other two are by listening to this episode.

Here are the "TOP 5"...

The most common failure mode is incredibly human.

Teams turn key results into a checklist:

• Launch feature

• Hire two engineers

• Run campaign

• Build dashboard

Great work "to do" but none reflect outcomes/KRs.

This is one of the biggest killers of OKR programs.

A leadership team runs OKRs successfully, then decides: “Let’s deploy OKRs everywhere....Now!”

Arguably the most common reason why OKRs projects fail.

Teams get excited after publishing OKRs (like New year's resolutions) and then just go back to work. Near the middle or end of the OKR cycle, people are like "Oh, yeah we should look at our OKRs..."

Even teams that care about OKRs often lack a structured rhythm.

Check-ins are:

• Inconsistent

• Unstructured

• Status-heavy

• Or skipped entirely

Without a set cadence, your OKRs program is close to worthless.

Ambitious teams often believe more goals mean more drive.

In reality, more goals dilute execution.

Common pattern:

• Too many objectives

• Too many key results

• Everything is a priority!

When everything matters, nothing moves. The highest-performing teams consistently do fewer things, but do them well.

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