OKRs
Too many goals, too little mission-critical work.
Atlassian's State of Teams 2024 finds teams pulled in too many directions, with a small share of time on mission-critical work and a large coordination cost across the Fortune 500.
Mid-market bridge: The billion-hour estimate is Fortune 500 scale. The worker-side figures, 70% wanting fewer, more specific goals, 64% pulled in too many directions and 56% planning and tracking differently, are the part mid-market teams should recognise first.
Outcome we help: Stop goal sprawl and collaboration theatre.
What the report found
64%
of knowledge workers say their team is pulled in too many directions
Atlassian State of Teams 2024
24%
of time goes to mission-critical work
Atlassian State of Teams 2024
25B
hours lost annually across the Fortune 500 to poor collaboration
Atlassian State of Teams 2024
What it means for leaders
- Goal sprawl is a delivery constraint, not an ambition problem.
- A visible not-now list is as important as the goals that survive.
What to do on Monday
Start here: Cut next quarter's goals to three outcomes; publish an owner for each; kill or park the rest in a visible not-now list by the end of the week.
- Ask the team which current goal they would drop first, and why.
Try it in an open workspace
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Source
State of Teams 2024, Atlassian (Teamwork Lab), 2024. Read the original report