Free Diagnostic
Catch the OKRs That Fall Flat Between Planning and End of Quarter
The OKR Alignment Audit is a self-administered diagnostic for your team’s current OKRs. Score each one on two independent axes, walk the 5-step decision flow, and land each OKR in one of 8 categories – so you know which ones are Solid, which are At Risk, which are Orphans, and what to do about each.
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Team OKRs Often Break Down Between Planning and End of Quarter
You set the OKRs at planning. You put them in a doc. The cycle started fine. Then Q1 rolled into Q2 and nobody can tell you which ones actually moved anything.
Most teams OKRs without a clear answer to two questions:
- What is this OKR actually aligned to?
- Is this OKR set up to ship, or set up to look good in a deck?
The audit answers both. For every OKR your team is running. You walk away with a category per OKR (Solid, At Risk, Orphan, or one of four play types), specific sub-criteria that passed or failed, and a concrete read on what to fix this week.
What's in the Audit
- A 5-section intake worksheet, your team’s strategy, SWOT, and up to 3 current OKRs captured in one place
- A two-part scoring rubric, Alignment Count and Execution Readiness, with each calculation walked through step-by-step
- A 5-step decision flow, one quick pass per OKR lands each in one of 8 named categories
- A score sheet + guidance block, every OKR’s verdict turned into the specific next move that follows
What You'll Walk Away With
- A category per OKR – clear language for what each one actually is, beyond “green/yellow/red.”
- Two scores per OKR – so you can see whether the problem is alignment, execution, or both.
- A specific list of what failed at the sub-criterion level – the things to fix are named, not implied.
- A “what to do next” page that turns the verdicts into the three actions worth taking this week.
- A baseline you can re-take at the start of every cycle to watch how it trends.
Who the Alignment Audit Is For
It’s built for whoever owns whether a team’s OKRs ship.
- Founders and CEOs running their first or second cycle who want a real read on whether the OKRs are working.
- Department heads and VPs of Strategy or Operations running OKRs across a team or function.
- OKR coaches and consultants running discovery with a new client, or auditing a stalled program.
It’s especially useful if:
- You’re on your second or third OKR cycle and the same alignment issues keep resurfacing.
- You’re about to start a new cycle and want a clear read on what to keep and what to drop.
- You inherited a set of OKRs and you’re not sure which ones still matter.
- You’re restarting OKRs after a rollout that didn’t stick.
Get the OKR Alignment Audit
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Questions People Ask First
How long does the audit take?
About 30 to 45 minutes for the intake plus scoring. Most people split it across two sittings: intake first (pull your current OKRs together), scoring later. The PDF is built to use, not to file – print it or fill it in digitally.
Do I need OKR Leader software to use it?
No. The audit works for any team running OKRs, wherever you track them – spreadsheet, Notion, Asana, OKR Leader, or back-of-napkin. The audit scores the OKRs themselves, not the tool.
What if my team's OKRs aren't fully written down?
Rough drafts are fine. Submit what’s actually on the board today, even if it’s incomplete. The audit is designed to surface “this isn’t really an OKR” as a finding, not to fail when the inputs are messy.
What if we have more than 3 OKRs?
Audit the 3 most important. The audit also flags “focus risk” if you’ve got more than 3 – that’s intentional. Most teams run too many, and focus discipline is one of the sub-criteria that drives the Execution Readiness score.
What if I disagree with the category an OKR ends up in?
Good. The category is diagnostic, not a verdict. Disagreement is useful – sometimes it surfaces that the intake didn’t capture the full picture; sometimes it surfaces that the OKR needs rethinking. Either way, the audit did its job by surfacing the question.
Is a guided version with a coach available?
Coming soon. A guided OKR Alignment Audit with a 45-60 minute working call with Alison and an Alison-authored final report is in build. This self-serve PDF is the same diagnostic framework – you just run it yourself instead of with a coach in the room.
Cross-link callout (highlighted block): If your team has never run OKRs before, this isn’t the right starting point. Start with the OKR Rollout Guide first, then come back when you have a cycle or two under your belt.
See How Your Team's OKRs Actually Score
Two scores per OKR. Eight possible categories. One PDF that turns the abstract “are our OKRs working?” question into a specific, actionable read.
Good intentions don’t scale. Execution does.
