OKR Confidence and Goal Clarity Pulse Survey

Thanks for taking a few minutes on this OKR check-in! We want an honest read on how clear, believable, and achievable your team's current goals feel — not just a status update. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymized. About 8 minutes.

How clearly do you understand your team's current OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) for this cycle?

How much do you personally believe these are the right goals for your team to be focused on right now?

How confident are you that your team will achieve its key results by the end of this cycle?

Rate how much you agree with each statement about your team's OKRs this cycle.

For each key result below, how confident are you that it will be achieved this cycle? (Template note: replace the placeholder key results with your team's actual KRs before launching.)

What's the single biggest obstacle to hitting your OKRs this cycle?

• Unclear or conflicting priorities
• Not enough time or headcount
• Waiting on another team or dependency
• Goals were unrealistic from the start
• Shifting priorities mid-cycle
• Lack of resources, budget, or tools

How clearly defined are the dependencies between your team and other teams needed to hit these OKRs?

• Very unclear — we don't know what we need from others
• Somewhat unclear
• Somewhat clear
• Very clear — dependencies and owners are explicit

Which teams or functions does your team depend on most to achieve its OKRs this cycle? Select all that apply. (Template note: replace the placeholder team names with your actual org's function list.)

• (Replace with Team/Function A)
• (Replace with Team/Function B)
• (Replace with Team/Function C)
• (Replace with Team/Function D)

Probe the respondent's confidence score for achieving their OKRs: have them walk through the specific key result they're least confident about, what's driving that doubt, and whether the risk is within their team's control or blocked by another team. If they flagged an unclear or missing cross-team dependency, get specific about which team, what exactly they need from them, and by when. If confidence is high, check whether that's grounded in real progress or just optimism.

What's the one thing that would most increase your confidence in hitting your OKRs this cycle?

Which best describes your role on this team?

• Individual contributor
• People manager or team lead
• Director or above
• Prefer not to say

How long have you been on this team?

• Less than 3 months
• 3–12 months
• 1–2 years
• More than 2 years
• Prefer not to say

That's everything — thank you! Your responses feed directly into the team's OKR retro so leaders can fix unclear goals and unblock dependencies before the cycle ends.