Run a regular review cadence

Check in weekly and score at cycle-end so the OKRs stay alive instead of forgotten.

Why it works

A goal you never revisit reverts to a wish. A predictable cadence forces repeated contact with the metrics, which surfaces drift early and keeps the Objective in working memory. The recurring review is what converts a one-time goal-setting event into an ongoing feedback loop.

How to do it

1. Hold a short weekly check on whether each Key Result is on track, at risk, or off.
2. Adjust tactics weekly but resist rewriting the goals mid-cycle.
3. Score honestly at the end of the cycle, then write what you learned before setting the next.

Evidence

Frequent progress monitoring is one of the better-supported levers in the goal literature: reviews find that checking progress regularly, and recording it, improves the odds of reaching a goal. (observational)

Cadence helps only if the review changes behavior; a check-in that never triggers a course correction is theatre.

Sources

• Harkin et al. (2016), meta-analysis on progress monitoring and goal attainment, Psychological Bulletin

Common mistake

Setting OKRs at the start of the quarter and not looking at them again until the end, so the cadence — the part that works — never happens.