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Outgrew spreadsheets

Roll up department objectives into company goals — <strong>without the spreadsheet maze</strong>

You've got 8 department heads updating separate tabs, and nobody can see how their work connects to company priorities. <strong>Alignment shouldn't require a pivot table.</strong>

For: VPs & Heads of Department Company size: 51–200 Time to ship: One afternoon Reading time: 8 min
TL;DR

When you hit 60+ people, spreadsheet OKRs break because there's no native hierarchy. You need a tool where department objectives visually nest under company goals, progress rolls up automatically, and every key result has <strong>one clear owner</strong>. OKRs Tool does this out of the box — no IT, no consultants, no pivot tables.

The situation

<p>The spreadsheet worked when you had 3 departments and 20 people. Everyone could see the whole picture. But now you've got Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Ops — each with their own tab, their own formatting, their own update cadence.</p><p>Rolling up progress to leadership means someone spends Friday afternoon copying numbers into a summary sheet. And when the CEO asks "how are we tracking against the revenue goal?" — you're cross-referencing 4 tabs and hoping nobody fat-fingered a formula.</p><p>The problem isn't discipline. It's that spreadsheets don't have hierarchy. Department objectives can't natively connect to company goals. You're duct-taping a structure that doesn't exist.</p>

Your four <strong>options</strong>

The <strong>playbook</strong>

    Real example · Trillium
    We imported 200+ OKRs on day one. The hierarchy just clicked — every department could see how their work rolled up to company goals without me explaining it.
    M
    Mahir
    Founder, Trillium · 150 people, cybersecurity
    What this looks like in OKRs Tool

    Department objectives that <strong>actually connect</strong>

      60% adoption in 30 days — or your money back

      Connect your departments this afternoon

      Import your spreadsheet OKRs, set up hierarchy, and see rollups before end of day.

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