The Global State of Strategy Execution Report 2025

By OKR Mentors and WorkBoard

The Global State of Strategy Execution Report 2025

Discover how 200+ organizations across 30 countries approach strategic planning and strategy execution. Apply their lessons to transform your own business processes to align, execute, scale, and empower with greater impact.

“Strategy execution is no longer a ‘nice to have’; it’s a survival skill.”

— Elie Casamitjana, CEO & Founder of OKR Mentors

Successful strategy execution results by

Industries

You’ll learn how companies from finance, IT and software, telecom, pharmaceuticals, automotive, retail and FMCG, energy, and manufacturing.

Job functions

See how senior leaders — from managers and directors to VPs and executives — effectively manage strategic planning and execution excellence.

Company sizes

Get insights from organizations of all sizes, SMB to global enterprises with more than 25,000 employees and numerous divisions.

Regions

See how organizations across North America and Europe approach strategy execution — and compare their practices to your own.

“High-performing leaders are 2.9x more likely to use dedicated tools like WorkBoard to give teams visibility and autonomy (13% vs 5%).”

What you’ll learn from this report?

  1. How your organization compares to 200+ global peers, evaluating strategy performance across the globe
  2. What the top 11% of Strategy Execution Leaders do to consistently outperform
  3. Where most companies struggle — and the biggest gaps to close
  4. How to use a proven maturity model to evaluate your own strategy management
  5. How and why OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) multiply strategy execution effectiveness
  6. Real-world good strategy examples of how leading companies turn strategy into measurable results
  7. Identify your Strategy Execution Persona and get actionable insights on the weekly rhythms and retrospectives that set top leaders apart.

Visibility on progress

Strategy execution high performers use project management or strategic planning software more frequently than peers (1.4× more likely, 65% vs 47%) to maintain shared visibility.

Strategy execution success

Only 11% of organizations consistently exceed their financial goals and report strong growth.

Operational rhythm

High-performing companies have a regular quarterly cadence for goal setting, being 1.65x more likely to review and reset objectives (91% vs 55%).

Get early access to the Benchmarking in Business Strategy report — before your competitors do.

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