Start with setting a positive outlook for the meeting
Roundtable opening to share 1-3 most important tasks per team member (MITs) – if the team is big 8+ then make it 1 MIT per person
Team celebrations – open for everyone to share what they want to celebrate or share appreciations for each other. Builds a strong camaraderie and overall team support.
Dive into key updates & actions:
KPI & key metric reviews (customer feedback; NPS sales etc).
What is coming up in the Department or Organization – updates from the team lead/manager
Issues to discuss
Updates from the team committees (if you have team members in charge of initiatives ie. team socials, office admin, cross functional work etc)
Useful resources for the team
Recap of the meeting
Protips:
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Team ice-breakers: to build trust and connection use Two Wins & One Wish. A great debrief question I like to ask in the end is “What are some themes that showed up in the things that people wished for?
Discover sameness – Engaging in this simple activity allows participants to foster stronger connections and build relationships based on shared interests and commonalities. Split people in groups and ask to identify 10 commonalities. Encourage them to earn extra points by discovering the most unique, weird, and unusual things they have in common with others in their group.
