“There are no shortcuts in building a team for a given season. The foundation is built brick by brick”. Once you have built at least part of the foundation, it is worth knowing how your team is doing in building their own competencies, working on the project, and tasks. Tools for monitoring progress will be useful for this. Do you know what stage you are at?
This is an easy-to-conduct tool that can be used when conducting meetings such as: retrospective, 1:1, periodic review, or business analysis. It does not require much preparation and opens up discussion. What would you like to start happening in your work as a leader?
A simple tool stimulating reflection on a completed task, project, when assessing progress, or a feedback conversation. Many applications, all related to development. Is there anything you can improve in your team’s work?
A simple tool to use with your team when discussing a completed project, sprint, task, or goal. It’s also useful for everyday team discussions about collaboration. Do you know what your team perceives as risk?
A skill matrix is a graphical representation of the skills relevant to a given individual’s job and the entire team. The tool can be simple or highly complex. Do you have matrices available for your colleagues’ positions in your organization?
This section of the Toolbox shows an example of a creative approach to the retrospective through a playful metaphor of a boat or sailboat. This approach uses the metaphor of a voyage to help the team see what drives their progress and what hinders it.