TEMPLATES

FOR BUILDING
GREAT
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 1 Team Canvas

A great starting point for new teams.

Creating a Team Canvas together provides an initial

focal point. It defines the what, the how, and the why of
the team.
Every great team has one of these!
2 Delegation Poker

Delegation Poker clarifies who’s responsible for what

and to what level

It encourages engagement through controlled self-

organization, clarified value and decision-making.

Think RACI, but more fun ;)

 The Resilient
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Product Roadmap

An end-to-end workshop template.

It uses product theory to help you craft your

vision, empathy mapping, metrics for success
and roadmap creation.

Most teams don’t have a GREAT vision!

 4 Experiment Canvas

Experimentation is one of the keys to continuous

improvement.

Use this template to co-create new experiments with

your teams

Invite change, don’t inflict it

 5 Moving Motivators

Find out what really motivates yourself & your team.

One of the easiest and most fun ways to delve into

both your intrinsic motivations is to play Moving
Motivators!

What motivates others may surprise you!

6 Organising your backlog

8 Visual ways to represent your backlog.

This great template includes several different

ways to organise & prioritise a backlog

No more need for just lists!

Everything can’t be a priority

 7 5 Dysfunctions retro

One of my top retros!

Great for:

- Kicking off new teams & aligning on how they can avoid
dysfunction.
- Solving dysfunctional behaviour in an existing team.

Navigate those dysfunctions

 Psychological Safety -
8 Coat of Arms

Build the foundations of Psychological Safety right

from the beginning

Help your teams understand the conditions they feel

safe under and create an aligned understanding as to
what safety means for them.

Safety differs between teams

 9 Spotify Team Health

Measure team health, not velocity

A great alternative to the usual metrics.

Help teams identify where they need to improve based

on their perspective, not an external maturity model.

You can scale this to teams of teams too!

10 Emotions Wheel Icebreaker

Enhance emotional vocabulary

This has a wealth of use cases. From retros, to town

halls, or as a quick 'check in' for a meeting.

Learn the mood of the audience & adjust how you

facilitate the session accordingly.

Great facilitators understand the

current mood
11 The Way We Work

A workshop that will have you systemically co-

creating your teams ideal ways of working.
Leverage divergence & convergence to balance
the needs of individuals and teams.

Co-create how you work.

12 Lego Retrospective

A Lego Serious Play inspired template to

playfully visualise an iteration using virtual lego
blocks.

Engage different parts of the brain and build the

path forwards with your teams, defining your
ideal next iteration.
This one always brings laughter
13 OKR Canvas

A canvas to help teams to create effective OKRs,

providing a structure to focus their thinking.

Ideal for teams expected to create OKRs quarterly.

People should have a say in these
14 Definition of Done

Create a shared understanding of what it means

to be 'Done'. This narrows focus, minimising re-
work and protecting quality.

Don’t forget to re-visit this and ensure

it remains relevant!
15 Kudos Wall

Great teams take time to recognise and celebrate

each others work. This builds a collaborative &
supportive culture.

This template comes pre-loaded with a range of

prompts to help you celebrate your colleagues.

Try a weekly Fri-Yay to recognise your

peers!
16 Manual of Me

A 'manual of me' is a user guide to you.

Creating these as part of a workshop can
build empathy, relationships and shared
working preferences.

I show mine on stage at conferences ;)

17 Effective Meetings

Meetings are a huge overhead. We should

continuously ensure they are adding value.

IDOARRT is a simple tool to support you to lead

an effective meeting or group process by setting
out clear purpose, structure, and goals at the
very beginning.

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