Steering committee
Once a month: progress, decisions to take, risks and next steps.
Check-in: ProgressDecisions to takeRisksNext steps
OKR review
Once a month, go over your objectives: where each key result stands, what threatens them and the decisions needed to stay on course.
- Every month, 60 min
- 4 min to speak, each
Free. Your first meeting starts from this template, and everything stays editable.
Who it’s for
Leadership teams, product and growth teams, and any organisation that sets objectives and key results each quarter.
Why this format
- Numbers, not impressionsEach owner writes where their key results stand before the meeting: the discussion starts from facts.
- Course corrections in timeA monthly look catches the objectives drifting off course while there is still a quarter left to act.
- Decisions get asked forA section for decisions needed puts the trade-offs on the table instead of leaving them in the corridor.
What everyone prepares
Before the meeting, each person fills in their check-in in a few minutes, from a computer or a phone. Here is one, as it looks in Ronde.
Progress on objectives
- Objective 1, activation: 70% of the way
- Objective 2, churn: behind plan
Key results
- Trial-to-paid: 18% (target 22%)
- Monthly churn: 2.4% (target 1.5%)
Risks
- The onboarding redesign slips to next quarter
Decisions needed
- Move two people from growth to retention until December?
How a session runs
- IntroEveryone joins, in the room or on the call: the screen shows who is here and what is on the agenda.
- Round table4 min eachEach person in turn shares their check-in, with a timer; the others raise a hand, react or say thanks.
- Open topicsThe subjects raised along the way, with the decisions taken and the follow-up actions.
- Wrap-upThe minutes are ready: decisions, actions and their owners, everyone’s check-in.
Ready with this template
Each meeting turns modules on or off as it likes; these come switched on.
- Meeting usefulnessAt the wrap-up, everyone rates how useful the meeting was, from 1 to 5, anonymously; the average is tracked in the stats.
- Reactions and signalsEmoji reactions and signals (too long, louder…) flying across every screen.
- Raised hands and questionsRaise a hand or ask a question during a turn: a questions step follows that turn.
- KudosThank a teammate during the meeting; kudos show on every screen and in the minutes.
- TimeboxA topic of its own on the agenda, with its own duration and its notes in the minutes.
- Decision logEvery “Decision:” line of the notes, from every session, in one searchable list open to the whole team.
Tips to run it well
- Score each key result the same way every month, from 0 to 1 or in percent: trends become easy to read.
- Keep the last month of the quarter for deciding what carries over and what stops.
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