🧗♂️📉 Cliffhanger Tariffs
Gear up for an adventurous climb, navigating tariffs and cliffhanging moments of our project journey. Reflect on what helped us ascend, where we stumbled, and how we can strengthen our route ahead. Let's ensure our next climb is even smoother!
Template Columns
🏔️ Peaks of Success
Celebrate the high points that pushed us closer to our goals.
Base column: What Went Well🌪️ Slippery Slopes
Analyze the challenges and obstacles that caused us to lose stability.
Base column: What Went Wrong🧗♂️ Better Grip Needed
Identify areas where we need more support or smarter strategies to climb higher.
Base column: What We Want to ImproveAbout this template
The 'Cliffhanger Tariffs' retrospective template helps teams reflect on their project experiences by focusing on successes, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
When to use this template
This template is ideal for teams that have recently completed a milestone or encountered significant challenges and wish to derive actionable insights.
How to facilitate
Set the context and theme, explaining the 'Cliffhanger Tariffs' analogy.
Invite team members to add their notes to the 'Peaks of Success' column, celebrating accomplishments.
Discuss the insights collaboratively, highlighting key areas to continue excelling.
Proceed to the 'Slippery Slopes' column, identifying challenges and obstacles faced.
Facilitate a discussion to extract lessons from these challenges and share experiences.
Move to the 'Better Grip Needed' column, brainstorming improvements and strategies to address the identified slopes.
Collaborate on defining actionable steps to implement these improvements.
Conclude the session by summarizing the discussion, revisiting highlights, and affirming the team's commitment to the action plan.
Pro Tips
Emphasize the adventure theme to make the session engaging and visually stimulating.
Encourage openness and vulnerability to foster valuable conversations.
Allocate extra time to discuss sensitive slopes or underlying obstacles.
Use anonymous inputs to ensure honest feedback.
Create a follow-up for the action steps to maintain accountability.
FAQ
How to handle sensitive topics in the 'Slippery Slopes' column?
Encourage a judgment-free environment. Use phrases like 'we faced' instead of 'they caused' to make discussions team-focused.
What if the team struggles to brainstorm improvements?
Guide with prompts like 'What resources could have helped?' or 'What did we learn from others' successes?'
How do I keep the discussion within the timeframe?
Divide the time carefully among columns and gently redirect focus if discussions drift.
At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
What Went Well, What Went Wrong, What We Want to Improve
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Use this template to run your next retrospective