🦁👑 Lion King Pride Review
Step into the Pride Lands and reflect on our journey! Like Simba, let’s learn from the past, embrace the present, and shape a roaring future as a team.
Template Columns
🌅 New Dawns (Start)
Propose new habits or actions that will help our pride thrive, just like the sunrise on Pride Rock.
Base column: Start🐘 Shadowy Places (Stop)
Identify what should be left behind to avoid the dark parts of the Pride Lands and keep our path clear.
Base column: Stop🦓 Circle of Success (Continue)
Celebrate what’s going strong in our circle, and ensure these strengths live on in our team’s journey.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The Lion King Pride Review retrospective uses powerful symbolism to help teams reflect on past actions, celebrate current strengths, and set intentions for a successful future together.
When to use this template
This format is ideal when your team wants to highlight lessons from the past, strengthen team culture, or refresh habits at the start or end of a project or after major milestones.
How to facilitate
Set the scene by welcoming the team to the Pride Lands and briefly explaining the three themed columns to encourage creativity and honest reflection.
Invite all members to add reflections to each column, focusing on new habits to adopt, practices to stop, and successes to continue.
Give the team time to read through each other's entries, then facilitate a group discussion around the most impactful notes in each column, encouraging story sharing and connections.
As a group, prioritize a few concrete actions for each column: what to adopt, abandon, and reinforce as a team going forward.
Wrap up by summarizing key agreements and next steps, emphasizing the ongoing team journey and celebrating collective progress.
Pro Tips
Encourage storytelling for each column to deepen team connection and engagement.
Bring the Lion King theme to life with related virtual backgrounds or music to set a playful, creative tone.
Use anonymous contributions if your team needs extra psychological safety to share candidly.
Rotate facilitation so different team members can lead and explore the template from fresh perspectives.
FAQ
How can we ensure everyone participates in themed retros?
Prompt each team member to contribute at least one idea per column and invite quieter voices explicitly during the discussion phase.
What if the Lion King theme feels too playful for our team?
Focus on the metaphorical meaning behind each column and adapt the language if needed while still benefiting from the structured reflection.
How do we keep the action items from being forgotten after the retro?
Document concrete commitments and review them in future stand-ups or retrospectives to track progress and maintain accountability.
At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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Use this template to run your next retrospective