🌸💖 Mother's Day Gratitude
Celebrate the nurturing spirit that helps teams grow and flourish. Reflect on where we can sow new seeds (start), pull out the weeds (stop), and nurture our blooming efforts (continue).
Template Columns
🌱 Plant New Seeds
Explore fresh ideas and initiatives we can bring to life.
Base column: Start🌧️ Stop the Drizzle
Identify the challenges and habits that don’t foster growth.
Base column: Stop🌼 Nurture the Blossoms
Highlight what’s thriving and should continue to be supported.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The Mother's Day Gratitude retrospective focuses on reflecting on team growth and identifying areas to start, stop, and continue advancing collective success.
When to use this template
Use this template when your team wants to celebrate nurturing behaviors and delve into improving practices for sustainable growth.
How to facilitate
Introduce the retrospective with a brief explanation of the theme and how it relates to team growth.
Start with the 🌱 Plant New Seeds column to brainstorm fresh ideas or practices the team can adopt to improve.
Move to 🌧️ Stop the Drizzle, encouraging the team to share things that aren't contributing positively or may obstruct progress.
Proceed to 🌼 Nurture the Blossoms to acknowledge and discuss flourishing practices that should be preserved and strengthened.
Facilitate a discussion to identify the key takeaways and convert these into actionable steps.
Conclude with a final reflection, thanking the team for their engagement and highlighting their contributions to creating a nurturing team environment.
Pro Tips
Set a warm, facilitative tone to encourage openness; this theme thrives in environments of mutual respect.
Use prompts related to growth and care to guide team members' thoughts and contributions.
Encourage specificity in each column to ensure actionable insights are generated.
Allow time for discussing the positives to build morale alongside identifying improvements.
Use the seasonal or celebratory aspect to add an engaging, lighthearted touch to the retrospective.
FAQ
What if the team struggles to use the metaphors effectively?
Explain each column with examples that tie the metaphor to practical insights, helping participants connect more easily.
Can this template be used outside of Mother's Day?
Absolutely! Although themed for Mother's Day, the concepts of growth and nurturing efforts resonate universally.
How do we handle an imbalance in column participation?
Adapt the facilitation by redirecting focus or providing additional prompts to balance contributions across columns.
At a glance
- Duration
45-60 min
- Team Size
3-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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Use this template to run your next retrospective