🤝 The Great Team Reunion
Welcome to The Great Team Reunion! Let’s reconnect, celebrate our shared wins, and create stronger bonds by reflecting on our agile journey together. Ready to strengthen our team spirit and collaboration? Let’s get started!
Template Columns
🎉 Heartfelt Highlights
Share the moments and actions from our sprint that made you feel proud to be part of the team.
Base column: Liked📚 Shared Wisdom
Reflect on new lessons or insights we’ve gained together throughout the sprint.
Base column: Learned🤔 Connection Gaps
Discuss areas where we felt less connected or lacked collaboration as a team.
Base column: Lacked💡 Unity Wishes
Express hopes and ideas for building even stronger teamwork in future sprints.
Base column: Longed ForAbout this template
The Great Team Reunion retrospective brings your team together to celebrate achievements, reflect on shared learnings, address collaboration gaps, and envision stronger teamwork for the future.
When to use this template
Use this retrospective when your team needs to recharge its connections, celebrate recent wins, or after periods of stress or transition to rekindle collaboration.
How to facilitate
Kick off by setting a positive, open tone and sharing the purpose of reconnecting as a team
Invite everyone to contribute their Heartfelt Highlights, focusing on proud moments and shared successes from the sprint
Ask teammates to add to Shared Wisdom, capturing key learnings and insights discovered together
Move to Connection Gaps, encouraging honest reflection on where collaboration or connection felt strained
Gather Unity Wishes, where each member shares ideas or hopes for improving teamwork going forward
Group similar ideas in each column and initiate a group discussion, focusing especially on improving future connection and collaboration
Agree on one or two actionable team-level “unity” experiments or initiatives to strengthen bonds in upcoming sprints
Wrap up by celebrating the team’s strengths and expressing gratitude for openness and participation
Pro Tips
Begin with a fun icebreaker question to set a relaxed, inclusive tone
If the team feels hesitant, prompt with your own highlight or lesson learned to get things moving
Use breakout rooms for smaller group discussions, especially for Connection Gaps and Unity Wishes
Summarize shared themes visually so everyone sees the team's collective strengths and areas of focus
Revisit previous Unity Wishes in the next reunion to show progress and commitment to improvement
FAQ
What if the team is reluctant to discuss connection gaps?
Set the expectation that all feedback is valued and frame gaps as shared opportunities for growth. Modeling vulnerable sharing as a facilitator can break the ice.
How do we ensure the Unity Wishes lead to real change?
Collaboratively select one or two wishes to focus on and assign clear owners. Check in on progress at the start of your next retrospective.
Is this format too long for a busy team?
You can streamline by time-boxing each column or pre-sharing the template so teammates can prepare contributions in advance.
What if new or remote teammates feel left out during highlights?
Actively invite contributions from everyone and encourage shout-outs. Consider pairing people up to share moments together if comfort is low.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
4 columns
- Base Format
Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed For
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