Catégorie
2. Team
Sous-catégorie
2.1. Recruting & Management
Stade
Seed
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What is at stake?
How to implement regular monitoring of teams' engagement, satisfaction, and performance?
Why is it important?
The Seed stage is the moment when a significant part of the company's culture crystallizes for the coming years. By giving everyone the opportunity to express themselves regularly, the startup creates a "feedback loop" for its teams, thus promoting continuous improvement of its processes and motivating its employees. This, in turn, allows the startup to grow on solid foundations.
3 actions to implement right now
1️⃣ Establish regular contact with a manager (e.g., at the end of a remote workday to stay in touch)
- For example, set up a "weekly meeting" with a regular schedule, prepare an agenda using a predefined template, set clear objectives, encourage dialogue, take notes, and plan concrete actions.
- See the comprehensive article from the scale-up Payfit in the resources mentioned below to learn more about the proper way to prepare and conduct weekly meetings in a startup.
2️⃣ Create opportunities for transparent and honest written feedback
- For instance, use a Notion board for suggested improvements, similar to user feedbacks, for which here's a template:
- This type of organization is very practical as it allows for a board synchronized among all team members, and it enables working directly on each card to prioritize and plan the implementation of the collected feedback.
3️⃣ Create a culture of continuous feedback
- Cultivating a culture of continuous feedback from the Seed stage is undoubtedly the most powerful way to promote open communication and foster a sense of belonging and cohesion as the initial team grows.
- For this, it is crucial to highlight the importance of feedback from the very first interactions with each new member, emphasizing it as a means of learning, improvement, and growth both at the individual and collective levels.
📚 For further reading
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📖 "Management: How to prepare the weekly meeting with your collaborator?" (Payfit, 2021)
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