Momentum Check

Build your plan into a sustained three-month sprint.

The momentum check will help you build your actions into a 3 month sprint, ensuring you have milestones, know how you’ll hold each other to account and have regular check ins built in to make it happen.

Type
Exercise
Time
30 minutes
Group size
4-12 people
Best as
Planning exercise
In depth

A little more detail.

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It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of the day and then forget the plans once you get back to the day job. Building momentum into your plan is key to making it happen.

Outcomes

What you'll leave with.

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BRIEF Facilitation notes

How to run it.

When to use it

Use Momentum Check to stop good plans fading once people return to the day job. Building actions into a three-month sprint, with milestones, check-ins and mutual accountability, keeps momentum alive after the session.

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Use it when

  • A session has produced plans that now need to survive daily pressures.
  • The team needs milestones and regular check-ins to stay on track.
  • Accountability for follow-through has been missing before.

Not the right tool when

  • You need light personal actions to close a session. Use Making It Happen.
  • The strategy itself is not yet decided. Use Playing to Win.
Used in

Workshops that feature this tool.

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Use it with your team

This tool works best in a well-facilitated room.

Using this tool with a skilled facilitator means that discussions are focused, time is used efficiently, and the group moves toward consensus, making the session productive and impactful.