Convert the day into owned, specific commitments.
The closing exercise of the Teamwork workshop. The team converts insights from the Team Health Canvas and commitments from Super You into a small number of specific, owned actions with agreed timelines and a date to review progress.
A shared action plan with 3 to 5 specific team commitments, each owned by a named person, alongside individual pledges confirmed and visible to the whole group. The team leaves knowing exactly what will happen next and when they will check in on progress.
Keep the team canvas visible with priority dimensions marked and the individual commitment sticky notes in place, and have a flip chart ready with columns for the action, the owner, the date, and how you will know it has worked. This is where the day's honesty turns into three to five clear commitments, owned by real people, with real dates.
Frame the session clearly: we have spent the day being honest about where things are, and this is where we decide what to do about it. Set the expectation of three to five clear commitments, owned by real people, with real dates. If you try to capture every insight from the day, none of it will happen.
Return to the two or three priority dimensions. For each one, ask what is the one most important thing we could do as a team to improve this, who is going to own it, what done looks like, and when it will happen by. Be firm about specificity. We will communicate better is not an action. We will send a weekly update every Friday morning covering priorities and blockers, owned by a named person, starting next Friday, is an action.
Return to the individual commitment sticky notes on the canvas. Ask each person to read their commitment aloud, and ask the group to acknowledge each one briefly. Individual and team commitments should sit on the same document.
Close by agreeing a specific review date, four to six weeks out, and ask the team leader to confirm they will put it in the diary before the end of the week. An action owned by everyone is owned by no one, so push for a named individual on every action, and edit the list ruthlessly if it grows too long or too vague. Close simply: you have spent a day being honest, doing real work, and making real commitments to each other, and what happens next is what will determine whether this was a good day or a great one.
Use Team Action Plan when a team day has surfaced priorities and you need to convert them into action before people leave. The team agrees three to five specific commitments, each with a named owner and a date, and sets a time to review progress.
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.
