Turning People into Teams

Plan the Kickoff with Your Team

A project kickoff can often seem like it’s more for those not on the day-to-day team. We suffer through the bad PowerPoint presentations and cold coffee, and our input is usually solicited in the last few hours of the meeting with a halfhearted “Any questions?” What’s the antidote to these one-sided kickoffs? Invite your team to help create the kickoff they want.

Organizations use kickoff meetings to accomplish different goals. No matter the aim, every team should be given the opportunity to step up and contribute to their project kickoff in a meaningful way. There are many benefits to taking this approach. Your team will be able to:

• Pool all the relevant information and knowledge that they have. There are always ...