Howdy! Welcome to Know Your Team β a simple software tool that will help you as a manager get to know your team better.
To get started, below are some recommendations for a path to take...
π Get yourself acquainted. You'll want to watch our onboarding video here below.
βοΈ Use Slack? Then You'll want to be sure to turn on our Slack integration here, if you and your team use Slack. (Here's more about how our Slack integration works.)
π₯³ Announce KYT with a personal touch. You'll want to announce and/or talk-up Know Your Team in-person or over video. I highly recommend customizing the welcome message, as well. (Some ideas for doing this are here.)
π³ Add your team members + kick things off with an Icebreaker. Add your team members to your Team here and send them an Icebreaker. Here's a walkthrough of our Icebreaker.
π Build trust with our Social Questions. I'd then recommend trying our Social Questions, which help team members discover unlikely connections about each other. You'll find that the 300+ questions we offer are non-cheesy, engaging, and encourage quite a bit of dialogue. Here's a walkthrough of our Social Questions.
π― Invest in your 1:1 Meetings. I might suggest is using our One-on-Ones Tool for your next 1:1 meeting, so you can take advantage of our agenda templates + 100+ suggested questions. Here's a walkthrough of our One-on-Ones Tool.
β€οΈ Align your team with our Heartbeat Check-in. If you're looking to get your team all on the same page, you'll want to turn on the Heartbeat Check-in. It'll ask via Slack or email "What's your #1 focus?" every week (or ask "What did you work on yesterday + what will you work on today?" every day to your team). Here's a walkthrough of our Heartbeat Check-in.
Last thing: πͺ Support your other managers with KYT. If you have other managers in your organization who are keen to have a framework for running 1:1 meetings, building trust, and more β KYT is for them too :-) You'll want to use our "Teams" feature for this. You can create a new team here and add the other managers as a "Manager" of that team, so they can use the Icebreaker, Social Questions, and One-on-Ones Tool with their own direct reports. Now, your managers in your entire organization can benefit from a learning path + leadership tools that are consistent.