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Weekly Review

Reflect on your week and plan ahead with structured review rituals

Overview

The Weekly Review is your opportunity to step back, reflect on the past week, and set up the next week for success. This ritual ensures you stay aligned with your goals and maintain momentum.

Key Capabilities

  • Week reflection: Review accomplishments and challenges
  • Team sharing: Share reviews with team members
  • Slack integration: Send summaries to team channels
  • Outcome planning: Set weekly outcomes
  • Progress tracking: Monitor goal advancement

Weekly Review Structure

Review Past Week

Reflect on what happened:

  1. Accomplishments: What did you complete?
  2. Challenges: What obstacles arose?
  3. Learnings: What insights did you gain?
  4. Energy: How did energy levels fluctuate?

Plan Next Week

Set up for success:

  1. Outcomes: Define measurable results for the week
  2. Priorities: Identify most important actions
  3. Projects: Review project progress
  4. Calendar: Check upcoming commitments

Conducting Your Weekly Review

  • When: Friday afternoon or Sunday evening
  • Duration: 30-60 minutes
  • Location: Quiet, distraction-free space
  • Frequency: Every week, same time

Step-by-Step Process

Step 1: Clear Your Inbox

  • Process all inbox items
  • Assign to projects or delete
  • Start fresh for new week

Step 2: Review Past Week

  • Check completed outcomes
  • Review accomplishments
  • Note challenges faced
  • Capture key learnings

Step 3: Review Active Projects

  • Check project status
  • Update progress percentages
  • Identify blocked items
  • Adjust priorities

Step 4: Review Goals

  • Check alignment of current work
  • Update goal progress
  • Identify goals needing attention
  • Celebrate goal achievements

Step 5: Set Weekly Outcomes

  • Define 3-5 key outcomes
  • Make them measurable
  • Link to goals
  • Assign to projects

Step 6: Plan Key Actions

  • Identify critical tasks
  • Set realistic due dates
  • Prioritize appropriately
  • Schedule time blocks

Team Sharing

Share your weekly review with team members for alignment and accountability.

Enable Sharing

  1. Go to Weekly Review settings
  2. Click Sharing Settings
  3. Select teams to share with
  4. Enable sharing

View Team Reviews

When sharing is enabled:

  1. Navigate to Weekly Review
  2. Click Team Reviews
  3. View summaries from team members
  4. Add comments or reactions

Sharing Benefits

  • Visibility: Know what teammates are focused on
  • Alignment: Coordinate on shared goals
  • Accountability: Commitment to stated outcomes
  • Support: Offer help with challenges

Slack Integration

Send your weekly review summary to Slack channels.

Setup

  1. Ensure Slack integration is configured
  2. Go to Weekly Review
  3. Click Send to Slack
  4. Select target channel
  5. Confirm send

Slack Summary Contents

  • Week's accomplishments
  • Key challenges faced
  • Next week's outcomes
  • Help needed (if any)

Channel Selection

Choose from available channels:

  • Project channels
  • Team channels
  • Personal DM to self

Weekly Outcomes

Set measurable outcomes for the week during your review.

Creating Weekly Outcomes

  1. In Weekly Review, go to outcomes section
  2. Click Add Outcome
  3. Write specific, measurable result
  4. Link to supporting goal
  5. Save outcome

Outcome Status Tracking

Track progress throughout the week:

StatusMeaning
Not StartedHaven't begun
In ProgressCurrently working on
CompletedSuccessfully finished
BlockedWaiting on something

Weekly vs Daily Outcomes

  • Weekly: Larger results achievable in a week
  • Daily: Smaller daily focus items

Set weekly outcomes during review, daily outcomes each morning.

Integration with Other Features

Goals & Outcomes

Review goal progress and outcome completion:

  • Check quarterly goal alignment
  • Update monthly outcomes
  • Plan weekly outcomes
  • Connect to daily planning

Projects

Review all active projects:

  • Update status and progress
  • Check upcoming deadlines
  • Identify next actions
  • Coordinate team assignments

Journal

Your week's journal entries inform the review:

  • Review gratitude entries
  • Check energy patterns
  • Note challenge themes
  • Celebrate learnings

Wheel of Life

Periodically during weekly review:

  • Check life balance
  • Identify neglected domains
  • Set balancing outcomes
  • Plan corrective actions

One-on-One Board

For team settings, the Weekly Review includes a One-on-One Board:

Features

  • Active Projects: Team project overview
  • Weekly Outcomes: Shared team outcomes
  • Member Status: Individual progress
  • Discussion Points: Topics for 1:1 meetings

Usage

  • Prepare for 1:1 meetings
  • Track team alignment
  • Identify support needs
  • Celebrate team wins

Best Practices

Consistency

  • Same time each week
  • Complete all sections
  • Don't skip weeks
  • Protect review time

Reflection Quality

  • Be honest about challenges
  • Celebrate all wins (big and small)
  • Look for patterns
  • Note what worked

Planning Realism

  • Don't overcommit
  • Leave buffer time
  • Account for recurring tasks
  • Be conservative on estimates

Goal Alignment

  • Connect weekly outcomes to goals
  • Review goal progress monthly
  • Adjust approach if not progressing
  • Celebrate goal milestones

Team Sharing

  • Share openly and honestly
  • Offer help to teammates
  • Learn from others' approaches
  • Build trust through vulnerability