Workshops
Team charter
Agree your team principles, behaviours and values so that you understand what to expect from each other.
Advice on team charters
Why have a team charter workshop
Your team charter helps your team to understand and agree on:
- principles you will have for working as a team
- behaviours you expect from one another
- values that your team believes in
Talking through this with your team helps to:
- create an open feedback culture where people feel safe
- understand what people need to work well
- get along as a team
- create a positive space to produce your work
Who is involved
All members of the team and key stakeholders including anyone in the office or working remotely at home.
When to do a team charter workshop
- When a new team comes together
- When someone new on your team joins
- When you need to review it, for example every 3 months
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How to do a team charter workshop
All of the steps and activities for creating a team charter are in this Miro board. This is so that your team can work together remotely in a shared visual space.
The Miro board includes:
- Tips for using Miro
- How to duplicate the template and create your own board
- Facilitator guide
- Goals for the session
- Creating a safe environment
- Activity 1: Team check in
- Activity 2: Agreeing team principles
- Activity 3: Agreeing team behaviours
- Activity 4: Agreeing team values
- Activity 5: Creating team charter
- Next steps
To decide what to work on next go to ways of working workshops.