In this episode I will give you further details and helpful hints how you can do all the aftermath in running and working with task-forces. You get a lot of details about how to provide meaningful and reliable meeting minutes. I provide you my experiences in doing minutes both, during and after the task-force meetings. Additionally you will also get my minutes template available for free at Google Docs. And last not least I will drop you my ideas about the retrospective you should have for each of your task-forces.


Task-Force – The final

With episode #6 the mini-series about task-forces has started. Episode #8 tackled the launch phase of a task-force. And with episode #12 you got a lot of details about the most essential part of a task-force – the running phase. And now, in this last episode of the series, it’s about all the stuff you need to do after you have run any task-force meeting or the task-force at all.


In the first step of the task-force mini-series you needed to understand the general pros and cons of a task-force, the intention and your own understanding of the why, what and how is essential.


In the second step I have informed you about all the valid key indicators for a successful launch phase. And I have given you the tools to do it.



The main phase of task-force, the essential doing, was covered in the third part. You found a lot of details about running the task-force, calling regular meetings, pushing forward, negotiations and arguments, and you strong commitment with a clear focus on the goals.


This episode now finalizes the series about task-force’ing. The aftermath covers the creation of meeting minutes, support of ongoing work and finally touch-down the task-force.


Essential Answers Provided In This Episode For:

Why are meeting minutes that essential for your task-force work?
What are essential contents for regular meeting minutes?
How can you effectively handle action items?
When is it more helpful to bow yourself out of the ongoing discussion?
Why should you do a retrospective of your task-force?
What does Yokoten mean? And why should you follow it?
How you gather your personal feedback after the task-force?
And much much more

Selected Links and Resources From This Episode

My Meeting Minutes Template (Google Docs share)
Lean Thinking – Yokoten
Continuous Improvement – Yokoten

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