Anti-Goals Workshop • WorkshopBank
Anti-Goals Workshop • WorkshopBank is a structured group exercise for closure and transfer: it helps participants close the session and carry learning into the next action.
How to run it
- If your team stops doing things they don’t want to happen, it frees up time to focus on what gives the most pleasure and impact.
- A workshop process to help your team stop doing the things they hate by identifying and setting anti-goals.
- Objective To remove actions and tasks from your team’s calendar and to-do list.
- Process Step 1: List “bad” tasks Brainstorm what you don’t like doing as a team.
- Start with the prompt “We don’t like ...” These might be tasks that are annoying, time-consuming, or have little impact on KPIs.
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A workshop process to help your team stop doing the things they hate by identifying and setting anti-goals.
Objective To remove actions and tasks from your team’s calendar and to-do list.
Process Step 1: List “bad” tasks Brainstorm what you don’t like doing as a team.
Start with the prompt “We don’t like ...” These might be tasks that are annoying, time-consuming, or have little impact on KPIs.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Anti-Goals Workshop • WorkshopBank. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: A workshop process to help your team stop doing the things they hate by identifying and setting anti-goals.; Objective To remove actions and tasks from your team’s calendar and to-do list.; Process Step 1: List “bad” tasks Brainstorm what you don’t like doing as a team.; Start with the prompt “We don’t like ...” These might be tasks that are annoying, time-consuming, or have little impact on KPIs.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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