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General Collaboration Exercise · Closure and Transfer

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.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Follow Through This closure and transfer exercise strengthens Follow Through, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. 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.
  2. A workshop process to help your team stop doing the things they hate by identifying and setting anti-goals.
  3. Objective To remove actions and tasks from your team’s calendar and to-do list.
  4. Process Step 1: List “bad” tasks Brainstorm what you don’t like doing as a team.
  5. 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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Prompts to use +

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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