Module 3 Overview & Assignment
The Start-Up Workshop is over. Now, the real work begins. Your mission during these four weeks is to move the team from planning to a relentless weekly rhythm.
Podcast
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The Big Picture
With the 100-day clock ticking, maintaining momentum is crucial. Teams often face early hurdles such as fragmented data, systemic barriers, and the temptation to drift back into “business as usual.” This phase is all about establishing a disciplined weekly routine, finding evidence-based ways to track progress, and keeping the team laser-focused on their SMURF goal. As a coach, you will shift from directing to guiding, helping the team build their own accountability and leveraging their Challenge Strategist when they get stuck.
Your Roadmap
Week 2: The First Team Meeting
The “honeymoon phase” ends here. This week is about setting the standard for accountability.
Facilitator Move: Ensuring every Team member reports on what they did, not just what they thought about.
GBVF Context: Making sure the inter-departmental links (e.g., Police to Social Work) are actually communicating.
Week 3: Sorting out Data Issues
In GBVF work, data is often fragmented or delayed. This week, you help the Team stop waiting for “perfect” reports.
Facilitator Move: Helping the Team create “proxy indicators” or manual tracking systems that they own and control.
Week 4: Briefing the Challenge Strategist
You are the bridge between the frontline Team and the senior leaders (Sponsors).
Facilitator Move: Clearly articulating the “Systemic Barriers”—the rules or policies that the Team cannot change on their own—so the Strategist can intervene.
Week 5: Keeping the Team Focused
By Day 30, teams often start chasing “side projects.”
Facilitator Move: Using the 100-Day Plan as a filter. If an action doesn’t move the needle on the SMURF Goal, it gets parked.
Your Action Checklist
To stay on schedule, please ensure the following steps are completed by the end of this module:
Establishing Discipline: Facilitate the first “real-world” team meeting and ensure the management rhythm is respected.
Evidence-Based Action: Move the Team past the “we don’t have data” excuse to find creative ways to track progress.
Connecting Upward: Brief the Challenge Strategist to ensure the team’s early hurdles are being cleared at a leadership level.
Combating Drift: Ensure the Team isn’t getting distracted by “busy work” and is staying laser-focused on the SMURF Goal.
What's Next?
The Facilitator’s Mantra for this Phase: “Don’t do the work for them; make the work visible so they can do it.
After Week 5 come back to the page to complete your module assignment – have a peak at the questions now…
