Streamlining 1:1s, retros, and reviews

Since Steady has all of your team's written check-ins combined with activity data from integrations, there's a wealth of knowledge in one place that makes preparing for team-wide retros and individual 1:1s or reviews fast and easy.

1:1s

Echoes makes it easy to have the context you need for an effective 1:1. Simply create an Echo using the "Weekly 1:1 prep" template for each team member that you meet with and set the schedule so you have it delivered the day of your 1:1.

Instead of sifting through numerous check-ins and goal updates, Echoes highlight essential information, such as key progress, blockers, and recent activity. ​

Echoes takes time-consuming, energy-sapping context assembly off of your plate so you can focus on holding an effective 1:1.

User profiles also contain all of the information you need to quickly understand what a person has been focused on lately.

Just click on the person's name in Steady to view their profile. You'll see their recent check-ins and activity, as well as any goal updates. No more digging around through wikis, tickets, and Slack channels to understand the full picture.

To quickly navigate to a profile, press / and enter the person's name to jump directly there.

Retros

In the same way that Echoes automates 1:1 prep, it can be used to analyze progress, blockers, and challenges, giving you and your team all of the context needed for an effective retro. Using the "Team retro prep" template you can have all of the context you need, without manually sifting back through check-ins, goal updates, and your various tools.

Reviews

The bi-annual/annual review cycles at most companies are extremely time-consuming for both managers and team members. To get a complete picture of someone's impact you have to piece together data from emails, calendars, ticket tracking tools, and git repositories.

But with all of the information centralized in Steady, you have all of the data you need in one place.

Use the Insights page to analyze check-ins and integration activity over longer stretches of time. Update the date range for the period and select a person from the "Team members" filter.

You can export that data to a CSV at the top of the Insights page for further analysis using your favorite spreadsheet tool.