Key Takeaways: Company All Hands

Key Takeaways: Company All Hands

Hosting All Hands:

• Have other people besides the exec team host all hands. This helps with visibility across the org and keeps people interested.

Content Suggestions:

• New Hires and Anniversaries
• Important Company-Wide Announcements
• Live Recognition, Praise, or Shoutouts
• Deep dive on Specific Departments
  • It’s helpful to template the department updates, so everyone knows what to expect and to keep people on track with timing.
  • If reviewing Goals/OKRs, keep it high level - Don’t get too in the weeds. People who are not in that specific department might get lost in the details.
• Company Business Review
• Financials Deep Dive (with explanations as to how this impacts people)
• Industry and Competitive Rundowns
• CEO shares what is inspiring them and their aspirations for the business
• CEO State of the Union
• Customer Quotes and Stories

Possible meeting structures:

• Weekly
  • Less formal content
  • Have different meeting types, so people know what to expect each week, such as:
    • Week 1: Leadership AMA
    • Week 2: Business and OKR Updates
    • Week 3: Panels or Lunch & Learns
    • Week 4: Department Takeovers
    • _It’s helpful to label the types of meetings that you are having on the calendar so people can get a preview of the agenda. _
• Monthly
• Quarterly
  • Higher quality of programming, more structured
  • Some of the less formal content that can be done at an all hands are often not included in all hands and called a different meeting at this cadence: Roadshows, Lunch and Learns, Community of Practice, Town Halls, AMAs

Meeting Followup:

• Make sure to send a note after all hands with a few quick bullets on what Exec wants people to take away from and absorb during all hands.
• Send a survey afterwards:
  • Do you understand the company’s vision? (Y, N, M)
  • Do you understand how the company is performing and what are are doing to improve? (Y, N, M)