The Operating Calendar

Increase your operational team engagement using an operating calendar.

Defining an annual operating calendar is an efficient way to increase your operational team engagement. An Operating calendar is a five quarters representation of your critical team activities such as systems releases, recurring annual cycles, and projects involvement. Adding this visual representation to your weekly team meeting topics is good practice. Usually, it requires a 10-minute conversation about where we are, our recent achievements, what is coming, and which activities are under pressure. Below is a simple format we often use with our customers.

As shown in this sample, you can see a great visual representation of your activities grouped by areas. Areas are essential for the visualization and beneficial to target your conversation, especially for non-negotiable activities. Icons are also important visual cues you should not miss, such as celebrating your achievements and highlighting your pressure points.

We hope this short article inspired your creativity to embed this approach in your organization.

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you need consultancy services to build your next operating calendar.