Open meetings with a one-word emotion check

technique — attributed to Nicole Peck

Peck''s morning meetings do not open with KPIs. They open with one word from each person describing how they feel. It is not a ritual. It is a diagnostic. If the team''s energy is off, nothing on the floor will fix it. The check is fast, it is cheap, and it surfaces what dashboards cannot.

For leaders whose stand-ups skip past the team's emotional state straight to the metrics.

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