{"id":7248,"date":"2020-10-14T14:22:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T19:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.managementcenter.org\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=7248"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:38:46","slug":"check-ins-add-on","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.managementcenter.org\/resources\/check-ins-add-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Uncertainty: Check-ins Add-on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During moments of uncertainty, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.managementcenter.org\/resources\/7-tips-making-most-your-check-ins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check-ins<\/a> are an opportunity to meet your staff where they\u2019re at so that they can feel seen and supported. Everyone copes with challenging, chaotic, or downright traumatic events differently. Coping mechanisms run the gamut from hyper-productivity to completely checking out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever the case may be for your staff, acknowledge what\u2019s happening, hear how your people are doing, and inject <a href=\"https:\/\/www.managementcenter.org\/resources\/managing-towards-resilience-results-create-pac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purpose and agency<\/a> by using this add-on in your next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.managementcenter.org\/resources\/check-meetings-sample-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check-in agenda<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Component<\/th><th>Sentence Starters &amp; Sample Questions<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>(Re)state the big picture purpose and their contributions to it<\/td><td><ul><li>Over the next few weeks\/months, our job as a team\/organization is to make sure that\u2026 <\/li><li>We wouldn\u2019t be able to do this if it weren\u2019t for the work you\u2019re doing with X.<\/li><li>We are uniquely positioned to make a difference on X. because of your [talent \/ relationships \/ groundwork]<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Align on their <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.managementcenter.org\/resources\/how-to-actually-reprioritize\/\" target=\"_blank\">priorities<\/a><\/td><td><ul><li>I want to talk about sustainable ways to approach the work given XYZ&#8230;<\/li><li>Let\u2019s get aligned on your priorities between now and X. 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