This meeting magically appear on your calendar roughly every month and is a 2-hour meeting where we take a step back from day to day operations and try to look at the big picture. That could be product roadmap, a look at last/next quarter's OKRs (1-3 key cross functional activities we must succeed with outside of our individual responsibilities, think of it like special projects) or something else of importance. Most teams tend to have something they would like to share.
On the Monday All Hands meeting we all come together for a weekly update from each team. Christian starts at the high level and then we dive in to each area through a guided tour with the team leader laying out last weeks accomplishments and this weeks focus.
This is where you and you manager touch base on your tasks, blockers and potential feedback
These meetings are for your team to meet and align priorities for the week and huddle up as a team.
See, the best part about meetings is that you get to "hang out" with your colleagues. Amazing, right? But before you go ahead and book weekly meetings with everyone please be mindful of your colleagues' time, schedules and meeting preferences. Some of them might appreciate strict and super time optimized agendas and others prefer a more flexible and lose setting. Therefore make sure to only book your colleagues for meetings that adds value and makes sense and make sure you show up on time - that goes for both physical and virtual meetings.
A few things to consider
But it's not all business and no fun - believe me!!
I hope you absolutely LOOOOOVE Slack - we sure do!!
Slack is our main tool for communication. We mostly only use e-mails for external purposes. So bring out you best emoji-game and favorite gif's.