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4DX Team Commitments Meeting Template

4DX 30 min Weekly Team and team leader (3-12 people)

The 4DX team commitments meeting puts the weekly commitment loop at the center. Commitments are the lever of the cadence of accountability: each week every person promises a specific action that will move a lead measure, then accounts for it the following week. This meeting makes those commitments deliberate rather than an afterthought.

When to use it

Run it weekly as part of or alongside the WIG session, especially when a team is new to 4DX and the discipline of making sharp commitments is still forming. It is also useful when commitments have grown vague and the team needs to reset the quality of what it promises.

Who attends

The team members who own lead measure work plus the leader, three to twelve people. Everyone present makes a commitment, because the strength of the cadence comes from each person owning a personal, specific promise rather than a shared and diffuse one.

How to run it

Account for last week commitments first, then glance at the scoreboard so new commitments are grounded in reality. Surface blockers and assign who clears them, so people are not committing into a wall. Then make new commitments, each one specific, high-leverage, and within the person own control. Close by reading the commitments back so no one leaves unsure of what they owe. The quality of these commitments is what makes or breaks the week.

Facilitator tips

  • Push for specific commitments, not general intentions to try harder.
  • Make sure each commitment clearly targets a lead measure.
  • Clear blockers in the meeting so commitments are achievable.
  • Read commitments back so everyone leaves with the same picture.

Common mistakes

  • Accepting vague commitments no one can hold the next week.
  • Making commitments that do not actually move a lead measure.
  • Ignoring blockers, so people commit to work they cannot finish.
  • Leaving without confirming who owes what by when.

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Agenda

30 minutes total · 5 sections

  1. Account for last week commitments 8 min
    Each person reports whether the commitment they made was kept and how it affected the lead measure.
  2. Scoreboard check 6 min
    Glance at the scoreboard to ground new commitments in whether the team is currently winning or losing.
  3. Surface blockers and help needed 6 min
    Name anything blocking lead measure progress and decide who clears it, so commitments are not made into a wall.
  4. Make new weekly commitments 8 min
    Each person commits to one or two specific actions that will most move a lead measure this week.
  5. Confirm and close 2 min
    Read the commitments back so every person leaves clear on exactly what they owe by next week.

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