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How to Use This Report
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Complete the weekly update form once per week. Send to all key stakeholders to keep them informed on the status of the project. Upper management must be informed regularly, and immediately when an initiative is delayed or off track. The report works best right after your weekly team meeting, while the tracker is freshly updated.
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Filling It In
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•Growth Roadmap Pillar and Sub-Category pull from the same lists as the Initiative Tracker. Pick the pillar first. The sub-category dropdown then provides the sub-categories for the chosen pillar.
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•Overall Status uses the same five values as the Initiative Tracker, so a status never means one thing there and something else here. The cell colors will update based on your status selection.
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•Original Due never changes once it's set. That column is your honest record of slippage. Forecast is where you say where the date is heading now.
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•Support Needed is the column upper management wants to hear about. Tell them what they can do to get the project back on track. Leave it empty only when nothing's blocked.
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•The pillar and sub-category titles live on the Lists tab, and they are starting points rather than fixed values. Overwrite them in the Lists tab with the wording your own Growth Roadmap uses, if different.
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Three Habits That Make the Weekly Update Process Work
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•Send it every week, whether the news is good, bad, or no change.
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•Keep the distribution list stable. Adding people during a crisis signals panic. Adding them at the start signals confidence.
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•Never let the report replace a conversation. If something moved to Off Track this week, the report documents it, and you still need to communicate directly to key stakeholders to ensure full awareness.
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Printing and Sharing
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•Print area covers the form only, so the status guide stays on screen and off the page.
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•Copy the Weekly Update tab each week and rename it by date. A stack of dated tabs becomes a record of how the project moved.
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Where This Fits
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The Initiative Tracker holds every project, its owner, and where it stands. The Initiative Calendar shows when the work lands across the year. This Initiative Weekly Update report is the third piece: the weekly update you send to the project team and upper management provides regular communication so the people who fund and support your work are kept informed.
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Download all three tools at leadership-tools.com/free-project-tracker-template.html
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