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A weekly review template that ends the week with decisions.
A free weekly review template for leaders: decisions needed, what changed, blockers, commitments, risks, and next week's priorities.
What is a weekly review template?
A weekly review template is a short, recurring structure for leaders. It brings up what changed, what is blocked, which commitments are ageing, and the few priorities that should shape next week, so the review ends in decisions rather than a status read-out.
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Start with the decisions needed, not with the activity.
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Blockers separated from work that is simply slow.
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Unresolved commitments carried forward with an owner and a date.
The decision-first weekly review
Fill this in, in order. If a section does not change a decision or a next action, keep it out of the main review.
What changed
- What changed from plan?
- Why does it matter now?
- Which priority, customer, person, or risk does it affect?
Blockers
- What is stopped?
- What dependency or decision is blocking it?
- Who can unblock it, and by when?
Commitments
- Closed this week
- Due next week
- Ageing or at risk
- No owner, or no review date
Risks
- Risk: likelihood, impact, earliest signal, who owns the response
Next week
- The three outcomes that matter most
- What we are deliberately not prioritising
- First check-in for each outcome
Copy, print, or paste this structure into the tool where your work already lives.
When to reach for it.
Founder review
Product, customers, team, cash, and growth, without turning them into one noisy list.
Leadership review
Cross-functional discussion focused on decisions, dependencies, risks, and changes from plan.
Manager review
Team blockers, commitments, support needed, and next week's priorities.
How to use it.
Every good hand-off has a clear input, a useful output, and a moment where a person checks it before anything happens next.
- 101 / ChangeRecord what actually changed
Skip activity that does not move a priority, decision, risk, or commitment.
- 202 / DecideResolve what needs a call
Name who owns the decision and what evidence is still missing.
- 303 / CommitChoose next week's outcomes
A small number of priorities, each with an owner and a check-in.
What you get back.
Things you can read, forward, and act on. Not a vague promise that AI saved you time.
- Decision queue
- What-changed summary
- Blocker list
- Commitment review
- Risk register
- Next-week priorities
Weekly review template / approval
Active workflowYour call
01PreparedDecision queueReady
02CheckedStart with the decisions needed, not with the activity.Visible
03DecisionAnything that goes outsideYours
Prepared by Bumblebee. Decided by you.
A weekly review is not a way to watch employees or a substitute for talking to them. Use it to make work clear and decisions easier, not to manufacture certainty.
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The practical questions, answered.
01How long should a weekly review take?
20 to 30 minutes for a personal review. A leadership review should spend its time on decisions and blockers, not on reading updates aloud. Good preparation makes the live part shorter.
02What belongs in the review?
Only what changed, the decisions needed, blockers, ageing commitments, important risks, and next week's priorities.
03What should carry forward?
Any unresolved decision or commitment, with an owner, its current state, and the next check-in.
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