Periodic check on team dynamics, engagement signals, and development trajectory for all direct reports. Surfaces patterns across the team: who might need more challenge, who might need more support, who hasn't had a 1:1 recently. Uses two universal lenses: performance & growth, and wellbeing & connection. Outputs are prompts for reflection, not diagnoses.
Two lenses, always. "Development" asks: is this person growing and performing? "Wellbeing" asks: is this person thriving, connected, and energised? Great managers hold both.
A periodic overview of team dynamics, engagement signals, wellbeing, and development trajectory across all direct reports.
If any MCP connector is unavailable, follow the connector unavailability protocol in ../../references/operating-principles.md.
Read from manager-context/:
manager-profile.md: full list of direct reportsteam/: individual profiles with goals, projects, last review datessources.md: channels and data locations per team memberIf context is missing, note it and work with available sources.
For each direct report, gather data from the last 14 days (or since last health check):
Activity & Engagement (Slack):
1:1 Cadence (Calendar):
Development Goals (Notion/Drive):
Workload Signals (Calendar + Slack):
Wellbeing & Connection Signals (Slack + Calendar):
For each team member, produce a brief profile covering both lenses:
### [Name]: [Role]
**🎯 Development & Performance:**
**Activity:** [Normal / Increased / Decreased], [1-line evidence]
**Recent wins:** [list any, or "None surfaced"]
**Goals:** [last updated date], [current / stale]
**Development focus:** [area from goals], [evidence of progress / no visible progress]
**Growth signals:** [scope expansion, new skills, leadership behaviours, or "None"]
**🫂 Wellbeing & Connection:**
**Energy:** [Balanced / High output / Signs of overwork], [evidence, e.g., "messages after 22:00 on 3 nights"]
**Connection:** [Active in social channels / Quiet / Only work-related activity]
**Celebrated/been celebrated:** [yes, details / not recently]
**Tone:** [Positive / Neutral / Worth checking in], [soft signal only]
**Last 1:1:** [date], [on track / overdue]
**Signals to explore:** [friction, blockers, wellbeing patterns, or "None"]
Look across the team for patterns in both dimensions:
🎯 Development & Performance patterns:
🫂 Wellbeing & Connection patterns:
Read references/output-template.md for the full output template structure.
Here's your team health check. These are signals for your reflection. You know your people better than any tool.
Want me to prep a 1:1 for anyone specific?
Spawn a sub-agent to review the health check with fresh eyes. The reviewer should:
Incorporate the reviewer's feedback before presenting the final health check to the manager.
Read ../../references/operating-principles.md for shared operating principles (data scope, DM flagging, signals vs diagnoses, connector unavailability).
Additional notes specific to this skill: