G/g Framework Β· McKay Consulting
The G/g Planning Template
Plan any initiative as a bundle of outcome and capability. Four questions. Fifteen minutes. One small deliberate addition to everything your team delivers.
01
The G β Outcome Commitment
What is this initiative accountable for delivering?
State the outcome commitment. What will exist or be different when this is done?
02
The g β Capability Goal
What one capability will the team practice inside this G?
Give it a name the team will recognise. Names with character stick: “The Documentary Eye”, “The Quiet Closer”, “The Strategic Narrator”.
Which dimension of team culture does this capability strengthen?
Name the specific moment β not a side session. Inside the real work.
03
Evidence of Progress
How will you know the capability developed?
Observable behaviour right now, before this initiative
Observable behaviour we expect after earning this capability
Honest self-assessment β where is the team on this capability right now?
01 Id β Named it
02 Circling β Trained, waiting
03 Learner β In practice
04 Practitioner β Earned
05 Master β Teaching
04
The Long Horizon
What is this small g building toward?
What will the team be able to do that it cannot do today? What becomes possible?
One question you will ask at the end of this initiative to check whether the g landed