Metapowers

Phase 5: Sustain

Establish ongoing leadership rituals — 1:1s, retros, feedback cadence.

Purpose

The Sustain phase establishes the recurring rituals and processes that keep your team healthy, aligned, and growing over time.

Usage

/leadership:sustain <team-name>

Prerequisites

Requires .metapowers/leadership/<team>/04-develop.md. Use --skip-checks to bypass.

What It Does

  1. Defines recurring rituals (weekly 1:1s, biweekly retros, monthly reviews, quarterly OKRs)
  2. Creates a leader's playbook for common situations
  3. Establishes team health metrics and warning signs
  4. Defines renewal triggers — when to revisit earlier phases
  5. Writes to .metapowers/leadership/<team>/05-sustain.md

Output

Creates .metapowers/leadership/<team>/05-sustain.md containing ritual calendar, leader's playbook, health metrics, and renewal triggers.

After Phases

Use the day-to-day tools for ongoing leadership work.

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