Hey Fellow Accelerators,

Its the final working week before the festive break and we get it... you’re tired, your calendars are packed, and the impending food coma is calling you. But theres still a few days left and you still want a few wins on the board. well here are seven easy, high-signal moves to finish 2025 strong and roll momentum into Q1... without skipping the celebrations.

Day 1 (Mon): The Christmas Eve Founder‑Friendly Update

What: The final working week before the break has its own set of challenges: people slow down, tasks get simplified or dropped, and housekeeping slips. The problem? January becomes twice as hard... you’re trying to hit the ground running and patch the gaps left pre-Christmas. Your manager faces that at scale across every person and project they manage. So Gift them a “no-surprises” update this Christmas - the current state of all your open projects, ETAs, risks, and the first next step you’ll take in Week 1 of Q1. Think of it as wrapping each thread so it doesn’t unravel over the holidays and ensures no ugly surprises in the stocking. Keep it scannable and ownership-heavy. Save deep questions for January; this note should lower anxiety, not raise new threads.

Day 2 (Tue): Social with Intent

What: The holidays are the highest-ROI time to invest in your relationships. People are generous, the icebreakers write themselves, and the pressure valve on Q4 is (mostly) open. Yes, it’s colder, darker, and your to-do list is long, but that’s exactly why a focused 60 minutes can set you apart. Show up, be curious, and make it easy for others to feel seen. Questions like, “What’s the bet behind our Q1 plan?” keep it business focused but lighthearted and allow you to listen for the underlying risks and hopes to address in Q!. Afterward, follow up with one useful thing: a resource, a quick doc, or a connecting intro. Think of it as a small festive deposit into the trust account you’ll draw on in January.

Day 3 (Wed): Calendar Boundaries

What: December is busy for everyone... but work still needs to move. Take initiative: block two focus windows and clear recharge time, then share your availability and escalation path with the people who rely on you. Framing matters: “It’s a full week for me, so I’m protecting 10–12 and 2–3 for focused work. If something’s urgent, here’s how to reach me; otherwise I’ll respond after 3.” This signals professionalism, not withdrawal. You reduce uncertainty, lower ambient stress for your manager, and show that you can keep promises even when the calendar looks like a tinsel explosion.

Day 4 (Thu): Gratitude Gift

What: ’Tis the season for good spirits...and now appreciation. Publicly (or privately, if that fits your culture) recognise a teammate’s specific contribution and the business result it enabled. “Shout-out to Aisha for untangling the billing query. Because of that, Customer X renewed early.” This does two things: it banks goodwill you’ll feel in Q1 and teaches the team what “impact” looks like (inputs → outcomes). Keep it sincere, concrete, and share the credit generously. A well-timed thank-you lands like a wrapped gift: small on the outside, surprisingly valuable inside.

Day 5 (Fri): Office Overlap (if hybrid)

What: One well-timed in-person day can reset alignment for the new year. Pick a day when your key collaborators can overlap, stack three short syncs into one morning, and leave with decisions... then add a festive lunch to keep morale high. This is the rare window when everyone’s in a good mood, in the same place, and open to clearing the decks. Use it. Bring a mini agenda for each sync (Goal / Progress / Decision Needed), capture outcomes in writing, and confirm owners + dates. You’ll walk into January with clarity while others are still reopening tabs and dusting off their memory logs.

Day 6 (Sat): Knowledge Doc Refresh

What: Spend 30 minutes collecting five answers/solutions you hunted down this quarter. Anything from links, snippets, or before/after screenshots. Drop them into a shared knowledge doc and then share it (team channel, final stand-up, or company forum). Learning without reflection is only half useful; and distribution turns your learning into team leverage. It reminds you how far you’ve come, gives peers a leg-up, and quietly seeds your next review packet. Future-you will thank present-you come January when looking for that one critical screenshot to unblock a client takes less than a minute.

Day 7 (Sun): Role Map V2

What: Give January-you a cheat sheet. Update your one-pager with Q4 changes: decision areas, core outputs, success measures, and the first three moves you’ll make in Week 1. Add known risks and dependencies, then share it with your manager: “Anything you’d add/remove to align with January goals?” After a break, everyone’s a bit rusty; this turns Day 1 from “where were we?” into “here’s what’s next.” You start at ~80% speed while others are still defrosting. That’s not just efficient... it’s leadership in action.

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That’s it! We hope you enjoyed Week 4 of the TSCA Advent Calendar. Stay tuned for Week 5 dropping next. And in the meantime... have an awesome festive break. Whatever that looks like to you... thanks for all the support this year.

Until next time… here’s to clarity in the chaos.

Hayds & The TSCA Team

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