Weekly Report Template
A weekly report template built for the async update a team lead sends every Friday: a one-line status, the metrics that moved, what shipped, the action items, the open risks framed as questions, and the single decision you need. It is built to be skimmed in two minutes and acted on by Monday.
- Use case
- Weekly report
- Slides
- 7
- Format
- Web link, PDF, PPTX
- Cost
- Free to start
Click through all 7 slides. Every one is editable after you fork it.
Weekly updates fail when they are either a wall of text nobody reads or a status that hides the one thing that matters. This template fixes both. It opens on a one-line status with a single health color, shows the four metrics that actually moved, and lists what shipped, so a reader gets the whole week in the first thirty seconds.
Then it earns the reader's trust by being honest about what is open. Risks are framed as questions with real answers, the action items name owners and days, and the deck closes on the single decision you need, with a recommendation attached. Swap in your week and the structure keeps it short, scannable, and decision-shaped, which is what an async update is for.
What is inside
- 01Title
A cover that names the week and the team, set up to be skimmed.
- 02Status header
A one-line summary, a health color, and what is done, doing, and blocked.
- 03The metrics that moved
The four numbers that changed this week, with deltas and trend.
- 04What shipped
The concrete output of the week, four items, no fluff.
- 05Action items
Who does what next week, with owners and days. The follow-through slide.
- 06Risks as questions
The open questions you are tracking, each with a straight answer.
- 07One decision needed
The single call you need, with a recommendation, by a named time.
Who it is for
- Team leads sending the async weekly update
- Engineering and product managers who report status without a meeting
- Anyone who has to turn a week of work into a two-minute read
How to make one
- 1
Start from the template
Open this template in heydecks. It forks into your workspace as an editable deck with its own theme.
- 2
Drop in your week
Replace the status, the metrics, and what shipped with your week. Each slide is typed, so formatting stays clean.
- 3
Apply your brand
Point heydecks at your site once and the Brand Kernel locks your colors, type, and logo onto every slide.
- 4
Share and export
Send a live link in the team channel, then export the same deck to pixel-perfect PDF and native PPTX if anyone needs a file.