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A flywheel slide shows a loop that feeds itself. Each stage gives the next one a push, and the last stage pushes the first one again. In business, the loop is usually about customers. You win them, you serve them well, and happy customers bring in the next ones.
Below are 20 flywheel templates from our library. We sorted them by how many parts the wheel has, since that is the first thing you need to match. Most have three parts. If your process has four, five or seven steps, jump to those groups.
Every label, color and note can be changed. All 20 open in PowerPoint, Keynote and Google Slides.
Three-part flywheels: Attract, Engage, Delight
Three stages around a Customers hub
Attract, Engage and Delight form a ring with the word Customers in the middle. Short notes sit on both sides of the wheel, so you can explain each stage without a second slide.
Two rings: stages inside, people outside
This one has two rings. The inner ring holds Attract, Engage and Delight. The outer ring names who you are dealing with at each point, from Strangers to Prospects, then Customers and Promoters. It works well when your talk is about the buyer, step by step.
Three curved arrows around a person
Three thick arrows chase each other around a person icon. Each arrow has its stage name and a line of text next to it. The slide is open and light, with plenty of white space.
Ribbon arrows with the text inside
Wide ribbon arrows wrap around a Customers circle. The text for each stage is written inside the ribbon, so the slide needs no side notes. Pick it when you have one short sentence per stage.
Spiral arrows with a side list
Three arrows of different sizes spiral around a magnifying glass over a person. The stage names stack on the left, each with a color bar that matches its arrow.
A plain three-color ring
A simple ring in pink, blue and orange, with the stage names written on the segments. The notes run down the left side. It is the plainest slide in this group, which makes it easy to restyle.
Three segments around a target
Attract, Delight and Engage form a ring around a target icon. Each note sits outside the wheel on a colored underline that matches its segment.
Three-part flywheels: Service, Marketing, Sales
Service, Marketing and Sales in a thick ring
Here the three parts are teams instead of stages. Service, Marketing and Sales share a thick ring, and a matching list on the right gives each team a line of text.
Three petals on a loop
Three rounded petals labeled Service, Marketing and Sales sit on a pale loop. The notes float in the gaps between the petals.
Three teams around a Customers hub
Service, Sales and Marketing turn around a Customers hub, with small arrowheads between the segments to show the direction. Notes sit on both sides.
Three arrows around a dollar coin
Three bold arrows in red, orange and yellow circle a dollar coin. With the coin in the middle, this one suits a talk about revenue.
Numbered dots inside a ring of arrows
Three numbered dots, 01 to 03, sit inside a broken ring of arrows. The team names are written outside the ring, so the numbers set the order.
Four-step flywheels
Four even quarters, Step 1 to Step 4
A round wheel cut into four equal quarters in red, orange, yellow and green. Four notes sit on the right in a two-by-two grid.
Four slices of different sizes
The four slices are not the same size, and Step 1 is the biggest. That helps when one stage takes more time or money than the others. The notes go on the left.
Four separate tiles, 01 to 04
Four separate tiles numbered 01 to 04 form a ring with an empty center. Each step gets a heading and a note, two on each side.
Four tiles around a chart icon
This layout also uses four numbered tiles, in brighter colors, with a small chart on a screen in the center. Use it for a reporting cycle or a test-and-learn loop.
Four triangles that form a square
Four triangles labeled A to D meet in the middle and make a square. A note sits at each corner. It is a good choice when all four steps feed one shared goal.
Flywheels with five or seven steps
Five arrows around a globe
Five arrows, Step 1 to Step 5, run around a globe icon. The notes stack on the left in two short columns.
Five numbered arrows around a bullseye
Five numbered arrows circle a bullseye. Steps 01 and 05 sit on the left, and steps 02 to 04 on the right, so the notes read around the wheel.
Seven petals in a flower
Seven petal shapes, Element One to Element Seven, form a flower in blues and greens. It holds more stages than any other slide here, with room for two longer notes at the sides.
Tips for writing your flywheel slide
- Count your real stages first, then pick the wheel. Five steps squeezed into three slices will confuse people.
- Keep each label to one or two words. Put the detail in the note beside it.
- Use the center for the thing that keeps the wheel turning. That might be your customer, your team or your main goal.
- If one stage is slow or costly, say so in its note. Often that is the whole point of the slide.
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