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Leadership clarity checklist

A practical checklist to reset priorities and decision ownership.

  • Find the real bottleneck (signal > opinions).
  • See where decisions break (rights / escalation).
  • Leave with 1 agreement to run this week.
PATHS

Pick a fast path

Choose the path that matches your constraint. Keep it tight: one tool, one agreement, one week.

Need clarity fast

Use the checklist to find the highest-cost friction and stop opinion wars.

Alignment is drifting

Use the canvas to put scope, ownership, and interfaces back on one page.

Roles / strengths are messy

Use the guide to translate strengths → responsibilities, decision rights, and expectations.

HOW TO USE

Turn signal into agreements

The resource is only half the job. The other half: convert the output into a small agreement that holds under pressure.

01
Pick the constraint

Name the biggest execution drag (decision latency, handoffs, meeting drift, role ambiguity). Avoid opinion wars.

  • One sentence, not ten.
  • Anchor it in observable friction.
02
Run one tool

Open the resource that matches your constraint and extract only the highest-signal output. Keep it short.

  • 3–5 bullets max.
  • Prefer signal to narrative.
03
Write an agreement

Convert the output into an operating agreement: who decides, how a handoff works, what “done” means, or how a meeting runs.

  • One agreement > ten intentions.
  • Owner + scope + exception path.
04
Run it for 7 days

Test the agreement for one week. Track one lightweight signal (mini-scoreboard). Then adjust.

  • 1–2 metrics (rework, escalations, cycle time).
  • Keep what holds; discard what doesn’t.
PRINCIPLES

How these are written

Goal: produce actionable signal. Short formats to clarify decisions, responsibilities, and cadence.

Signal first
Structured inputs beat opinion loops. Bias toward observable friction.
No theatre
No motivation-only fluff. No generic best practices. Everything ties to real constraints.
Small agreements
One agreement you can run this week beats a big transformation plan.
Independence over time
Capability transfer — so the system holds without ongoing dependency.
WANT HELP APPLYING THIS?
We’ll turn it into a plan you can run.
If you want, we’ll help convert the signal into an operating agreement + a mini-scoreboard — tight scope, clear ownership, measurable progress.
We’ll reply with 2–3 time options + a short set of fit questions.
READY WHEN IT'S REAL

Book a fit call.

In 20 minutes, we'll clarify what's happening, confirm fit, and decide the next step. If it's a match, the Diagnostic Sprint is the fastest path to a shared reality and a 90-day plan.

  • Clear scope + deliverables
  • Fact-based, no-fluff
  • Hybrid-ready
  • Designed to make NR4 optional over time
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