Tools & Worksheets
One page each. Fillable on any device, or print them and live your best paper life.
The Morning Triage Sheet
Your office has a revolving door and everyone’s problem is the most urgent problem. 45 protected minutes, four boxes, zero guilt: what’s critical, what waits, what goes back to its rightful owner. Pairs with Chaos? Try this.
The Hard Conversation Prep Sheet
Stop rehearsing in the shower. Your first sentence, your bottom line, what might actually be in the gap, and the follow-up that makes it leadership instead of an emotional event. Pairs with this week’s post on hard conversations.
The Survey Window Countdown Planner
Round like a surveyor once a week, not like a hostage every day. One lens per week, facts only, owners and deadlines, and a calm briefing for your team — because they can smell panic. Systems, not sainthood.
The End-of-Day Shutdown Checklist
Your brain won’t drop what it doesn’t trust is held. Ten minutes before you leave: what got done, what’s unfinished and where it lives, the worry parking lot, and tomorrow’s one priority — then sign the handoff and go home in your head, too.
Download the Shutdown Checklist (PDF)
The Delegation Tracker
You don’t have a time management problem — you have a repossession problem. The task, the owner, the check-in date, and what “done” looks like, so delegated work stops boomeranging back to your lap. Four minutes on a Monday. Pairs with Stop Being the Department of Everything.