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Topic 12 - Designing a Peak-Performance Calendar

If culture reveals the ways we intend to use our minds, talents, and resources, our calendar is what reveals how we actually do use our minds, talents, and resources. Designing a calendar that allows (or even forces) us to use our time and minds best is no easy task, and it requires considerable strength and discernment to negotiate real world situations that constantly try to pull us off track.

Let’s dive into the different ways we can use time so you have a toolkit and foundation for building the best possible calendar for your team.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Grapple with the idea that our calendars are a choice, but not always an easy choice.

  • Learn how to break the year up into the best cadences to maximize productivity and perceptivity at the same time.

  • Consider the various priorities we have to manage as individuals.

  • Dive into a powerful way of approaching planning and strategy and remove chaotic changes in direction from the calendar.

  • Learn a framework you can use to design your weeks and balance your various priorities.

Topic Workbook

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two questions help us design our cadences with Intentionality

Our calendar will be built out of rhythms, often that are recurring. Let’s explore two questions that help us set up the ideal frequency for these rhythms, avoiding any waste that might come from doing things too often or not often enough.

 

Great Years & Managing Granularity

Great years are the goal, but we need to slice those years up into pieces that keep us in touch with what’s going on. Give some thought to the ideal kinds of slices for you and your team, and consider how to manage reactions as granularity increases.

 

Taking inventory of what your calendar must handle

Let’s start listing out everything the calendar has to juggle, just so we have everything in one place. This list is easiest to make if we start with ourselves and work toward team and strategy work, next.

 

Next, how do we tackle strategy and shifts in direction?

 

PUtting it all into weeks to design and streamline time

 

Bonus: Bigger meetings? No way. Or yes way?

In about 2 minutes, let’s consider whether some of our meetings could actually be better if they were longer, enabling us to intellectually conquer topics with more nuance. Breaking these up into pieces can take longer than it seems.

 

Your Journaling and To-Do List:

This has moved to the session workbook for ease of use.