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Five domains balance check

Assess your current balance across tech, process, product, team, and self domains

Evaluate your current time and energy distribution across the five leadership domains. This assessment helps you identify imbalances and create a more effective leadership portfolio.

30 minutes
reflection

Overview

Evaluate your current time and energy distribution across the five leadership domains. This assessment helps you identify imbalances and create a more effective leadership portfolio.

Learning objectives

  • Assess current domain distribution
  • Identify over/under-invested areas
  • Create rebalancing strategies

Instructions

Complete a domains balance assessment:

1. Track your time for one week across domains 2. Rate your confidence in each domain (1-10) 3. Identify ideal vs actual time allocation 4. Pinpoint critical gaps 5. Create rebalancing action plan

Steps

1

Time tracking

10 minutes

Analyze how you spend your time

2

Gap analysis

10 minutes

Compare actual vs ideal state

3

Rebalancing plan

10 minutes

Define specific changes to make

Pro tips

  • Be honest about where you spend time
  • Consider both time and energy
  • Start with small adjustments

Example outcome

A domains balance scorecard with 3 specific actions to improve balance over the next month

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