Free Diagnostic worksheet
Where your working week goes
Find the repeated decisions consuming your attention and choose one to transfer.
By Amy Aceto-Hitchinson
What you’ll work through
For five working days, keep a short record of the decisions and interruptions that reach you. Include the work you take back without being asked. You are looking for a pattern you can change responsibly.
- Use one row per incident
- Calculate the observed time
- Optional cost view
- Make one transfer plan
- Check the following week
A look inside
Use one row per incident Date | Decision needed | Reason it reached me | Minutes spent | Person who could own it | Missing authority or information | Evidence. Use actual minutes where possible. Label estimates. If several people discuss one incident, give it one incident ID and record each person’s time separately.
The PDF includes the complete diagnostic worksheet and space for your next action. Print it or keep it beside you as you work.