Function-Strength
The smart architect of goal-oriented action
Starting, keeping an overview, switching and remembering where you were: the conductor of the brain. Under pressure the orchestra plays less well together. Support it with the task and the environment, not with willpower. Work smarter, do not fight harder.
What you may notice at work
- A task sits untouched, or grows much bigger than was asked.
- "Prepare it" does not help: the preparing is exactly the hard part.
- On a good day everything gets done. On another day very little comes out.
What helps
- With every task: what counts as finished, by when, for whom, and when is it good enough?
- A check-in after a quarter of the time.
- A template rather than a tip: it takes the thinking about the format off their hands.
- Name the first step together.
Tools for Function-Strength
Task card
What is in, what is out, the time budget and when it is good enough.
Agenda item in three lines
Your point, what you are asking and what you need, plus phrases to bring the discussion back.
Welcome document
The first day hour by hour, who is who, and where to find things.
Onboarding plan: 30, 60, 90 days
For each stage, what you do and when it is good enough.
What first?
An order of work when everything seems to need doing at once.
Task splitter
A big task broken into steps, with check-ins along the way.
Car park
Side topics noted down, with a fixed moment to come back to them.
Return-to-work plan
A phased return in predictable steps, with fixed review points.
More in the toolkit
In the toolkit, the card for Function-Strength also explains what may be underneath what you see, and gives sentences you can use in a conversation. Try it free for 14 days.