LEADERSHIP HELP DECIDE

Not being sure which shape fits is reasonable — you are choosing partly blind, and we would rather help than let you guess.

Here is the honest version. The focused quarter is the right shape when there is one specific thing in front of you that needs to move in the next ninety days. The full year is the right shape when you are doing this for yourself, not just for a single situation — when you want the way of seeing to become part of how you operate.

One more honest thing: most leaders who choose the quarter end up wishing they had chosen the year. Most who choose the year end up renewing it. Make of that what you will — then tell us which fits.