Guided quarterly flow
Seven steps. One screen at a time.
The pre-work problem is not motivation — it is architecture. A long document asks a client to hold the whole process in their head. A guided flow asks one question, remembers the answer, and shows exactly how much is left.
The path
What a client actually experiences.
They open your link. They see your logo and one question. They answer it, hit next, and the rail on the left fills in. If they close the tab at step three, step three is exactly where they land tomorrow.
- One question per screen, no scrolling wall
- A progress rail that never lies about how much is left
- Autosave on every keystroke — no save button to forget
- Resume on any device from the same link
What is in the way?
The seven steps
From last quarter to a committed plan.
This is the default sequence. Yours can be re-ordered, re-worded, shortened or extended — it is configured to your method during setup.
Look back
What was committed last quarter, what actually happened, and what it cost. Clients grade their own quarter before they get to dream about the next one, which quietly raises the quality of everything that follows.
Read the scorecard
The five to nine numbers that call the business. Current reading against goal, with the trend. Numbers before opinions — always in that order.
Set or confirm the annual goals
The one-year picture the quarter has to serve. Carried forward automatically each quarter so nobody retypes it, and edited only on purpose.
List what is in the way
Everything blocking those goals: people, process, cash, systems, the owner’s own calendar. No judgement at this stage — the list has to be honest before it can be useful.
Prioritize head-to-head
Goals and issues become candidate priorities, and they face off two at a time. One click per pair produces a ranked order the client will defend.
Commit the quarter
The top few become the quarter’s commitments, each with a named owner, a definition of done and a due week. Everything else goes to a parking list that is still there next quarter.
Build the 13-week schedule
Each commitment is broken into the weeks it will actually be worked, so week one has real work in it instead of week eleven panic.
Why it works
Three design decisions that do the heavy lifting.
Nothing is optional-looking
- Every step is a screen, not a section
- A skipped step is visible to you before session day
- Prompts are short enough to answer honestly
Memory is the product
- Last quarter’s answers carry forward
- Parked items resurface instead of vanishing
- The plan is a living record, not a snapshot
The client is never lost
- The rail shows position and remaining work
- Any device, same link, same place
- No password to reset at 9pm the night before
FAQ
About the flow.
Can I reorder or rename the steps?
Yes. The sequence above is our default because it works, but the steps, their order and every word on them are configured to your method during setup and adjusted whenever your method changes.
What if a client does not finish before session day?
You will know before you are in the room, which is the point. Partial plans are still useful — you can open what they did, see where they stalled, and use the session to break the jam.
Can a leadership team fill it in together?
Yes. The most common pattern is the owner drafts, the leadership team reviews on the screen during the session, and the decisions get made live.
Keep reading
Next in the flow
Step five, in detail.
What happens after the plan is committed.
Step two, and the weekly rhythm it drives.
See the flow with your language on it.
Fifteen minutes and you will know if it fits your practice.
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