Mindful Choices Worksheet

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Domain

Executive

Type

Worksheet

Phase

Action Reflection

Details

15 min Mid session As-needed

Topics

Mindset Leadership Habits

Designed for leaders and executives navigating organizational complexity.

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A leader operating on autopilot in situations that deserve more intentional responses

Noticing the gap between how you react and how you want to respond

Choosing one recurring situation to bring greater awareness and intention to

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1 Executive whose team reads her silence in ambiguous moments as disapproval or disengagement

Context

A VP of product at a software company receives 360 feedback indicating that her team finds her unreadable in ambiguous situations - particularly in decision discussions where the direction is unclear or contested. Team members report that she goes quiet in those moments, which they interpret as disapproval of their contributions or withdrawal from the conversation. In coaching sessions, she reports that the silence is intentional - she is processing, not disengaging. She has not examined whether her intentional silence in ambiguous situations is a mindful choice or an autopilot response to discomfort, and whether the impact on her team is something she has accepted as a trade-off.

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Frame the tool around the specific situation the 360 identified. 'This worksheet asks you to name a specific recurring s...

2 Senior manager who defaults to solution mode in team conversations that need listening 🔒

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