Zones of Awareness Worksheet

A senior manager describes exhaustion from a six-month period of sustained effort on an organizational initiative that is ultimately outside their decision authority. They've been operating as though sustained effort in the outer rings will produce change, while their own area - the work they can directly affect - has received diminished attention. They haven't mapped where their energy has been going relative to where they have actual leverage.

Position this as an energy audit, not a resignation exercise. 'The three rings are control, influence, and outside both....