Three Years From Now Worksheet

Presence & Power · Worksheet · Part 1

Three Years From Now, It Worked

A ten-minute exercise for leaders who have been planning one grant cycle at a time.

Before you start. Close your inbox and silence your phone. You need ten minutes. You are not planning anything yet. You are only looking.
1

Picture it

3 minutes

Imagine your organization three years from now, and assume it worked. Not perfect, but real and standing.

2

Write it down

2 minutes

Describe that future in one sentence.

3

Check what is crowding it out

2 minutes

The vision was never missing. It was crowded out. Name three things in your inbox or calendar that keep this picture out of view this week.

4

Share it

2 minutes

Tell one person. Ask what ideas or introductions they can offer.

5

One action this week

1 minute

A source of revenue to check, a case for support to draft, a partner to call. Name one and say when.

Optional · for boards

Funding mix check

Boards and executives often disagree because each is protecting against a different risk. Name both.

Come back in 30 days

Read your one sentence again. What changed? What is the next step?

Presence & Power · by Noris Chavarría · norisknows.com
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