Coaching practices for The 12 Week Year During Conflict

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  • I’m chasing a dozen things I want to change all at once, so my effort gets spread paper-thin and everything stalls half-finished
  • Every January I set these big goals for the year and then coast for months because the finish line is so far off it isn’t real
  • I never actually stop to look back at how the week went before barreling into the next, so the same drift quietly compounds week after week
  • I have a big goal but no idea what to actually do about it this week, so my days fill up with whatever lands in front of me and the goal just sits there, never broken down into anything I can pick up today.
  • I keep pulling all-nighters for emergencies that, if I’m honest, I could see coming weeks out

Practices that may help

  1. The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
    The 12 Week Year, from Brian Moran, replaces annual goals with a 12-week “year”: you set a small number of goals, then execute against a weekly plan with a hard deadline at week 12. It is a practitioner execution framework — not a research program — but it leans on real principles about deadlines, focus, and tracking leading behaviors.
  2. Commit to only a few goals per cycle
    Choose one to three goals for the 12 weeks so effort concentrates instead of scattering.
    The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
  3. Treat 12 weeks as a full year
    Replace the distant annual deadline with a 12-week one that creates urgency now.
    The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
  4. Hold a weekly accountability review
    Spend a short, fixed weekly session reviewing scores and planning the next week.
    The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
  5. Drive it from a weekly plan
    Translate each 12-week goal into the specific actions for this week.
    The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
  6. Prevent Q1 crises through Q2 investment
    Trace your recurring crises to neglected Q2 work — then schedule it before the next deadline emergency.
    The Eisenhower Matrix and Delegation
  7. Run a weekly preview before the week begins
    On Sunday evening, scan the incoming week against your ideal week template and protect what matters.
    Ideal Week Design
  8. Identify your default conflict mode
    Before you can choose a mode, you have to know which one you use automatically.
    The Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI)
  9. Track lead and lag indicators
    Measure the behaviors you control (lead) alongside the results they produce (lag).
    The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
  10. Transform the relationship, not just the issue
    Use each conflict as an opportunity to raise the quality of the relationship itself.
    The Third Alternative, Made Practical

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