Only-You Filter.

Separate the work only the executive can do from the work they are holding for other reasons, because that is where an overextended leader gets their time back.

List what actually fills your week. Sort each honestly.

What fills my week

Only I can do this

Someone else could, with support

No one should be doing this

The honest test for anything you marked "only I can do this": is that really true, or am I holding it because I like it, or because handing it off feels slower or riskier?

The genuinely only-you list is short: setting direction, the relationships only you hold, the decisions the role reserves to you. If your list is long, you are holding too much.

Your two lists

Only-You List (protect this)

Hand-Off List (this is where your time comes back)

Route the hand-offs into the decision structure from Unblock Decision-Making, so they land somewhere real.

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Uses the self-assessment. Hands work into the Decision Rights Map from the previous guide. Back to the guide, or start over.