Weekly leadership reflection guides
- Ginny Baillie
- Nov 6
- 3 min read
I asked my AI of choice (Claude) to run me some guides to help me and my clients with our start the week reflections to be more conscious of our priorities. After the first one I asked Claude to go again, with a stronger feminine energy focus and compare the two. Here are the results:
General Leadership Reflection with Business Goals
Philosophy
Action-oriented, strategic, protect time from firefighting
Structure & Approach
Reality Check: Energy audit + firefighting vs. strategic work percentage
Three Leadership Priorities: Strategic, People, Innovation
Calendar Blocking: Schedule strategic blocks, innovation windows, white space (20% buffer)
"Not This Week" List: What to delegate, defer, decline
Prevention Systems: Stop recurring fires, empower team, pause before responding
Business Development: Treated as one of three strategic priorities alongside other leadership work
Business Development Treatment
Integrated as a strategic pillar option
Scheduled in protected focus blocks
Approached through prevention (build systems to reduce reactive work)
Emphasizes delegation to create space for strategic work
Metrics and accountability built in
Tone & Language
Direct, commanding, protective: "protect," "block," "schedule," "commit," "execute," "prevent"
Energy Management
Control and boundary-setting - manage energy through time management, boundaries, and saying no
Daily Practice
5-minute evening check: Did urgency hijack my plan? What will I do differently tomorrow?
Time Required
30-45 minutes weekly planning
Feminine Intuitive Reflection with Business Goals
Philosophy
Flow-oriented, intuitive, honour natural cycles while maintaining business growth
Structure & Approach
Ground & Connect: Ritual, breath, body awareness
Last Week's Truth: Energy check (alive vs. drained) + business reality (revenue, connections)
Listen to Intuition: What does business need? Who needs attention? What opportunity am I missing?
Honour Energy Cycles: Design week around high/medium/low energy days
Intentions (not goals): Revenue intention + concrete actions
Business Development as Flow: How can it feel magnetic vs. forced?
Business Development Treatment
One of three weekly priorities (must include at least one BD item)
Revenue intention set monthly
Specific weekly commitments (# conversations, follow-ups, actions)
Aligned with energy cycles (high energy = sales calls, low energy = strategy)
Reframed as sharing gifts vs. "selling"
Focus on magnetism and authentic attraction
Tone & Language
Receptive, trusting, flowing: "listen," "honour," "trust," "allow," "emerge," "sense," "invite"
Energy Management
Attunement to natural rhythms - work with cycles (monthly, daily, seasonal) rather than against them
Daily Practice
1-minute morning intention: How do I feel? ONE business development action today?
Time Required
15 minutes weekly planning
Key Differences in How Business Development is Handled
General Leadership approach: Forces it onto the calendar as protected time, measures it, holds you accountable to executing despite fires
Feminine Intuitive approach: Grounds you in revenue reality first, requires at least one BD priority weekly, asks for specific commitments (# of conversations), then helps you do it in alignment with your energy rather than forcing
When Each Works Best
Use Regular Leadership when:
You're in firefighting mode and need structure to break the pattern
You have a team and need to delegate/prevent issues
Your challenge is saying no and protecting time
You respond well to accountability and tracking
Use Feminine Intuitive when:
Hustle and force have led to burnout
You're disconnected from why you do this work
Traditional goal-setting feels depleting
You need to reconnect with your authentic business development style
You work best when aligned with natural energy patterns
The truth: You might need different approaches in different seasons. Both honour business development goals—they just get there differently.
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