Origin Leadership Focus Deck™
A simple 18 card deck that helps leaders choose one behavior for the next 90 days and practice it in real work, from Go and See to huddles and 1:1 coaching.
One Focus. One Quarter. Real Work.
Most performance reviews and leadership models talk about leadership in vague terms. The Origin Leadership Focus Deck™ forces a sharper question: what specific behavior will you practice this quarter? Once per quarter a leader and their manager sort the deck, choose one behavior to focus on, and turn that choice into a short ninety day plan tied to real work.
- Sort the fifteen behavior cards into three rows: very much like me, sometimes like me, and rarely like me.
- Choose one focus card that matters for safety, reliability, quality, cost, or team health.
- Capture a simple ninety day plan in the leader’s normal 1:1 or development notes and use it as a lens during Go and See, huddles, and coaching.
Example Scenario
A supervisor and their manager sort the deck and choose the "Simple Priorities" card.
For the next quarter the supervisor protects one specific block of time each week for the team to work on a real gap from their board. In each 1:1 they review whether that time was protected, what the team learned, and how those lessons showed up in PROVE Loop™ checks and daily decisions.
What is in the deck?
The Origin Leadership Focus Deck™ (used as the OPS Leadership Focus Deck™ inside the Origin Thinking™ system) is a physical set of 18 cards. Fifteen cards describe concrete leadership behaviors. Three helper cards show how to sort the deck, choose a ninety day focus, and connect the deck to Origin Problem Solving™, OPS Tools™, and the PROVE Loop™.
- 15 core behavior cards: Built around the Clarity, Cause, and Control pattern from Origin Problem Solving™.
- 3 helper cards: Simple instructions for ranking the cards, choosing a ninety day focus, and linking it back to Origin Thinking™.
- Practical links to real work: Each card includes examples tied to Go and See visits, huddles, PROVE Loop™ checks, and 1:1 coaching.
- Compact guide: A short booklet that lives in a meeting notebook or desk drawer, not on a wall as a scorecard.