Built for team leads

Lead your team forward.
Without losing sight of your own growth.

Chosen Focus gives team leads a personal planning layer for team goals, 1:1 prep, career development, and the work that only gets done when you protect time for it.

Free for 7 days. No credit card required.

No credit card required

Your Plan

Timeline
Align & AssessExecute & DemonstrateMake the CaseDone
1

Align & Assess

Weeks 1–3

Map promotion criteria with your manager
Identify 3 high-visibility opportunities
Gather peer feedback on leadership gaps
2

Execute & Demonstrate

Weeks 4–10

Lead a cross-functional initiative
Document measurable team impact monthly
Present at leadership forum or all-hands
3

Make the Case

Weeks 11–14

Write your promotion narrative doc
Secure 3 internal sponsor endorsements
Formal promotion conversation with manager

Trusted by 2,400+ ambitious overthinkers who actually get things done

How it works

Three steps to execution

Step 1

Plan your leadership and career goals

Set goals for team performance, 1:1 development plans, and your own career growth. AI builds structured plans for all of them, not just the team stuff.

Input

Goal: Get promoted to Senior Engineering Manager by Q4

Context: Engineering manager, 8 direct reports

Priority: High

Illustration showing step 1 of using Chosen Focus: Plan your leadership and career goals

Step 2

Get milestones for team and personal growth

AI generates realistic milestones — for team OKRs, each direct report's development, and your own career path. Review, adjust, and start executing.

AI-Generated Plan

Establish Team Rhythm

Weeks 1–4

3/3 tasks

Build Leadership Presence

Weeks 5–10

2/3 tasks

Make Promotion Case

Weeks 11–14

0/3 tasks

Illustration showing step 2 of using Chosen Focus: Get milestones for team and personal growth

Step 3

Protect time for the work only you can do

Your daily view surfaces 1:1 prep tasks, strategic thinking blocks, and your own growth goals. Focus sessions protect the time before it disappears into your calendar.

Today
42:18
Prep 1:1 agenda for SarahGoal
Review team OKR metricsTodo
Write skip-level meeting docGoal
Weekly leadership reflectionRoutine
Illustration showing step 3 of using Chosen Focus: Protect time for the work only you can do

1:1

Prep tasks auto-generated from team member goals

45min

Strategic deep work block before standups

3x

More personal career goals completed alongside team responsibilities

1

Place for team goals, development plans, and your own growth

You're great at moving the team. Less so at moving yourself.

Calendar full of meetings, inbox full of requests, backlog full of good intentions. Your own development keeps slipping to the bottom.

Before

The Old Way

  • 1:1s happen but personal development plans don't
  • Team goals tracked in spreadsheets, personal goals tracked nowhere
  • No dedicated time for strategic thinking — only reactive firefighting
  • Career growth stalls while you focus entirely on the team

After

Chosen Focus

Chosen Focus

  • AI plans your own career development alongside team goals
  • Structured 1:1 prep templates built into your daily view
  • Focus sessions protect time for strategic work and deep thinking
  • One place for team milestones, personal goals, and daily tasks
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A day in the life

What a focused day looks like

7:30 AM

Leadership morning review

Daily view shows: 3 direct report 1:1s today, one strategic memo to review, and a task toward your own promotion goal. Prioritize the memo.

8:00 AM

Strategic deep work block

45-minute Deep Block before standups — review team OKR progress, update the roadmap doc. Protected time before the calendar fills.

9:00 AM

Team standups and check-ins

Back-to-back syncs. Chosen Focus holds the context you set this morning — you're prepared, not scrambling.

1:00 PM

1:1 prep session

Quick Sprint (25m) — review last week's action items, check goal progress for your direct report, draft 3 talking points.

2:00 PM

1:1 conversations

Three 30-minute 1:1s. You're prepared. The development goal tasks for each person are already in your daily view for follow-up.

5:00 PM

End-of-day leadership reflection

5-minute reflection — what decisions did you make? What's unblocked? Log tomorrow's most important strategic task. Own your growth.

Compare

How Chosen Focus stacks up

vs. Lattice Personal execution layer vs. team HR platform

FeatureLatticeChosen Focus
Personal career goalsNot designed for individual useAI plans your own leadership career growth
Daily task viewNo daily execution layerMerged view of team and personal tasks
Focus sessionsNot includedProtected time for strategic thinking
1:1 prep supportStructured templates for reviewsGoal-linked daily tasks for 1:1 prep

vs. Asana Personal planning layer vs. team project tracker

FeatureAsanaChosen Focus
Your own career goalsTeam projects onlyAI plans personal leadership goals
Daily prioritizationYou manage your own tasks manuallyAI surfaces your most important task daily
Focus sessionsNot includedDeep work and strategic thinking blocks
AI mentorshipNot includedGuidance on leadership decisions

People who get things done use this

Join thousands who stopped overthinking and started making real progress.

I used to scatter my goals across Notion, Todoist, and random notes. Chosen Focus replaced all of it. My first week I shipped more than the entire month before.

S

Sarah Chen

Indie Hacker

The AI mentor is like having a co-founder who actually listens. I talk through decisions and it asks the right questions.

M

Marcus Johnson

Startup Founder

The focus timer changed everything. 90-minute flow sessions with my tasks right there — no context switching.

E

Elena Rodriguez

Freelance Designer

I described my product launch goal and it generated a 12-week plan with milestones. Took 30 seconds. Would've taken me a full day.

D

David Park

Product Manager

Simple, clean, and effective. It removes the friction and lets me focus on the work. The daily reflections keep me honest.

J

Jessica Lee

Content Creator

Finally an app that understands how builders actually work. Not another project management tool — a personal execution system.

A

Alex Rivera

Agency Owner

The best part is the daily view. It pulls goal tasks and my routines into one list. I always know exactly what to do next.

M

Mike Ross

E-commerce Founder

I've tried every productivity app out there. This is the first one that actually sticks because it connects goals to daily actions.

P

Priya Patel

Software Engineer

The AI mentor helped me realize I was spreading myself too thin. Sometimes you need a second opinion that isn't biased.

C

Chris Taylor

Solopreneur

Went from having 47 open tabs of goals and todos to one clean app. My Sunday planning sessions take 5 minutes now.

N

Nina Kowalski

Marketing Consultant

Features

One app. No more tab hopping.

Goal planning, focus sessions, daily tasks, mentorship, and reflection — all in one place so you actually follow through.

AI Goal Planning

Describe your goal in plain English. Our AI breaks it into milestones, tasks, and a timeline you can actually follow.

Focus Timer

Deep work sessions with preset modes — Quick Sprint (25m), Deep Block (45m), or Flow State (90m). Track what you accomplish.

Daily Tasks & Routines

Your tasks, routines, and goal work in one view. Organized by morning, afternoon, and evening so you always know what's next.

AI Mentor

Talk through decisions, get unstuck, or reflect on progress. Your AI mentor knows your goals and gives context-aware guidance.

Notes & Reflections

Capture ideas on the fly or do guided daily reflections. Everything is searchable and tied to your goals.

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FAQ

Common questions

Create a goal for each direct report's development. The AI generates milestones for their growth, and tasks in your daily view remind you to prepare talking points, review their progress, and follow up on action items from last week's 1:1.

Yes. Create separate goals for team OKRs, individual team member development, and your own career growth. Your daily view merges them into one prioritized list so nothing falls through the cracks.

The AI mentor knows your goals and situation. You can talk through difficult feedback conversations, team structure decisions, or how to position yourself for a VP role — and get context-aware perspective, not generic leadership advice.

Yes — 7 days free, no credit card required. Full access to all features.

Lattice is a team performance management tool — great for HR processes, reviews, and OKRs at scale. Chosen Focus is your personal execution layer: AI plans your goals (including your team leadership goals), focus sessions protect your deep work, and a daily view keeps you on top of what matters today.

Create a goal called 'Q3 team performance review prep' and the AI generates milestones: collect evidence of goal progress, gather peer feedback, write review narratives, and schedule review conversations. It becomes a structured project instead of a last-minute scramble.

Yes. Describe your goal — "Get promoted to Director" or "Build executive presence" — and the AI generates a realistic multi-month plan with milestones for skills, visibility, and strategic positioning.

Chosen Focus treats your personal development goals the same as any other goal — with tasks that show up in your daily view. You can block focus time for thinking, learning, and your own projects alongside your team responsibilities.

Lead your team. Grow your career. Don't sacrifice one for the other.

AI plans your leadership goals alongside your team responsibilities. Focus sessions protect your strategic thinking time. Start free — 7 days, no credit card required.

Free for 7 days. No credit card required.