Role Clarity Archive

New Role Entry

Eight sections, all required. Each section needs at least one meaningful answer — green dots in the progress nav mark sections you've completed. Sections 7 and 8 are where the real clarity wins live; don't skim them.

Progress

Full Name *

Current Title *

Team *

Department / Function

Direct Manager

More details (direct reports, tenure)

Direct Reports — names & titles, one per line

Tenure in Current Role

Tenure with Company

The elevator pitch for the role itself — not for you personally.

In 2–3 sentences, what does this role exist to do? *

Three core goals / outcomes this role is accountable for

Primary Functional Area *

Secondary Areas — comma-separated

Your top recurring weekly tasks — at least one required. For each: the functional area and the % of your week it consumes.

Weekly Tasks *

Total: 0% — aim for 70–100%

More details (monthly & quarterly deliverables)

Monthly Recurring Deliverables — outputs others depend on, one per line

Quarterly Recurring Deliverables

Where most role conflict actually comes from. Be specific — at least one field required.

Decisions I make independently — no approval needed

Decisions that need sign-off — and from whom

Single-transaction spending limit

Monthly budget authority

More details (escalations)

Decisions I escalate — and to whom

Who you need from, and who needs from you — at least one relationship required.

People I depend on, and what I need from them

People who depend on me, and what they need

More details (internal "customers" you serve)

Internal customers — who you serve

3–5 metrics that define whether this role is winning. At least one required.

Metrics *

The single most powerful section. Don't soften — at least one entry required.

Tasks I regularly do that I don't believe should be mine

Areas where I intentionally defer to a colleague

More details (asks outside my role)

Anything I've been asked to do that sits outside my role

Where the system is failing, in your own words. No filter — at least one field required.

Where I feel unclear about my own role

Where I see overlap with a colleague's role

Work that no one owns — true gaps

If I could clarify ONE thing about my role, it would be…

Overlap Analysis

Pairs of roles with shared functional areas or task language. Higher scores = more potential ambiguity to address. This is a starting point, not a verdict — context still matters.

Functional Area Distribution

How the company's labor actually allocates across functional areas, based on weekly task time. Useful for spotting under-resourced functions and unexpected concentrations.

Total weekly time by functional area

Sum of (% time on task × task functional area), aggregated across all entries. Normalized to relative share.

People per primary functional area

Compare Roles

Walk through paired roles side-by-side. Useful for paired GMs, paired functional leads, or any two roles where ambiguity is suspected.

Export & Data

All data lives in your browser's localStorage. These exports let you back it up, share it, or move it.

Excel Workbook

Multi-sheet .xlsx: entries summary, weekly tasks, stakeholders, metrics. Best for analysis in Excel.

JSON Backup

Full structured backup. Use this to restore data later or move between machines.

CSV (Flat)

One row per role entry, flattened. Quick import into other tools.

Email Summary

Opens your mail client with a plain-text digest of all entries.

Restore from JSON

Load a previously exported JSON backup. This will replace all current entries.

Danger zone

Permanently delete all entries from this browser. Export a backup first.