ONE-PAGE LEADERSHIP BRIEF
The Step Up to Senior Leadership | Sayantan Nandi

Use a bounded decision. Write a few sentences under each prompt.

1. The decision and recommendation
What do you recommend, and what decision or approval do you need?

2. The business outcome
What should change for the business, customer or team?

3. Evidence and uncertainty
What do you know, and what remains an assumption?

4. Credible options
What other approaches deserve consideration?

5. The trade-off
What moves, stops or receives fewer resources?

6. Other teams’ constraints
Who is affected and what limits must the proposal respect?

7. Ownership and authority
Who owns the outcome, and what can they decide?

8. The review
When will you review, using which evidence, to make what decision?

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