Decision-Making
10-10-10 Method
Get distance on a decision that feels emotionally charged or urgent by asking: how will I feel in 10 minutes, 10 months, 10 years?
THE CATALOGUE
109 Executive Skills
Choose a skill, describe your situation, get executive-quality output.
Skill Finder
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Professional Development
360 Feedback Processor
Process and extract actionable development priorities from 360-degree feedback.
Personal Productivity
After-Action Review
Run a structured debrief of a completed project, event, or initiative to capture what worked, what didn't, and what to do differently.
Executive Communication
Announcement Writer
Write a team or organization-wide announcement that informs clearly and maintains trust.
Decision-Making
Assumption Audit
Surface and test the core assumptions behind a decision or plan before committing.
Time & Focus
Async-First Design
Design an async-first communication system that reduces unnecessary meetings and synchronous interruptions.
Executive Communication
Bad News Communicator
Craft a communication that delivers bad news clearly, honestly, and with integrity.
Decision-Making
Bias Check
Identify cognitive biases that may be distorting a decision or analysis.
Personal Productivity
Brain Dump Processor
Convert a messy brain dump of thoughts, tasks, and worries into an organized, actionable structure.
Meetings & Facilitation
Brainstorming Facilitator
Design and facilitate a structured brainstorming session that produces genuinely useful ideas.
Strategy & Execution
Business Case Builder
Build a structured business case for an investment, initiative, or strategic bet.
Time & Focus
Calendar Audit
Audit a leader's calendar to identify time waste, misalignment with priorities, and structural fixes.
Professional Development
Career Narrative Builder
Build a clear, compelling career narrative for networking, interviews, or leadership transitions.
Leadership & People
Coaching Conversation Guide
Structure a coaching conversation with a team member focused on their development.
Decision-Making
Commitment Clarity
Convert a decision into a clear commitment with owners, actions, and accountability.
Executive Communication
Communication Audit
Review a piece of communication and give direct feedback on clarity, impact, tone, and what to improve.
Strategy & Execution
Competitive Landscape Brief
Build a competitive landscape brief for a market, segment, or specific competitor.
Leadership & People
Conflict Resolution Meeting
Structure and facilitate a meeting to resolve a conflict between two or more people or teams.
Executive Communication
Crisis Communication Drafter
Draft a communication for a crisis, incident, or unexpected negative event.
Decision-Making
DACI Decision Rights
Clarify who owns which decisions and eliminate the ambiguity causing delay.
Personal Productivity
Daily Priority Stack
Build a ruthlessly prioritized daily action plan from a brain dump of tasks, meetings, and commitments.
Time & Focus
Deadline Pressure Manager
Navigate a high-pressure deadline situation with a clear action plan, triage, and communication strategy.
Decision-Making
Decision Clarity Frame
Structure any decision so it can be made with confidence and speed.
Decision-Making
Decision Framework Selector
Choose the right decision-making framework for any decision.
Decision-Making
Decision Log
Create a structured record of a decision for accountability and learning.
Meetings & Facilitation
Decision Meeting Designer
Design a meeting specifically built to reach a decision — with the right people and the right process.
Decision-Making
Decision Ownership Clarifier
Identify and assign clear ownership for decisions that are stuck or unresolved.
Risk & Foresight
Decision Risk Brief
Build a concise risk brief for a high-stakes decision before it is made.
Time & Focus
Decline With Confidence
Help a leader say no clearly, professionally, and without damaging relationships.
Personal Productivity
Delegation Brief
Create a clear, complete delegation brief so a task can be handed off without follow-up chaos.
Leadership & People
Delegation Ladder
Assess what to delegate, to whom, and how to structure the handoff for success.
Decision-Making
Devil's Advocate Brief
Build a rigorous devil's advocate case against a decision or direction.
Leadership & People
Difficult Conversation Facilitator
Prepare for any difficult conversation — peer conflict, stakeholder friction, or sensitive topics.
Leadership & People
Difficult Conversation Playbook
A structured playbook for navigating recurring types of difficult leadership conversations.
Leadership & People
Difficult Person Strategy
Build a strategy for managing a difficult team member, peer, or stakeholder relationship.
Risk & Foresight
Downstream Consequence Map
Map the downstream and second-order consequences of a decision before committing.
Personal Productivity
Email Triage Engine
Process a backlog of emails into clear action categories and draft responses.
Time & Focus
End-of-Day Shutdown
Run a structured end-of-day shutdown to close open loops, set up tomorrow, and mentally disconnect.
Strategy & Execution
Execution Rhythm Designer
Build the operating cadences that turn strategy into consistent weekly execution.
Executive Communication
Executive Email Writer
Draft clear, concise, high-impact emails for executive audiences.
Professional Development
Executive Presence Builder
Build and strengthen executive presence in specific high-stakes contexts.
Executive Communication
Executive Presentation Builder
Structure a presentation for a senior executive or board audience.
Stakeholder & Influence
Feedback Message Writer
Write clear, actionable, respectful feedback for direct reports, peers, or performance documentation.
Personal Productivity
Focus Block Designer
Design a protected deep work block around a specific high-value task.
Decision-Making
Go / No-Go Gate
Run a structured go-no-go assessment for a project, investment, or initiative.
Personal Productivity
Goal Decomposer
Break a big, vague goal into a concrete execution plan with milestones, actions, and owners.
Strategy & Execution
Initiative Prioritization
Cut through a bloated project list and identify what to keep, cut, and defer.
Executive Communication
Internal Alignment Memo
Write a memo that aligns a team or organization around a decision, direction, or change.
Time & Focus
Interruption Firewall
Design a personal system to reduce interruptions and protect focused work time.
Meetings & Facilitation
Kickoff Meeting Designer
Design a project or initiative kickoff meeting that aligns the team and sets conditions for success.
Professional Development
Leadership Development Plan
Build a focused, actionable personal leadership development plan.
Leadership & People
Leadership Style Calibrator
Identify the right leadership style for a specific person, team, or situation.
Meetings & Facilitation
Meeting Agenda Builder
Build a tight, purposeful meeting agenda that drives the right conversation and produces a clear outcome.
Meetings & Facilitation
Meeting Culture Reset
Diagnose and redesign a team's meeting culture — norms, habits, and structures.
Time & Focus
Meeting Elimination Audit
Systematically evaluate recurring meetings and eliminate, shorten, or replace ones that don't justify their cost.
Meetings & Facilitation
Meeting Facilitator Guide
Provide real-time facilitation guidance for running a specific meeting effectively.
Meetings & Facilitation
Meeting Follow-Up Generator
Convert meeting notes into a clean follow-up with decisions, actions, and next steps.
Strategy & Execution
Meeting Prep Brief
Generate a sharp preparation brief for any upcoming meeting in under 2 minutes.
Executive Communication
Message Clarity Editor
Rewrite a vague, unclear, or overly long message into something sharp, direct, and actionable.
Decision-Making
Minimum Viable Decision
Identify the minimum decision needed to unblock progress when analysis paralysis has set in.
Executive Communication
Narrative Arc Builder
Build a compelling story arc for a presentation, speech, or important communication.
Stakeholder & Influence
Negotiation Message Drafter
Draft written communications for a negotiation — opening position, counter-response, or closing terms.
Leadership & People
New Leader Onboarding Plan
Build a 30-60-90 day onboarding plan for a new leader joining a team or organization.
Strategy & Execution
OKR Builder
Build a structured OKR set (Objectives and Key Results) for a team or organization.
Leadership & People
One-on-One Framework
Structure and prepare for a high-value one-on-one with a direct report or manager.
Executive Communication
One-Pager Writer
Write a concise, professional one-pager on a topic, proposal, or initiative for executive or external audiences.
Decision-Making
Options Matrix
Build a weighted options matrix to compare alternatives against clear criteria.
Leadership & People
Performance Conversation Guide
Prepare for and structure a performance conversation with a direct report.
Professional Development
Personal Board of Directors
Design and build a personal board of directors for ongoing leadership development.
Personal Productivity
Personal Energy Audit
Audit how you spend your energy, identify what drains vs. energizes you, and redesign your week.
Strategy & Execution
Pivot or Persist Framework
Decide whether to continue, adjust, or abandon a strategy, initiative, or direction.
Strategy & Execution
Portfolio Prioritization
Cut through a bloated project portfolio and identify what to keep, cut, and defer.
Risk & Foresight
Pre-Mortem Analysis
Stress-test a decision by mapping its most likely failure modes before you commit.
Time & Focus
Procrastination Circuit Breaker
Break through procrastination on a specific task with a diagnostic and structured start.
Strategy & Execution
Progress Tracker Narrative
Transform raw project status information into a clear, credible progress narrative for stakeholders.
Time & Focus
Quarterly Time Reboot
Run a quarterly reset of how time is allocated to align it with next quarter's priorities.
Personal Productivity
Rapid Situation Brief
Synthesize a complex or fast-moving situation into a clear, structured brief so a leader can act quickly.
Leadership & People
Recognition System Builder
Design a recognition and appreciation system that actually works.
Stakeholder & Influence
Rejection Response Writer
Write a professional, respectful rejection or decline — for candidates, vendors, proposals, or requests.
Meetings & Facilitation
Remote Meeting Excellence
Run high-quality remote or hybrid meetings that keep participants engaged and produce real outcomes.
Meetings & Facilitation
Retrospective Facilitator
Facilitate a team retrospective that produces honest reflection and concrete improvements.
Risk & Foresight
Reversibility Test
Assess how reversible a decision is before making it, and calibrate your process to match.
Risk & Foresight
Risk-Reward Frame
Build a structured risk-reward analysis for a decision with meaningful tradeoffs.
Risk & Foresight
Scenario Planner
Build and compare multiple future scenarios to inform a decision under uncertainty.
Risk & Foresight
Second-Order Thinking
Map the downstream and unintended consequences of a decision before committing.
Stakeholder & Influence
Senior Stakeholder Communication
Craft communications calibrated for senior stakeholders — board, investors, or executive peers.
Leadership & People
Skip-Level Meeting Guide
Prepare for and run a skip-level meeting to understand team health and organizational reality.
Stakeholder & Influence
Speaking Notes Generator
Convert a presentation or key message into ready-to-use speaking notes.
Strategy & Execution
Stakeholder Map
Map the key stakeholders for a project, understand their interests and influence, and build a management strategy.
Strategy & Execution
Strategic Review Facilitator
Facilitate a structured strategic review of a business, team, or initiative.
Strategy & Execution
Strategy One-Pager
Distill a strategy into a clear, compelling one-page document people will actually use.
Strategy & Execution
Strategy-to-Execution Rhythm
Build the operating cadences that turn strategy into consistent weekly execution.
Strategy & Execution
Strategy to Roadmap
Convert a strategic direction into an actionable roadmap with milestones and owners.
Leadership & People
Talent Review Prep
Prepare for a talent review, succession planning conversation, or performance calibration.
Leadership & People
Team Conflict Resolver
Navigate and resolve a conflict between two or more team members.
Leadership & People
Team Culture Designer
Define, diagnose, or redesign the culture of a team.
Professional Development
Team Goal Alignment
Align a team around shared goals, priorities, and success metrics.
Professional Development
Team Health Check
Run a structured team health assessment and identify what to fix first.
Professional Development
Team Meeting Rhythm Designer
Design the right meeting rhythm and communication cadence for a team.
Professional Development
Team Retrospective Guide
Facilitate a team retrospective to extract lessons and build continuous improvement habits.
Personal Productivity
Thinking Partner
A sharp, honest thinking partner to help you think out loud, test an idea, or pressure-test your reasoning.
Time & Focus
Time Block Planner
Design a time-blocked week that aligns your calendar with priorities and protects deep work.
Meetings & Facilitation
Town Hall Planner
Plan and structure a team or company town hall that informs, engages, and builds trust.
Leadership & People
Trust Builder
Design specific actions to build or repair trust within a team or with a key relationship.
Stakeholder & Influence
Upward Communication Crafter
Draft a communication to a senior stakeholder — manager, executive, or board — that informs or influences effectively.
Strategy & Execution
War-Gaming Session
Run a structured war-gaming exercise to stress-test a strategy against competitive or market moves.
Personal Productivity
Weekly Leadership Review
Close the week with a structured leadership review and open the next with clear priorities.
Strategy & Execution
Weekly Reset
A structured weekly reset to close the current week and open the next with clarity and focus.
Meetings & Facilitation
Workshop Designer
Design a working session or workshop for a team to solve a problem, build a plan, or make decisions together.