TL;DR: One page. Clear owner. Options, risks, and a call by a known date. Ship the decision memo before the meeting.
Key parts:
- Context — What changed? Why now?
- Options — 2–3 real choices with trade‑offs.
- Recommendation — Your call; what you’ll do next.
- Risks & Mitigations — Pre‑mortem in a paragraph.
- Decision & DRI — Who owns it; when is the next check‑in.
Use it weekly; link decisions from your leadership notes so they don’t vanish into Slack.