TL;DR: One page. Clear owner. Options, risks, and a call by a known date. Ship the decision memo before the meeting.

Key parts:

  1. Context — What changed? Why now?
  2. Options — 2–3 real choices with trade‑offs.
  3. Recommendation — Your call; what you’ll do next.
  4. Risks & Mitigations — Pre‑mortem in a paragraph.
  5. 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.