Senior leaders rarely need more information. They need the right information to make the next decision well. 
Yet executive briefings often begin with the information a team has rather than the decision leadership needs to make. The result can be accurate, detailed, and thoroughly researched communication that still leaves the audience wondering what matters and what should happen next. 

The Decision-Ready Briefing Builder gives federal professionals a practical six-question framework for planning briefings, recommendations, presentations, emails, and resource requests around the needs of the decision maker. 

Use the worksheet before you begin developing your communication to clarify the decision, connect the issue to mission priorities, identify the evidence that matters, anticipate trade-offs, account for the audience, and make the requested action explicit. 

With this complimentary briefing builder, you can: 

  • Define what leadership needs to decide, understand, approve, or do 
  • Connect the issue to mission and organizational priorities 
  • Identify the evidence that materially affects the decision 
  • Clarify the trade-offs associated with action, delay, or other alternatives 
  • Account for the priorities, pressures, and concerns of the executive audience 
  • Make the requested action or next step explicit 
  • Test whether the essential argument can be understood quickly 

Make the decision easier to see before you start building the deck.