Leadership Alignment: Decision Rights
A practical guide to clarifying who decides what—and accelerating your team’s execution velocity.
What you’ll get
This 6-page guide gives you the frameworks and diagnostic tools to clarify decision rights across your leadership team.
- What decision rights are — and why ambiguity kills velocity
- 6 common use cases — where unclear decision rights cause the most damage
- Where decision rights matter most — focus your effort for maximum impact
- 5-question diagnostic — quickly assess your team’s decision clarity
- 10 signs of progress — know when your decision rights work is paying off
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Who this is for
This guide is designed for:
- CTOs and VPs of Engineering leading growing teams
- COOs and Ops leaders managing cross-functional execution
- CEOs tired of being the bottleneck for every decision
- Any leader experiencing escalation overload
Pattern we see: Most leaders discover 3-5 decision types that cause 80% of their escalation overhead.
Preview: What’s Inside
The RAPID Framework
The proven model for clarifying decision authority—who Recommends, Agrees, Performs, provides Input, and Decides. Only one person should have the “D” for any decision type.
6 Common Use Cases
Where unclear decision rights cause the most damage: headcount, roadmap priorities, budget allocation, cross-functional projects, customer escalations, and technical architecture.
Decision Rights Heat Map
Prioritize which decisions need clarity first. Focus on the 20% of decision types that cause 80% of the confusion—especially cross-team boundaries and escalation patterns.
5-Question Diagnostic + Scoring
Rate your team’s decision clarity with a quick self-assessment. Includes numbered scoring (1-5 scale), total score tally, and interpretation guide to identify where to focus.
Want a Complete Leadership Alignment Assessment?
The Executive Escalation Audit measures your leadership team across four dimensions in about 8 minutes:
Clarity
Empowerment
Velocity
Bandwidth
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