A decision statement is a concise, single-sentence summary formulated before creating recommendation materials that explicitly defines three elements: what exact choice is being made (either a binary yes/no or a selection among named options), who is the single person who decides, and the specific date by which the decision must occur.

Decision Statement

A decision owner is the single individual who holds final sign-off authority for a proposed action. When authority is diffuse—where several individuals can say yes and anyone can say no—no single person owns the outcome, causing recommendation requests to degrade into open-ended meetings and discussions rather than actionable choices.

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