Team Decision Workshop
Work through the trade-offs.
Decide how to move forward.
A focused workshop for one important decision that keeps stalling, returning to meetings or dividing the people involved.
We help you clarify the choice, examine the options and work through the trade-offs, with the right decision-maker and contributors in the room.
The aim is a considered decision with a clear rationale, named actions and a shared understanding of what happens next.
Best for
Leadership, project or cross-functional teams facing a specific decision where competing priorities, unclear criteria or unresolved concerns are holding up progress.
Duration
One 3-hour workshop, with preparation and a written decision record. Two 90-minute sessions can be arranged where a break between discussions would help.
Participants
Typically five to ten people, including the person or group authorised to decide and those whose knowledge or involvement is essential. Advisers can join relevant parts of the session.
Delivery
In person or online. Hybrid delivery can be agreed around the participants and setting.
What you’ll get
A clearly framed choice
Agreement on the question being decided, the options to consider and the criteria that matter.
A recorded outcome and rationale
A concise account of what was decided and why. If a material gap prevents a decision, a specific route to resolve it, with an owner and date.
The trade-offs made explicit
A clearer understanding of assumptions, competing priorities, risks and important concerns.
Clear follow-through
Named actions, communication responsibilities and any conditions that would justify reviewing the decision.
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Our approach
An important decision involves evidence and options, alongside people’s responsibilities, loyalties and concerns about the consequences.
We pay attention to how these influences shape the discussion, helping participants examine what is holding the choice up and what the decision-maker needs to weigh before moving forward.
We explore what people are trying to protect through the position they take.
A preference for one option may reflect concern for a team’s workload, a professional commitment or a relationship someone relies on.
We help participants explain these concerns and consider those held by others. This can make a persistent disagreement more understandable and bring the trade-offs that matter into the discussion.
How it works
1. Prepare the decision
A short scoping call confirms the decision, who has authority, the participants and what has held progress up. You share the relevant options, evidence and constraints.
We prepare a concise decision brief and identify any essential information or involvement needed before the workshop.
2. Examine the options
In the session, we confirm the question, decision responsibilities and criteria. We compare the options, test assumptions and make room for concerns that could affect the choice or its implementation.
3. Reach a conclusion
We help the authorised decision-maker or group reach a considered outcome. We capture the rationale, important reservations, risks and actions.
Where an essential question remains unresolved, we agree what must happen before a decision can be made and who will take it forward.
4. Record and carry forward
Within two working days of the final session, we send the decision owner a concise record for confirmation. It sets out the outcome, reasoning, actions, owners and dates, alongside what needs communicating and to whom.
What’s included
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Scoping call with the sponsor or decision owner.
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A focused review of the agreed background material.
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A concise decision brief for participants to read in advance.
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Three hours of facilitated workshop time.
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A written decision record and action list, issued within two working days for confirmation.
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A short summary of the outcome suitable for sharing with colleagues.
The scope covers one defined decision. We agree any additional preparation, specialist input or further sessions before proceeding.
Your Effort
An available decision owner
The person or group authorised to decide participates in the workshop and confirms the written record afterwards.
Relevant information in advance
You provide the available options, evidence, constraints and previous decisions, and help resolve essential information gaps before the session.
Preparation from participants
Participants read the short brief and come ready to explain their perspective, examine alternatives and work through the implications.
Ownership of the next steps
Your team takes responsibility for the agreed actions and communication following the workshop.
Optional follow-up
Progress review
A 30-minute conversation two to three weeks later to review agreed actions and address difficulties that have emerged.
Additional communication support
A tailored stakeholder update or short question-and-answer note where the decision needs more explanation.
These additions are scoped and priced separately.
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