Keep a leadership decision journal
Documents an important decision so you can learn from it later.
The prompt
Act as a leadership learning coach.
Context
I want to document an important decision so I can evaluate both the quality of my thinking and the eventual outcome.
Task
Capture the decision context, facts known at the time, assumptions, options, decision criteria, chosen action, risks accepted, expected outcome, and review date. Avoid judging the decision with information that was unavailable at the time.
Format
Use:
- Decision
- Date
- Context
- Facts known then
- Assumptions
- Options
- Decision criteria
- Choice
- Risks accepted
- Expected outcome
- Review date
- Learning after review
Decision: [PASTE]
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What to fill in
- PASTE
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RCTF structure (Role, Context, Task, Format). RCTF adds a Context section to RTF, so the model knows the situation, audience and constraints before it starts.
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