Decision Analysis Worksheet

Stop second-guessing and choose a clear next step with a structured pros/cons and values-based analysis used in coaching to reduce indecision.

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When to Use This Tool

My client keeps going back and forth on a decision and can't move forward

My client is making a big choice but treating all factors as equally important

My client knows the options but is avoiding committing to one

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Some clients find it useful to get a decision out of their head and onto paper -...

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Tool Classification

Domain

Life Coaching

Type

Framework

Phase

Goal Setting Action

Details

15 min Mid session As-needed

Topics

Accountability Time Management Mindset

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Coaching Scenarios Plus

1 A professional who weights all factors as equally important and arrives at an inconclusive net score

Context

A senior manager facing a significant career decision who completes the weighted pros/cons framework diligently but assigns weights of 3 to nearly every factor. The net score ends up near zero not because the decision is genuinely balanced but because she hasn't done the work of differentiating what matters most. The weighting step - the part that separates this from a simple list - has been avoided.

How to Introduce

Stop at the weight column before she completes it. 'Before you assign weights, I want to ask: of everything on this list...

2 A professional whose written decision statement doesn't match the weight distribution he just produced 🔒

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3 coaching scenarios with introduction language, observation guides, debrief maps, and red flags

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