Timothy R. Clark
Founder & CEO
Skill Preview · Decision Making
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Make better decisions with cleaner frames, smarter foresight, and disciplined follow-through. Sixty live minutes, free, built around your own DECIDERindex™ baseline.
Most decisions fail upstream. Yours are being framed today, with or without a method.
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You take the DECIDERindex™ before the session (10–15 minutes). We open by reading the results: where your decision process is strong, where it’s stuck, and what to fix first.
Bounded rationality, System 1/System 2, and the heuristics that masquerade as judgment — then the model that restores rigor without killing speed.
Apply Step 1 (Define the problem) and Step 2 (Establish criteria) to a real decision, and leave with a decision brief you can use to align stakeholders immediately.
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DECIDER Critical Thinking™
Your seat includes a full Access Pass — the DECIDERindex™ assessment, the course content, and 30 days of action planning.
Day 0 Take DECIDERindex™ — your self-assessment baseline. Truth first, not a hunch.
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Program roadmap · FY26
Upcoming
Also scheduled: People leaders · wave 2 (140 · live-virtual · Q3) and All teams (900 · on-demand · Q4).
Delivery · people leaders, wave 1
Live-virtual
Next session Thu · 32 enrolled
Facilitated by your certified team
In person
On-site workshop · Oct 12
Your facilitators or LeaderFactor experts
On-demand
210 active learners
Self-paced, same curriculum and assessment
Presenter mode
Presenting · live-virtualThe DECIDER™ Model · Lesson 2
Half the speed you’re missing is here
A debate without a defined decision is an opinion contest with a calendar invite.
Which recurring debate on your team is really an undefined decision?
Our quarterly roadmap fight. We argue rankings for two weeks because no one has said whether it’s the PM’s call or a vote.
Open your next decision meeting by stating the decision and its owner in one sentence.
Frame · 6 quick prompts
Your problem statement
Here’s what we built.
Edit it directly — it’s yours to refine.
Our team-lead seat has been open for six weeks and coverage is slipping. We need a lead in place this quarter — without stalling the team’s current momentum or losing our strongest people.
Value Benefits & gains
Capability lift for the team 30%
Cost Financial & resource costs
Total comp and ramp cost 20%
Risk Uncertainty & downsides
Ramp and retention risk 25%
Time Speed & urgency
Time to full coverage 25%
Decide · score the options
Promote from within 7.7
Commit · execution plan
Promote from within 7.7
Promote from within
Next steps
✎ EditName interim coverage for the team
Draft the internal posting and criteria
Problem statement
✎ EditOur team-lead seat has been open for six weeks and coverage is slipping. We need a lead in place this quarter — without stalling the team’s current momentum or losing our strongest people.
Saved to your toolkit — every decision stays open to revisit and edit.
DECIDERindex™ · individual
Dimension breakdown
Do I define the real problem, not the symptom?
Your self-baseline — the re-take at 90 days shows the movement.
Do I name standards before options?
Your self-baseline — the re-take at 90 days shows the movement.
Do I make the trade-offs explicit?
Your self-baseline — the re-take at 90 days shows the movement.
Do I generate real alternatives?
Your self-baseline — the re-take at 90 days shows the movement.
Do I select rigorously, with clear rationale?
Your self-baseline — the re-take at 90 days shows the movement.
Do decisions land with owners and timelines?
Your self-baseline — the re-take at 90 days shows the movement.
Do I close the loop and keep the lesson?
Your self-baseline — the re-take at 90 days shows the movement.
In their words · qualitative
“What happens after I make a decision?”
Honestly — it depends who didn’t like it. Some of my calls get re-made twice a month.
Once something is truly decided we move fast. The wobble is what counts as decided.
“What’s working that I should keep?”
Writing the decision down with who owns it. The one-pager habit killed half our re-litigating.
Illustrative sample data, normalized to 0–100 for display — each instrument reports on its own scale.
In the flow of work
Name the owner first.
When the team starts debating, I will state who owns the call before we weigh options.
How consistently did you name the owner first this week?
Three options minimum.
When we face a real decision, I will require three genuine alternatives before we choose.
How consistently did you force real options this week?
Start working on a new commitment
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Planned commitments
Saved for later. When you're ready, move one to your plan.DECIDERindex™ · aggregate reporting
Pre / post by stage
Baseline 90-day BenchmarkBenchmark = the DECIDERindex™ research base across participating organizations.
Participation & engagement
474 invitedBy cohort
4 cohorts · 3 modalitiesIllustrative sample data, normalized to 0–100 for display — each instrument reports on its own scale.
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60 live minutes, free, on your calendar.
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Plan for a 60-minute live session plus 10–15 minutes beforehand to complete the DECIDERindex™ assessment. You’ll also leave with a 30-day plan designed to fit into your existing workflow.
This is a live virtual workshop designed for interaction and application. You’ll work through real scenarios and build a plan you can use immediately.
Nothing. The skill preview is free, and evaluation licenses are available at no charge if you’re assessing the full course for your organization.
You’ll receive the DECIDERindex™ assessment, the DECIDER™ model, a digital workbook, AI-enabled in-workflow tools, and a decision brief you can use immediately.
No, but it helps. You’ll get the most value if you bring a real decision you’re carrying, so you can apply the framing and criteria steps and leave with a usable brief.
We currently don’t offer recordings. If you miss the live session, we encourage you to join a future one where you can participate fully.
A certificate of completion may be provided depending on your cohort setup. If you need documentation for professional development, contact support for details.
Yes. LeaderFactor offers team and organization delivery (including hybrid options) and can tailor examples and planning to your context. Contact support to discuss cohorts and scheduling. LeaderFactor also offers facilitator certifications to equip your team to deliver trainings in house.
A stable internet connection, access to Zoom (or your organization’s approved platform), and a modern browser to complete the DECIDERindex™ and access materials.
You’ll leave with tools and an implementation plan you can reuse. For team rollouts or deeper support, LeaderFactor can provide additional enablement options.
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