Decisions that need more than a framework

You probably already know how to make decisions. You've done it your whole career. But some decisions don't yield to the usual approach — and those are the ones that keep you up at night.

The decision that won't crystallise isn't usually a problem of information or analysis. It's that something underneath the decision hasn't surfaced yet. An assumption you haven't examined. A change in who you're becoming that the old criteria don't account for. A larger question the decision is quietly pointing at.

Most decision-making advice assumes the decision is the thing. In practice, the decision is often the surface. Once you've articulated it out loud — sometimes for the first time — you start to see what it's actually about.

That's what the coaching does. We create the space to articulate the decision, examine what sits underneath it, and notice when the real question is about something larger — your role, your direction, who you're becoming. The decision often follows naturally once that work is done.

Between sessions, the decision stays with you. It needs that time. When we meet again, we review where it sits — sometimes it's been made and we mark that; sometimes it's still open and we look at what's getting in the way.

If you've been circling the same decision for longer than feels reasonable, that's usually a signal worth paying attention to.

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