The Leaders' Toolkit
Things you can use on Monday
Tools, industry briefs and calculators built for CEOs, VPs, Chiefs, Health Commissioners, CNOs, Medical Directors, Executive Directors and Administrators. Every one of them came out of real work with senior teams, not a content plan. Take what is useful, and if it helps, the weekly Leaders' Lens will find you.
Tools
Decision Making
What is MASTER?
MASTER is a six-move framework developed by Sandeep Aujla to help leaders make consequential decisions involving competing priorities, uncertainty, and complex trade-offs. It guides decision-makers to Multi-frame the issue, Assess reality objectively, Surface insights and tensions, Think up viable options, Evaluate alternatives systematically, and Resolve by making a clear decision and defining its conditions. The decision-making tools below are built on it.
MASTER is an evidence-informed proprietary framework, not a separately validated decision-making instrument.
See MASTER applied: How do you choose between competing priorities?Individual Decision Record
A flight recorder for the decisions you own, so you can see your own pattern as a decider
Decision-Making · Downloadable fillable PDF, 12 pages
Get it freeDecision Field Card
The whole record on one sheet, for decisions caught on the move
Decision-Making · Downloadable fillable PDF, 2 pages, printed double-sided
Get it freeThe Collaborative Decision Document
A comprehensive structure for high-stakes decisions that senior leadership teams deliberate
Decision-Making · Downloadable PDF, 16 pages
Get it freeDecision Pre-Read Builder
Build the pre-read for a collaborative decision in one sitting, ready to send to everyone taking part
Decision-Making · Interactive tool, 30 to 60 minutes, saved in your browser, Word and PDF download
Get it freePsychological Safety
The Equitable Psychological Safety Standard
Most organizations say psychological safety matters. Few have agreed what leaders, teams and team members each do about it. This standard turns the commitment into practices people can see, use and hold one another to.
Psychological Safety · Downloadable PDF, 10 pages
Get it freeLeader Behaviours for Equitable Psychological Safety
Six practices for leaders whose reactions teach people what is actually safe
Psychological Safety · Downloadable PDF, 9 pages
Get it freeTeam Practices That Design for Voice
Ten practices that make contribution, dissent, and learning an expected part of the work
Psychological Safety · Downloadable PDF, 7 pages
Get it freeTeam Member Behaviours: Agency, Voice, and Accountability
Ten practices for using the voice available to you with courage and judgment
Psychological Safety · Downloadable PDF, 7 pages
Get it freePractice Stack Implementation Guide
A small set of recurring practices, a 90-day cycle, and an honest account of the evidence behind each
Psychological Safety · Downloadable PDF, 6 pages
Get it freePower and Influence
Powerbase Map
Building your powerbase with strategic connections
Strategic Networks · Interactive workbook, saved in your browser, PDF download
Get it freeNegotiate the Whole Offer, Not Just the Salary Line
A one-page guide to the four levers of total compensation, and how to trade them with grace
Executive Compensation · One-page guide, PDF download
Get it freeTotal Compensation Negotiation Model
Value the whole offer, not just the salary line, and negotiate with confidence
Executive Compensation · Interactive model, saved in your browser, PDF download
Get it freeStrategy and Aligned Execution
On The Same Page (OTSP)
A one-page structure that keeps you and each direct report aligned, at whatever cadence you meet
Alignment · Downloadable fillable PDF, two pages
Get it freeTranslate Strategy to Impact
Walk one priority from your strategic plan to a tested outcome with its measures, its off-ramps, and its place in the sequence
Strategy Execution · Interactive tool, about 15 minutes, saved in your browser, PDF download
Get it freeROI calculators
ROI Calculator, Executive Coaching
Put a number on what a stalled senior leader costs, and what moving them is truly worth against the investment
ROI calculator · Interactive calculator, unlocked in your browser
Get it freeROI Calculator, Team Coaching
What a misaligned leadership team quietly burns, and what resolving it is worth against the investment
ROI calculator · Interactive calculator, unlocked in your browser
Get it freeROI Calculator, Transformational Training
What a year of generic, one-off leadership development actually costs, and what a transformational series is worth against the investment
ROI calculator · Interactive calculator, unlocked in your browser
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