1. Decisions needed
- Decision: owner, deadline, evidence still missing
- What happens if we wait another week?
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End the week with decisions, not a longer status report.
A weekly review template for decisions, progress, blockers, commitments, risks, and next-week priorities.
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Lead with decisions required, not activity.
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Separate blockers from ordinary slow progress.
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Carry unresolved commitments forward with an owner and review point.
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The decision-first weekly review
Complete this in order. If a section does not change a decision or next action, keep it out of the main review.
2. Material changes
- What changed from plan?
- Why does it matter now?
- Which priority, customer, person, or risk does it affect?
3. Blockers
- What is stopped?
- What dependency or decision is blocking it?
- Who can unblock it, and by when?
4. Commitments
- Closed this week
- Due next week
- Aging or at risk
- Ownerless or missing a review date
5. Risks
- Risk: likelihood, impact, earliest signal, mitigation owner
6. Next week
- Three outcomes that matter most
- What we are explicitly not prioritizing
- First review point for each outcome
Copy, print, or paste this structure into the tool where your work already lives.
Where it helps
Use the template when the work needs structure.
Founder review
Balance product, customers, team, cash, and growth without turning them into one noisy list.
Leadership review
Focus cross-functional discussion on decisions, dependencies, risks, and changes from plan.
Manager review
Surface team blockers, commitments, support needed, and the priorities for next week.
How it works
Make the handoff explicit.
Good delegated work has a clear input, a useful artifact, and a moment where a person can review what happens next.
Record what materially changed
Skip activity that does not alter a priority, decision, risk, or commitment.
Resolve what needs a call
Name the decision owner and the evidence still missing.
Choose next week's outcomes
Set a small number of priorities with owners and review points.
Useful outputs
Work you can inspect, share, and act on.
The output is something you can review, not a vague promise that AI saved time.
01Decision queue
02Material-change summary
03Blocker list
04Commitment review
05Risk register
06Next-week priorities
Weekly review template / review point
Active workflowHuman decision
01PreparedDecision queueReady
02CheckedLead with decisions required, not activity.Visible
03BoundaryConsequential actionWith you
The boundary
Assistance does not remove accountability.
A weekly review should not become employee surveillance or a substitute for direct conversation. Use it to clarify work and support decisions, not to manufacture certainty.
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The practical questions, answered.
01How long should a weekly review take?
Preparation should make the live review shorter. A personal review may take 20 to 30 minutes; a leadership review should spend its time on decisions and blockers rather than reading updates aloud.
02What belongs in the review?
Only material changes, decisions required, blockers, aging commitments, important risks, and the next set of priorities.
03What should carry forward?
Any unresolved decision or commitment should return with an owner, current state, and next review point.
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