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title: Free Fact-or-Feeling Decision Checklist | Velocity
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Free one-page checklist

# Are you deciding on the facts or on the alarm around them?

Twelve checks in three areas. Check what is true today, score yourself from 0 to 12, and see what to fix first.

- Twelve checks across Sort, Ask, and Decide
- A scoring guide that shows what each band means
- One page to print or share with your team

## Get the free checklist

Fact-or-Feeling Decision Checklist · 1 page · PDF

Trusted by **800+ organizations** across **25+ industries** since 2009

## Try the first four checks

Section one is Sort: fact or feeling. Tick what is already true for your team.

Which of these is already true for your team?

- Asked fact or feeling? before working anything through
- Separated the facts from the alarm attached to them
- Treated feedback as something to test, not to obey
- Stepped back to see the field without stalling

Checked**0** of 4

Be honest: a partial is an unchecked box.

Fact-or-Feeling Decision Checklist

SECTION ONE

SECTION TWO

SECTION THREE

## What's on the page

### Sort: Fact or feeling

Four checks, including: asked fact or feeling? before working anything through.

### Ask: Get real information

Four checks, including: asked questions that return information, not agreement.

### Decide: Close the loop

Four checks, including: set a date by which you will decide.

### A scoring guide

Zero to four, five to eight, and nine to twelve, with what to do at each level.

[Get the checklist](https://coaching.velocityadvisorygroup.com/leadership-library/fact-or-feeling-decision-checklist#get-it)

## Results and feedback from Velocity's leadership work

**30% to 8%**employee turnover in one yearBiopharmaceutical company

**+126%**strategic alignment liftBiopharmaceutical company

**95%**retention rate in a construction leadership programVelocity client

> “Now associates understand themselves better, and leaders have new tools to support their teams.”

Chief People and Culture Officer, healthcare products distributor

> “Velocity challenged our team and brought us together in ways that have paid immediate dividends.”

Managing Partner, accounting and advisory firm

## How scoring works

Each check is one point. Ready means 9 to 12 checks and at least 3 in every section. A high total with an empty section is a warning, not a pass.

### 0 to 4: Start sorting

Ask fact or feeling before you react to the next update.

### 5 to 8: Close the gaps

Use your unchecked boxes on the decision you are holding now.

### 9 to 12: Deciding with confidence

Keep sorting, keep asking, and keep setting decision dates.

## Pair it with the full guide

The checklist shows where you stand. The guide explains why, and what to do next.

1

### Take the checklist

Check what is true today and add up your score from 0 to 12.

2

### Read the guide

The Fact-or-Feeling Filter explains the thinking behind it and gives your team tools to act.

3

### Talk with Velocity

Turn your unchecked boxes into a plan with a Velocity advisor.

### Who this is for

- Leaders facing a decision surrounded by urgency
- Managers who want to separate facts from emotion
- Teams that react to alarms before checking the data
- Executives making high-stakes calls under pressure

## Find out where you stand

Get the one-page checklist and score your team in minutes.

[Get the checklist](https://coaching.velocityadvisorygroup.com/leadership-library/fact-or-feeling-decision-checklist#get-it)

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**25+**industries

**2009**building momentum since

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