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DECISION-RIGHTS5 MIN READ

Escalation Path Battlecards

Use escalation language that is specific, objective, and non-political.

Objection handler Are you going over my head? Your line No. We agreed this escalates only if the policy blocker and launch commitment cannot be reconciled by 2 p.m. Everyone will see the same packet. Do not escalate privately while telling the team you are still aligning. It shows the route is pre-agreed, conditional, and transparent. Recall What four parts make an escalation path decision-ready? Trigger, escalation owner, packet, and timeout. These mirror incident escalation discipline: who gets the next action, when, and with what context. Compare Which trigger should activate escalation? Escalate authority gaps, not ordinary disagreement. Why not…

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