Decisions
Good decisions are essential for success

Overview 

• Principles of Decision Making

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.

William James

Principles of Decision Making

Whatever the nature of the decision you or your organization is taking, the principles of good decision-making are the same.

It is all about:

• Clarity:
  Utter objectivity about the issue, the context and the consequences.

• Conviction:
  The place of intuition, values and trained judgment.

• Courage:
  Turning belief into action to build next steps.

• Communication:
  Embracing listening, engaging and persuading.

The foundation of effective decision making is balancing clarity and conviction.
We make decisions in the interplay between analysis and beliefs, logical thinking and the gut reaction.
Courage and communication are then essential elements in being decisive, taking forward difficult decisions effectively and getting the business done.
Our competence to make effective decisions depends on our own self-understanding and how we handle ourselves when making decisions.
We need to know when we are good at making decisions and when we are in danger of being less effective because of deviation, avoidance, vulnerability or even fear.
Understanding our own strengths and weaknesses is essential to our being able to improve our ability to make effective decisions and move on.
By understanding the way other people make decisions we get an important input.

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