8 88 September October 2014
Eight Steps to Making Decisions Decisively
Being able to make good decisions quickly is essential to business success. If you find yourself hesitating when it comes to making a choice, here are some steps that can help you become more decisive.
1) Have A Clear Decision Making Process
If you don't have a good critical thinking process in place,you may be reluctant to make important decisions.You don't have confidence in your methodology, so you look for more data,ask more people,and do more analysis.A good thinking process will help you know when you have enough information to move forward. Gather information to see what is happening,generate some ideas about possible solutions,evaluate what solution best solves your problem,and make sure all of the key stakehold- ers agree with your choice.
2) Embrace Ambiguity
Many people hate ambiguity and feel that they cannot make a decision until they know exactly what is going on. In business,however,you rarely have absolute certainty: customer demands change; a new competitor enters the market; or there are regulatory shifts.Good decision makers learn to gather the available information,make predictions about how things might change,analyze the data,and get feedback from others to engage them in the process.
by Jen Lawrence
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