How to Make Good Decisions
If you are facing a choice that deserves contemplation, try this model of decision-making available for your reference.
Posts Tagged: decision-making
Making Decisions in a Time of Transition (Part II)
By being thoughtful and intentional in their approach, leaders can accelerate the achievement of the new elected president’s priorities, reduce risk, and increase the capacity of agencies to deliver on mission objectives.
Making Decisions in a Time of Transition
How can new leaders quickly gain situational awareness? How can they harness ongoing processes like budget formulation and performance reporting as inputs for decision-making? How can they use and integrate expertise such as risk management and strategic foresight into actionable information?
Improving Data Quality: Empowering Decision-Makers with Meaningful Information
Today’s leaders rely heavily on data-driven decision making to solve complex problems that have a direct impact on their businesses and their missions. Stakeholder concerns regarding the successful operation of their organization typically revolve around so much more than just data quality that it’s oftentimes overlooked. In reality, data quality is one of the most… Read more »
A Checklist for Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas
Are you faced with an ethical dilemma? Work through this handy checklist from CRMlearning based on “Ethics 4 Everyone” by Eric Harvey and Scott Airitam. Before you take action, ask yourself… Is it legal? Does it comply with our rules and regulations? Is it consistent with our organizational values? Will I be guilt-free if I doRead… Read more »
Data: It’s All About People, Not Data
I’m a data geek. I’ll own that. I love what data can do, what it can inform, what it can tell me. I constantly find myself mentally connecting conversations I’m in and meetings I’m part of to the data that could best inform the discussion or the decisions. It’s a bit of a problem. AsRead… Read more »
Let’s Meet — In Person
Let’s assume that, as an IT leader and decision maker, you understand the importance of clear and efficient communications. Whether with superiors, subordinates, peers, vendors, or customers, good communications are a key ingredient to your success. And you’ve probably read or heard somewhere that 93% or some similar percentage of interpersonal communications are non-verbal; thatRead… Read more »
Wise decisions = personal happiness?
Suppose you are an IT decision-maker (and who in IT doesn’t have to make decisions regularly?). For that matter, forget the “IT”. What drives your decision-making? Let’s assume that you would like to consistently make decisions so as to have the maximum positive (or least negative) impact on your own personal well-being. Does this soundRead… Read more »
The Avengers — Governance Gone Wrong
It has been almost a month since I wrote my “Does Your Team Look Like The Avengers” blog post and I am still stuck on this movie! You might ask, “Erin, why can’t you let it go already?” Well, it IS a doggone good movie. But it’s also because I realized that there are yetRead… Read more »
A Simple Yet Brilliant Decision Tool!
When I’m faced with a tough, personal decision, I’m one of those people who makes lists of the pros & cons to my options … especially when it comes to accepting (or passing on) a job offer. But using this method has always left something lacking for me because, in the end, I still haveRead… Read more »