If there is a more challenging question for any of us in life, I do not know what it is. Deciding when to act, especially in important situations where the stakes of our decision are high, is stressful, complicated and… Read More ›
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EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING step 6: IMPLEMENTATION AND FOLLOWUP
INTRODUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING step 5: COMMUNICATING DECISIONS
INTRODUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING step 4: MEASURING RESULTS
INTRODUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING step 3: HOW WE DECIDE AND UNANIMITY OF SUPPORT
INTROIDUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
EFFECTIVE CORPORATE DECISION MAKING step 2: GROUP MEMBER REQUIREMENTS
INTRODUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
EFFECTIVE “CORPORATE” DECISION MAKING step 1: THE PURPOSE AND REQUIREMENTS OF MEETINGS
INTRODUCTION Managers make countless individual decisions for which they are personally responsible and accountable. However, in most organizations managers collectively are also required to decide and implement decisions that will impact their entire organization simultaneously. It is these latter collective… Read More ›
SURROUND YOURSELF WITH DIVERSITY
I feel obliged to begin this article with a disclaimer. I am certainly not an expert on the behavioral differences between the genders, nor am I a leading authority on the many topics that comprise “diversity” issues. What I do… Read More ›
WHY A MANAGER’S DEMEANOR MATTERS
You are on an airplane, 35,000 feet above the ground, flying from the East Coast to the West. Summer thunder storms have stirred up the atmosphere and the ride has been choppy for some time. The Pilot’s first “seat belts… Read More ›
CAN ALL OF US BE RIGHT?
In a discussion where the parties have strongly held views, can everybody be right? Of course not, many of you will quickly respond. There is only one right view on the matter at hand some will say, and if you… Read More ›
What Best Mnagers Know & Do 