4 Key factors for Decision making Success

The four elements:

• Clarify the what of the decision. Help everyone understand exactly what decision is under consideration.
• Determine the who. Specify who will play the key roles—recommending a course of action, offering input, signing off on the recommendation, making the decision and then executing it.
• Understand the how. Establish a clear process for gathering data, agreeing on criteria and preparing alternatives.
• Make the when explicit. Create clear timelines for making the decision—and executing it.

The four steps together are a great way to cut through logjams and get things working more effectively. We describe each step in detail and show how companies apply them in our book Decide & Deliver, and on the website www.decide-deliver.com.