In a new article in
the Wall Street Journal on October 30 they detailed the biggest mistakes bosses
make when making decisions.
Her's the gist of the article in three
lines:
- Don’t tell people something that isn’t true.
- Understand when to push and went to let things flow.
- Treat decisions as something completed yet not as a substitute for action.
The article lays out 4
tenets starting with not just pretending to allow employees to have influence. The
bottom line is to respect people’s time and include them in the loop when they
really can be part of the decision.
The next recommendation
is to know when to slow down. The point here is that some decisions require
careful thought especially risky, important or complicated ones.
The third and fourth.
encourage the boss to make a decision and then stick to it. Balance confidence
and doubt however, do not undermine your team by questioning the decision you
all made before the project even gets started. And do not use a decision as a
substitute fraction. Again, obviously once a decision is made the work has only
just begun. Follow through on any
decision and, of course, to get any work done people must be assigned tract and
rewarded to make sure that that the decision is turned into effective action.
And let us know if we
can help you get things done!
Morris@HRComputes.com
